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THE "MORNING OREGOSTAN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1900. ALTQELD ANSWERS Scores Governor Roosevelt for the St Paul Speech. DEFENDS THE BRYAN DEMOCRACY Arjrnes for the Consent of the Gov erned and Sar It Is the Best Policy for America. TOLEDO, O., Aug. 1. Alight attendance marked the -second day's session of the convention of the Ohio Democratic Clubs. The resolutions adopted heartily reaf firm the platform of principles adopted at Kansas City, and contain the follow ing. "Citizens enjoying the protection and blessings of government in this Republic cannot reasonably object to bearing their Just proportion of the burdens of such government; and to this end we demand the enactment and enforcement of a prop erly regulated income-tax law. "We demand an explanation from the National Administration for admitting cession to Great Britain of about SM square miles of our National domain in Alaska, and to disclose how much land. If any, has lately been given away to favored imperial scions of royalty. 'That we further demand of the gen eral Government an explanation for the recent purchase from Spain of two more slave-cursed islands In the Sulu group, after she had parted with her equity to us in all of that territory for 520.000.000." The principal speech of the meeting was aellvered tonight at the Lyceum by ex-Governor Altgeld. of Illinois. Ho spoke In reply to the address of Gover nor Roosevelt before the National League I Consent of the Governed. Ex-Governor Altgeld's address was In part as follows: There are only two principles or sys tems of government known to man gov ernment by brute force and government by consent of the governed. The one Is applied from without and Is repressive, and, in the end, destructive, because it arrests growth; while the other works from within, Is evolutionary and pro gressive. The principle of governing by consent of the governed was first applied in its broadest sense In the formation of our Republic and it worked a revolution "n human society. Not only has this givn us the marvelous development of the American Continent, but it has made us the most potential nation on the globe. For a third of a century our nation has been the greatest world power on earth; not through Its armies, or its navies, or Its display of material splendor, or its brute force; but through its high Ideals, through its high standards of Justice. It commanded the respect, the confidence and the admiration of mankind, and has drawn after it all of the peoples of the earth. Now, after a career of unparal leled splendor, after having been the hope of the human race- for a century, after having shaped the civilization of the ape, it Is solemnly proposed to abandon the principles that made us great, to come down from the heights where we have been beckoning the nations, and to get on the low plane of brute force, and ontpr Into a scramble with the despotic nations of the earth in an attempt to plunder weaker people. v Since the Civil War every method of plunder that genius of man could invent has heen practiced: government has been used to enrich the few. Through the special privileges obtained from the Government great combinations and syn dlcatos known as "trusts" have been formed, which are today devouring the substance of the American people, which control every great Industry, all the means of transportation, control the money of the country, have, destroyed the small. Independent men of the land;' have destroyed the hopes of the young men of the land: have made an Inde pendent and honorable career for a poor man Impossible. Our people Inhabit the richest continent on this globe, with the most salubrious climat. They were rec ognized to be. upon the whole, the most intelligent. Industrious, frugal, enterpris ing and progressive people in the world; surely they needed only to be let alone in order to be happy. Not only would they be comfortable and prosperous, but they would make the rest of the .world happy; and yet. without war or famine or pestilence, this marvelous people, occu pj Ing this wonderful land, has been twice brought to absolute ruin, degradation and misery bj the Republican policy, and Is now approaching a. third period of dis aster. In 1S7S, with a Republican Pres ident and a Republican Congress and Republican policy in full force, the whole country broke down. Nearly one-half of cur people were .utterly ruined and the degradation and distress was indeseriha- ble. After years of mKcry and suffering, vi "tarted anew We went on under Re publican laws and Republican policy until In the Sprfnjr of 3R93, before the newly-elected Democratic President could be sno-n "n before env law was changed, or any policy arrested, the country, again broke down and was covered with mis ery Nparlv one-half of our people were amln.rulncd and no pen can describe tho wretchedness and distress that fol lowed Republican politicians have made Amer ica a trihute-pnylnir colony to Great Bri tain American valor and American pa triotism had triumphed over the English on ovfrv open field- we had defer ted their nrmlns we hid clctroyM their fleets. But. aitlcd bv corrunt Republican politic ians. England -was able to dictate the pol icies of our Government, to shape all of our financial legislation, until today .she Is sup-erne mlstrcs of this country, and her ttatcmen openly boast. In Parlia ment an" out of Parliament, that they have an understanding with the Ameri can Government which is of a higher order than written treaties. After the Civil War. England got our Government to retire its paper money and Issue Interest-bearing bonds. It thus re duced the amount of paper money in our country one-half, and prices of American products fell one-half, and debtors were ruined, and we had the panic of '73. Then England pot our Government to lead the way In reducing the volume of the world's metallic money by one-half, and nnin the prices of American products fell one- 1 nair, debtors were ruined, and we had the panic of 3. Then Enpland got the present friendly Administration to pass a. law providing that In the future every thing in thl country shall be pavablo In i gold, which will still further reduce the I price of American products. Tho consequence of all this legislation Is that today, after we have paid off more than half of the debt of the war. it will take more of American products, more of American sweat and labor, to psv what is left of that war debt than It wou"d have taken at the conclusion of tha wir to have paid It all. While todav, wn an Englishman pets one of our iOV bonds whether a Government bond or n railroad bond or a farm mortgage, ho finds that the Interest which we must pav him on that ibond will buv twice as much of American oroducts as the in terest on the wme bond would buy for him 39-odd years ago. ' nc-eh Without An Argument. Rrwntlv a pentlcman In New Tork who had hcorae famous for havinp been alone In Cwb a srentleman who has ad noted u hlR life mitto or xont of arms two "Ps" 4 a double "S." which four letters slsnrtfy "pompous nosinp" and "rtrcmwis stnittinc" left the etpltal of New Tork and wont to St. Paul and dcMvTd a soech to an association of RenubMcwn clubs. The speech has not. from hcjdnnlnr to end. a -Incb argu ment or a sinple Accurate historical ref erence a speech thnt Is made ur of In vective, misrepresentations .and rj timer - Hon. Referring to the Democrats, ho said: They stand for lawlessness and disorder, for dishonesty, and dishonor- for license and dis aster at home, and cowardly shrinking from duty abroad. This is a reflection on the intelligence and patriotism and the honor of every Democrat in the country. It is & per sonal insult to the G.500,000 men who sup ported Mr. Bryan In 1S95. and to the 11,000,000 freemen who are going to sup port him in 1909. ' Who, then, is this man, and what Is his history? Personalities are offensive, and I will not Indulge in them. But, surely, when we are thus brutally assaulted we may ask who it is that is berating us. In the years 1SD7-3S he held a Federal office in Washington, and in order to es cape paying his taxes in New Tork he signed an affidavit and swore before the ever-living God that he was not a citizen of New Tork. If this was true, then, under the constitution of New York, he would not have been eligible for the Gov ernorship of that state. By subsequently accepting a nomination and election to that office he showed that he did not be lieve his own affidavit. This being so, may It not be that he does not believe the charge that he has made against us? It is next recorded that he entered the Spanish War in Cuba,, and. although his regiment was commanded by another man, he succeeded by means of that modern Weapon of warfare known as a newspaper bureau in winning more re nown In a week than General Grant did In four years of hard fighting, and he seems to be the only man on this conti nent who boasts of having with his own hand shot down and killed a Spaniard that was fleeing from the battle-field. In his book, he says: "As they turned to run I closed in and fired twice, miss ing the first and killing the second." He then boasts that he had considered this feat unique, -and so it is. He Is the first brave man to shoot an enemy In tne back. Again, the modern historians tell us that It was he who first demonstrated to mankind that however useful the camera may be to sclonce, to art and to Indus try, Its true mission Is to develop tlnplate heroes. Roosevelt's Record. The records at Albany show that the Governor got the Legislature to pass a law taxing the franchises of corpora tlons a most righteous law. But the records also show that at the demands of Tom Piatt and the corporations he re convened the Legislature in extra session and had It change this law as the cor porations dictated. The canal fund of New Tork had been robbed of about J9.O00.O00 by Republican politicians, and. although he talked roudly of prosecution, the Governor has not brought one of these men to Justice, History records the fact that the Gov ernor has never lost an opportunity, when standing in the temple or the mar ket place, to make loud protestations of heroic virtue, but the historian has searched In vain for any evidence of per formance. The volume of profession Is full, but the page of performance is a blank. Let ns read again from his speech: After infinite labor they Anally did decide at Kansas City that they etlll believed in free silver. The decision was reached in their com mittee by a -vote of 28 to 24, so that it ap pears they only hare 02 per cent of faith In their 4S-cent dollar after all. Had the Governor stuck to the truth, as a candidate for so dignified an office as the Vice-Presidency should do, he would have told his audience that there were two sets of delegates at the Kansas City Convention. One set wanted simply to reaffirm the Chicago platform, claim lng that Inasmuch as that platform con tained as strong and clear a plank- on the financial question as could be framed, a reaffirmation was all that was necessary. The other set of delegates insisted on having a special reiteration of the finan cial plank, and they prevailed. Had thoy failed and the Chicago platform simply been reaffirmed, the principles for which the party stands would have been the same. It was not a difference of "princi ple between the delegates, but simply-a difference of opinion as to the most effect ive way of stating that principle to the country. The Governor certainly Tcnew this. Now, when a Democrat stoops to mis representation he" is "called a pettifogger and a demagogue, but I suppose that when the Republican .candidate for the VIco-Presidpncy stoops to do this It will be called strenuous life. Defense of President's Policy. 'Now hear his defense of tne President's policy. I read from, his speech: "When, through Jefferson, the great West be yond the Mississippi -was a-qulred, -when large ly through the instrumentality of Jackson Florida was added to the Union, the new prov inces, -with their Indian populations, were sov erned precisely and exactly on th6 theory under which J.he Philippines are now governed. Pres ident Jefferson secured the "Louisiana purchase Just as President McKlnley. secured the Phil ippines, and Andrew Jackson warred against the Semiaples, when we had acquired. Florida from Spain, Just as Geneil MocArthur Is now warring against the brigands among the Ta gals In Luzon: unloss we are willing to deprive Jefferson and Jackson of the meed of honor which has been held to be particularly theirs, we cannot deny the same high praise to Presi dent McKlnley. Now, what are the historical facts? When we acquired Louisiana and when wo acquired Florida, not only did the treaties provide that the new territory should be an Integral part of our Re public, and that the Inhabitants of tne new territory should be citizens of our Republic, to which they did not object, but the territory In each case was At once made a part of the Republic and the inhabitants .at once became citizens of tne Republic" And tho same Is true In the case of Texas, In the case of New Mex ico and In the case of California. It was In harmony with the Declaration of Independence, it was extending Its bless ings to more people: It was giving tfte benefit of free Institutions to more of tne Inhabitants of the earth- It was expan sion, it was growth. It was development, It was statesmanship. We were true to our high mission In each of these cases. But In negotiating the treaty with Spain, tho Administration carefully omitted from tho treaty the provision that the new territory should become an Integral part of our Republic, and that the in habitants of the territory should become citizens of the Republic. Philippine Policy. The policy whch the Administration has adopted toward the Philippines Is exactly the opposite of that adopted by. Jefferson, by Jackson and by later Dem ocratic Administrations In acquiring new territory. It is not a question of expansion at alt. It Is solely and simply a question of lm nerlallsm and militarism. They are to be subject colonies. We are going to govern them with carpet-baggers. Will the politicians who roji our home cities be better when sent to the Philippines? We hear much said about our humane and philanthropic design in governing those Islands, our high purposes: but, my friends, basic principles, always shape ul timate results. Government by brute force Is the same In all ages and In all countries, and produces the same harvest. We need not theorize about this we have had experience. Ithas not beer since we covered the Southern States with carpet-bag government, and it took that country a whole generation to re cover from the stealing, pillaging and tne universal rottenness that was established there. Danger of Militarism. I again read from the Governor's speech, as follows: Of all idle chatter, the talk of danger of militarism Is the Idlest. Let us see. Heretofore our regular or standing army has generally consisted of from 22,000 to 25,000 men. But in De cember, 1S9S, about the time- that the President Issued his order to General Otis to begin the war of conquest, when the Spanish War was over, when wc were at peace with the world, when nobody was threatening us. when all that the Philippine people asked of us was that we should treat them the same as the Cubans, the President sent a message to Congress asking to have the regular army increased to 100,000 men. What for? If we were In danger, why not call ror volunteers? Volunteers fought the Rev olutionary War and founded this Repub lic; volunteers drove the English .oft or our shores in 1S12; volunteers planted the Stars and Stripes all over Mexico; vol unteers fought the greatest war for lib erty ever waged, struck down slavery and cemented this Union; and in 1SHJ volunteers came to the front and struck f down the last vestige of ancient despot ism on this hemisphere. The glory 'of our Republic has been writ tea With the. valor and blood of-our vol unteers. They founded it, and they have defended It and made It great. Yet now. In time of peace, a Republican President asks, not for volunteers, but lor regular soldiers. Why? Because we are depart ing from the ways of the fathers; we are going Into rivalry with the despotic na tions of Europe In governing people by brute force, and we must have the same kind of machinery that our rivals have used in that business. Now, my friends, we propose to stop this criminal aggression nto which the syndicate and the British Ambassador have launched us. We' are going to stop bloodshed and devastation in the Philip pines by saying to the Filipinos that when they establish a government which In our Judgment Is a good, government worthy of recognition, that then we will withdraw on such terms as may be Just. We are going to do what the President called our "plain duty, toward the Porto Rlcans." We are going to rcdeclare that King George was wrong, and that his principles shall not disgrace our statute books. This Is not a partisan question; It is an American question. In 1851 you were not asked, "Are you a Democrat or a Re publican?" Tou were only -asked, "Do you love the flag of your country, and will you fight for it?" Today -you are only asked, "Do you believe In free Institutions, and will you help preserve them?" Are you a son of the Revolution? Then step to the front and help save that for which your ancestors died. Do you believe Washington was right when he led his men over the icy hills of Valley Forge? Do you believe the fathers were right when they fought at Bunker Hill or fell at Lexington? Do you believe Lincoln, was right when he stood onnhe battle-field of Gettysburg and prayed that governmentof the peo ple, for. the people and by the people might not wither from the face of, the earh? Then Jofn the free men of Amer ica In" one supreme effort to again estab lish a republican Government at Wash ingtonto forever drive" Hanha' and the syndicates from the temple, and put an end to Imperialism, militarism and Mc Klnleylsm. ENGLAND'S INTEREST. Close of Boer Wnr Will .Free Her , Hands for China. NEW TORK, Aug. 1. What is ordi narily tho silly season of London Jour nalism Is approached this year with many signs of Insensibility on the part of the Jaded and overwrought public, says the London, correspondent of the Tribune. The unexpected death of 'the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, the always popular sailor Prince, In England, although - he pre ferred to end his career in a minor Ger man, court, was announced on the day when an address to the crown was moved In both houses of Parliament on the crime of the Italian assassin, which has excited Indignation and abhorrence throughout the world;, and the closing scenes of the war In South Africa, with simultaneous operations in as many as five fields are passing, almost without observance, and certainly without critical knowledge because publicattention has been . overstrained by uncertainties and anxieties,, in China. One startling sur prise has followed another In this anno mirabni until newspaper readers have grown 'listless and Indifferent witnesses to current history. The1 campaign in South Africa, is now closely connected with China," for the speedy surrender of the Boers-wJll en able the British Government to ..take, a more, decisive line in the impending con flict than It has been following. There Is probably no truth In the report that Lord Roberts has telegraphed to Lord Landsdowne that the war will be speedily brought to an end, for the War Office has a remarkable talent for keeping Its secrets, and Lord Roberts is not .in the habit of forecasting events. There Is, however, a strong-conviction among the members of Parliament that the close of hostilities Is in sight. " Only about S1000 burghers, .with a single -gun, are reported as ready to surrender to General Hunter In the Caledon Valley, but tho Harrlsmlth and Vrede com mandos will probably be brought In with the remaining artillery. The number of prisoners is not likely to exceed 30"0, since there are many desertions. The collapse of the Free State forces will be complete when General Dewet and Mr. Stein are surrounded and compelled to surrender, and to General Botha has been credited the Intention of giving up the fight when his allies are dispersed. Lord Roberts has recalled General Hamilton's column to Pretoria, either to reinforce Colonel Broadwood or to re lieve General Baden-Powell, and General French Is either halting at Middleburg until Sir Redvers Buller can send a di vision northward through Ermelo, or is pushing on to Koomattipoort. General Baden-Powell and Lord Methuen have an enemy In considerable force to fight west of Pretoria, and General Dewet Is dangerous until he Is caught, but there is a clearing prospect for a speedy close of hostilities in the Transvaal and the release of a large British army for serv ice In China. The British Cabinet met yesterday at J short notice and without doubt discussed the new aspect of the Chinese question. This Is the use made of the foreign Le gations and refugees as hostages. This fact has been blurted out by LI Hung Chang, and Is clearly stated In a dispatch received from Rome, where the Chinese Government 13 expected to order the foreigners to leave Pekin at once if an advance to the capital he attempted. Whatever may be the views of the State Department at Washington, the officials here are convinced that the Chi nese Government, under the" guise of protection offered to the Legations, la seeking to hold back the allied forces un til terms of peace can be settled on a basis of financial indemnities. The Le gations will be exposed to attack from regular troops or from Boxers If the al lied army advances from Tien Tsln. The Chinese have 600 hostages, whose blood will be declared to be on the heads- of the advancing battalions, and hence It will be dangerous for an army to march on Pekin until the foreigners have been delivered from their critical position. Pres3 dispatches yesterday were mea ger, the most Important point being the announcement on Chinese authority that the Legations were safe July 24. The situation is one which requires firm ac tion and sound Judgment. The drouth enables the allied army to move toward Pekin during a season when tho districts ordinarily aro flooded, but the Chinese Government Is -protecting It self against -aggressive action -by expos ing COO foreigners to the menace of a fa tal attack, and, moreover. Is ordering up reinforcements from various provinces Including the Black Flags and the worse criminals In the empire. w Old Things Are Passlng-A--ray. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Wireless telegraphy Is now .established between two Hawaiian Islands 100 miles apart, and will soon be applied in the group over a distance of 200 miles. Old ideas about "contiguous territory" con tinue to be revided. Under British rule the cotton crop of Egypt has doubled, and now amounts to over 500.000000 a year. THE SITUATION AT NOME SPECIAL SESSION. OFCOTJRT TO BE HELD TH KRE SOON. General Randall Saya Government "Will Not Pay for Return of Pas- sensers aiinlnsr Development. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. L The steam shlo Senator reached here today, bring- .lng Nome advices up to and including July 23. She naa aDoara -d,uuu or .Nome gold; also about 375 passengers, who, un able to make a fortune In the north, re turned rather than spend any more time there. The situation at Nome when the Senator left had not materially changed. Judge Noyes, who went north on the Senator.'announced that in 30 days there would be a special session of court. Later he departed for St. Michael, his official residence. General Randall has given notice that passengers will not be returned to tho states at the expense of the Government. He says that post experience has shown the Government that it Is Impossible to tell the needy from those who have money. Consequently he will not consume time In endeavoring to find out who are the destitute. The only creeks on which there has been any development so far this season are Anvil and Dexter. The balance of the work under way is chiefly in, tho na ture of prospecting and opening up. News from the mines is but fragmentary and will continue to be so until the rainy season opens them up. The unusually dry season this year Is said by the In dians to be remarkable. It Is too early to say whether Nome will Justify the condemnation that is being heaped upon it, but it is reasonably sure that It will be two years or more before the mining interests will have been opened up to an extent Justifying the present' influx. Pending decisive news from the creeks of known promise in this district, tho country attracting the general attention of mining men Is the tributary ,to the Kougarok River. Fully 1CO0 men out fitted for two or three months have left Nome In the last four weeks for Kouga- roK. j.ne iiougarok is a tributary of the Kusetrelm River, which In turn feeds a series of small lakes at the head of Grantley Harbor, Port Clarence. SMALLPOX ABATING AT NOME. Only 18 Cases Known July 20 Min ing Creeks Lack Water. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. L The steam ship Cleveland arrived from Nome at mid night, having sailed July 20. She Is quar antined in the harbor here, but has a clean bill of health, and no smallpox on board. The disease -was abating at Nome, only 18 cases, being known when she sailed. Lack of rain prevents work on the creeks. Men on the beach make only small wages. The Cleveland may be or dered back to Port Townsend quarantine station for inspection. Big Month at Assay Office. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 1. The deposits of gold dust and bullion In the Seattle Assay Office during the month of July, 1900, will aggregate In value not less than $6,250,000. It is the biggest month's busi ness In the history of the office. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. Brooklyn Piled Up Seven Rnna In the Sixth and "Won. BROOKLYN. Augl.-The Bropklyns turned the tables on Pittsourg today, tak ing advantage of some ragged fielding in me slim, wnen two errors, a base on balls, four staples and an out netted sev en runs. Attendance, 1500. Score: R- H. E. R. h. E. Pittsburg .... 6 5 SJBrooklyn 10 9 2 Batteries Phllllppl and O'Connor; Mc Glnnlty and Farrell. Umpire Hurst. Philadelphia Winn From St. Louis. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1. In the eighth inning today the locals developed a batting streak and won by one run. Attendance, 32S0. Score: R. H. E 1 R, H. E. St. Loui3 7 13 2Philadelphla .813 3 Batteries Young and Robinson; Orth Douglass. Umpire Snyder. . New Yorlc Defeats Chicago. NEW YOP-K, Aug. 1. The New Yorks took another game from the Chicagos today. Attendance, 1500. Score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Chicago 5 8 7New York .... 8 1 7 Batteries Taylor and Donahue; Carrlck and Bowerman. Umpire Terry. Cincinnati Loses to Boston. BOSTON. Aug. 1. Phillips was extreme ly effective today, the Bostons making only four hits off his delivery In 11 in nings. Boston won In the eleventh on a bass on balls, two outs and a single. At tendance, 1700. Score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Boston 3 4 lClncinnati .... 2 9 3 Batteries DIneen and Sullivan; Phillips and Kahoe and Pletz. Umpire Swartwood. The American Association. At Kansas City Kansas City 17, Cleve land 6. At Chicago Chicago 2, Indianapolis 0. At Minneapolis Minneapolis 2, Buffalo 3. At Milwaukee Milwaukee 4, Detroit 2. National Leag-ne Standing. Won. Lost. Per ct. Brooklyn 0 29 .633 Philadelphia 44 36 .550 Pittsburg 43 39 .524 Chicago 40 38 .513 Boston 39 40 .491 St. Louis 35 43 .449 Cincinnati 37 45 .451 New York 32 44 .421 GOOD RACING AT COLUMBUS. , Coney, Barred From the Betting, Won the 2:08 Pace. COLUMBUS, O., Aug. L Five thousand people witnessed the splendid racing at the Driving Park today. The weather was clear and the track fast. Coney, the speedy black gelding, which was barred in the betting, won the 2:08 pace without any apparent effort. The 2:19 trot fur nished all the excitement, and "was the best race of the day. The results were: 2:10 pace, purse $2000 Hetty G. won In straight heats; time, 2:05, 2:06. 2:06. Clinton 3. second, Harry O. third. Lottie Smart, Riley B. and Sidney Pointer also started. v 2.08 pace, purse $1500 Coney won in straight-heats; time. 2:06, 2:07, 2:05. Free Bond second, Don third: Choral, Democracy and Hail Cloud also started. 2:19 trot, purse $1500 Palm Leaf won third, fifth and sixth heats; time, 2:14, 2:14, 2:17. Onward Silver won second and fourth heats and was second; tline, 2:14, 2:15. Senator K. won first heat In 2:14 and was third. Brltolus, Carey C, Enhila B., Coyle McGregor, Timber Lake, Clinton McCarthy and Orphan Girl also started. At Brighton Bench. NEW YORK, Aug. L Results at Bright on Beach: Six furlongs-rStuart won, Maribert sec ond, PupU third; time, 1:12 3-5. Fiveif urlongs Princess Pepper won, Ap ple of 'My Eye second, Tom Kenny third; time. 1:00 4-5. Selling, one mile King Bramble won, The Chamberlain second, Silver Garter third; time, 1:40. Sea CUft stakes, six furlongs Voter won, Heliobas second; time, 1:13 4-5. (Two Htarters.) Six furlongs Glennelie won, Kenworth second. Beau Gallant third; time, 1:41 1-5. Mile and an eighth Belle of Troy won, Imp second, Gofallon third; time, 1:15. ; . At Hedriclc HEDRICK, la., Aug. 1. The second day of the Hedrlck meeting brought out a very large crowd. Mark Derby reduced his recordt o 2:094 in the free-for-all pace. The 2:19 trot was awarded to May Ali cott, after she had won two. heats, the rule being that no race should last over five heats. The results- were: The 2:19 trot, purse 500 May Allcott won third and fifth heats and race; time, 2:14". 2:12"i. Lycurgus won second heat in 2:144. and -was second. Early Reaper won. fourth heat In .2144. and was third. Spice won first heat In 2:16. Mexican Boy, Pridewftod. Impression. Harbormas ter. Rockley Boy and Ketohels and Red Wilkes-also started. Th"?1 2:22 "pace, purse $500 Harrjr B. won second, third and fourth heats; time, 2:104. 2"10, 212. Kassel won first heat In 2:124. andwas second. Major Musco vite third. Dr. Shldler. Wands. Charles Dewey, Kitty Kester and Ed Bennett also started. Free-for-all pace, purse $500 Mark Der by won second, third and fourth heats; time, 2:10. 2.-09"4. 2:11. Lord Rosebery won first heat in 2:094, and was second. Hartford, Jr.. third. Young Joe, Mc Whltten and Baby Bloss also started. At Detroit. DETROIT, Mich., Aug. "L Results at Highland Park: Six' and a half furlongs Wine Press won, Alex second, Fesslt F. third; time, 1:21; Five furlongs Cup A. won, Edgeworth second, The Copper third; time, 1:03. Six furlongs Dangerous Maid won, Nancy Till second, Zazone third; time, 1:M"4. Seven furlongs Alvas Pet won, Sauce boat second, Lottie Hunter third; time, 1:29. Six and a half furlongs Come Quick won, Glad Hand second, By George third; time, 1:20. ,, Hurdle handicap, 1 miles, over five hurdles Portand won, Free Advice sec ond, Jack Carey third; time, 2:21. At Hawthorne, CHICAGO, Aug. 1. The results at Haw thorne: i Five and a half furlongs Maldon Ado won, Sortie second, Galanthus third; time, 1:07. Six furlongs Rival Dare won, Miss Shanley second, John Grlgsby third; time, mm. Five furlongs Jlmlnez won. Money Muss second, Tyr third; time, 1:01. Slx furlongs Louisville .won. Pirate J. second, Sir Dick, third;, time, 'l:15"4. One mile Bill Garrett won, San Vena do second, Leandoth!rd;"tlme, 1:42. One mile Castako won, Ben Chance second, Blue Lick third; time, 1:40. 'One mile Hard Knot won, Mint Sauce second, John Baker third; time, 1:40. At St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1. Results: Selling, one and one-eighth miles Zazel won, Jimp second, "Lexell third; time, 1:5G. Five furlongs Edna Green won, Lake View Belle second, Minnie Cobb third; time. 12. Selling, five and a half furlongs Sard won, Censor second, The Butcher third; time, 1:04. Handicap, one and one-sixteenth Lady Callahan won, Havlland second, Malay third; time, 1:4S. Handicap, six furlongs St. Cuthbert won,' Graves second, Diana Fonso third; time, 1-144. One mile Go to Bed won, Sir Rolla second, HI Nocker third; time, 1:41. At Saratoga. SARATOGA N. Y., Aug. 1. The Sum mer meeting began today. The results were: Five furlongs Gibraltar won. Mayor Gllroy second. Rush third; time, 1:014. Selling, 'one mile Valla V. won, Fleu roh second, Provost third; time, 1:42. Congress Hall stakes, 2-year-olds, purse $3000, five, furlongs Alard Scheck won, Far Rockaway second, Beau Ormonde third; time, 1:02. Mile and a sixteenth Maximo Gomez wonMontanlc second, McLeod of Dare third; time, 1:47. Selling, five furlongs On Durdls won, Amarita second, Juniper third; time, 1:034. At Grand Rapids. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 1. The second day of the Driving Club's races was a vast Improvement over yesterday. Tlie results were: The 2:40 trot, purse $500 Vlvette won first heat; Model won second, third and fourth heats; best time, 2:23. The 2:35 pace, purse $300 Satlnette won first heat; Poca Divas won second, third and fourth heats; best time, 2:17. The 2:14 pace, purse $300 (unfinished) Lottie Spohn won first and second heats, Harry Harold won third heat; best time, 2:12. Walter K. Probably n. Rlna-er. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. L The where abouts of the alleged Walter K., a "ringer" that recently figured on the California circuit, has become a my tery. The owners and the pacer have disappeared from Benlcla, and all efforts to secure any trace of" them have proved futile. Turf associations throughout the country have been warned by the Breed ers' Association of this state. It has been ascertained that the alleged Walter K. was shipped to California from New Orleans June 6, the pacer having started in a race at that point some time In May. . Al Neill and Jim Trimble Matched. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1. Al Neill and Jim Trimble have been matched by the Agricultural Society of San Jose to fight to a finish In the Garden City on October 11. If the battle is -permitted to take place i will oe the first of Its kind held In this state In years, all contests having been for a limited number of rounds. "Won the Tennis Trophy. BOSTON, Aug. 1. M. D. Whitman, of Brookllne, Is now permanent possessor of the much-coveted Longwood tennis trophy, his success over D. F. Davis this afternoon being hi3 third victory in this event. "We Want a Han'ram Feller'1 A. L. Brook In Chlcaeo Tribune. We're pot a party lender up to Pohlck on the crick. Ho saw an oppurtunlty and crabbed it purty quick. We hac sum smarter men than him; on that we're all acreed. Bat they're sort uv boiler-chested and not the sort we need. When we're fllnln, out the banners on a pub lic holiday. And mlnglln oratory with the General display. We won't a han'sum feller, who kin hypner- tlze the crowd. And especially, soma ona who has the art of talkln' loud. When people Is assembled to a speech frum far an' near, They don't keer much fer arslments bo lone ez they kin hear The Jokes and funny stories. Them's what ketches the applause. We're all tired out a-thlnkln 'bout economy an' laws. So Uncle Jim's the feller that we've picked. He looks the best" Of all when he's a-posln an' a-throwln out his chest. We hae full confidence In him. We knotr he'll do us proud, Fer bo's uncommon sifted In tho art of talk in' loud. ALL CROPS FIRST CLASS EVERT PROSPECT PLEASES IK THE GRAND ROXDE VALLET. Larsent Grain .Yield Ever Produced There Irrigation Helps Beets Fruits the Very Beat. IlA GRANDE. Or., Aug. L Harvesting and threshing are now being carried" on In all parts of the Grand Ronde Valley aa rapidly as conditions will permit The farmers have been handicapped by a scarcity of men, but the weather has been very favorable. Owing to the un usuallly early season, the Fall grain wat ready for the header three weeks before the usual time, and there is accordingly a rush to get the grain In the stack or warehouse before It begins to scatter. A large number of headers and binders, and perhaps a dozen threshers aro now at work In the valley. The conditions since last Fall have been such as to Insuro an abundant har vest. Many of the fields promise a yield of 40 to 60 bushels per acre. The total yield of the valley Is roughly estimated at 1,500,000 to 2.000,000 bushels It is prac tically certain that the yield is the largest ever produced here. The -yield of beets, however, is not so large as was expected. The first sowing gave poor results, owing to the presence of a small insect which destroyed the plants. The second sowing was late and has suffered much from drought. Whot ever Irrigation was resorted to the crops are very promising. The acreage this year is 1050. The fruit crop is comparatively the most successful crop In the valley, and Is of course much larger than any crop that nas ever before been raised here. It is safe to say that every tree of bearing age in the valley Is or ha3 been loaded with fruit. A large strawberry crop was marketed early at about $1 65 per crate; an enormous cnerry crop has just been disposed of at about 25 cents per gallon; and now the raspberries and blackberries are Just going out, while the peaches, apricots and early apples are coming in. It is estimated that the value of the fruit crop of this valley this year will not be less than $100,000. HOPGROWERS ENCOURAGED. Few Contracts Made Hay, Potatoes, Apples and Water. NORTH YAKIMA. July 3L Hopgrowers here are considerably encouraged this week by receipt of Information that the New York crop is about 25 per cent short this year. The parties who send out this information also estimate that there Is a shortage In the American crop of some thing like EO.O00 bales. In this district it is quite likely that the crop will be 1000 bales less than last year, on account of reduced acreage and failure to cultivate some yards as carefully as usual. Few contracts have been made, and none which cover any of the larjro irrowths. Tho yard3 are in excellent condition as a rule, and the reputation of the Yakima Valley for superior hops will be fully maintained this year. Hay farmers are well satisfied with their crop this season. The weather hag been as if made to order, and the hay Is perfectly cured. The demand for Yak ima hay on Puget Sound is growing on account of Its superior quality, and the acreage increases each year. The reports in Sound papers that much Yakima hay will be shipped East this season are not correct. "The Sound markets take practi cally all the hay raised In this valley except what Is fed here. Yakima potatoes will be more abun dant this season than last, but the ex perlencse of the farmers la3t year will probably prevent them from being held over Winter. Prices now are not satis factory, probably because .so many pota toes grown on the west side have been dug to save them from the army worm, and placed on the market. Summer apples are In good demand, and the price is better than usual. The codlln moth has not done so much damage as last year, and there Is little complaint made about the quality of the apples. The Yakima River has not been so low at any time since the country was set tled as it is now. It still affords enough water for 'all the ditches that aro taken out of It, however. HARVEST IN PALOUSB COUNTRY. Grain Very Moderate, Froit Good, Labor Hish-Priced. COLFAX, Wash., Aug.. L-Graln har vest is in full blast throughout the Pa louse country. Crop reports are In part discouraging, though It Is generally ad mitted that the grain crop will be bet ter than usual, both in regard to yield and price. Late Spring-sown wheat to the west and north of Colfax is produc ing much less than was expected, in many fields the yield not being over 14 or 15 bushels an acre. Fall-sown wheat is all of good grade, the average yield being between 25 and CO bushels an. acre, and nearly all will pass muster as No. 1. Fruitgrowers on Snake River ore now reaping a rich harvest. Shipments from the river orchards are five to six car loads a day, much of It going as far East as the Dakotas and St. Paul. Hon. W. L. LaFollotte, who is now managing the Snake River Fruitgrowers' Associa tion orchards at Wawawai, tho largest In the county, reports that ho expects to ship more than 40 carloads of peaches alone, and fully as many more of grapes, plums and pears. Other orchards along the river are producing in like propor tion. Labor Is still in great demand, though h narvest hands have been flocking Into the county within tho past few days In considerable numbers. Laborers are particular this season, and are strict questioners before engaging to any one. Most of them demand the 10-hour work ing day, and will not work overtime or Sundays without a substantial Increase in the rate of pay. Harvest hands aro getting better pay than has ever before been given In this county, wages for un skilled labor ranging from $2 50 to $3 50 a day and board. LITTLE MONEY IN THRESHING. Grain Yield Too low-Farmers "Will Turn to Stock. M'MINNTVILLE. Or., Aug. 1. The first threshing to be done in this locality was on the farm of J. Lenbo, about two miles north of this city, this morning. This farm generally produces 30 to 40 buihels per acre of choice wheat: but today's run shows about 12 bushels. Oats, how ever, are doing better, showing a yield of about 30 bushels. Owing to the low yield of wheat, numerous owners of threshers are contemplating letting their machines remain housed, as they claim they cannot make wages, to say nothing of the wear and tear of their machinery. Near Dayton a field that should have yielded 4000 bushels gave but S00, and the man who threshed It lost $35 per day. The poor yield and the low prices that prevail for wheat Is destined to revolu tionize things with the farmers. On every hand, is heard the remark. "There is nothing in raising wheat any longer; I am going to seed my land down and turn my attention to stock In the future." It has been demonstrated during the past yean or two that red clover does well In this part of the valley, producing two good crops after pasturing in the Spring, and many will seed their lands with It, Established Over a Thousand Years. London Chronicle. No list of newspaper curiosities would be complete that did not Include the Kin Pau of Pekin. Like most things In the Celestial Kingdom, It Is easily first In point of antiquity, for it has been pub lished continuously or over 1000 years. It began as a monthly, became a weekly in J36L and since the beginning- of tha century has been a dally. It is now quite up to date, publishing, three edUIchs a day, and to safeguard the purchaser each edition is printed on different-colored pa per, tho first being yellow, the second white, and tho last gray. i i OUR PRODUCTS IN SIBERIA. The Demand Is for Substantial Ar ticles of Dally Life The Novoe Vremja, the leading news paper of Russia, In a recent article, says "The last Winter has witnessed an enor mous import of American products into the Amur province. These products aro not fancy articles, intended for the rich, and well-to-do, but substantial articles, made necessary by tho demands of every day life. These products ate, for ex ample, flour, iron, iron and copper ware, household utensils, etc. They all come through the free port of Vladlvostock and are then sent by rail to Chabarowsk and Blagowietschleck. They have already reached Stretensk, Tschlta and Irkutsk, the center of Siberian trade. These prod ucts are handled in quantities, and aro sold with the skill known only to tho American. "The railroads recently built, together with steamboat connections on the rivers, have opened up great fields for material developments In Siberia. As. yet, hut lit tle capital has been Invested In the build ing of mills and foundries In that part of the country. The lack of such Industries, has been very favorable to the introduc tion of American products. "Siberian merchants aro beginning to feel thep ressure. Some are demanding the exclusion of American Imports. The buy ers of American products protest against any such action, on the ground that In Siberia there Is an industrial standstill, no enterprising spirit exists, and that prices are extremely high. During tho time that wo are quarreling about a tariff and the abolishment oi the free port of Vladlvostock. the Americans will have taken possession of the Siberian markets and erected factories and mills of all kinds. We are now building a railway into China, but the chances are that tho Americans will benefit more from the Chinese markets than the Russians. Such, therefore, is the future of Eastern Siberia, and the future of Western Si beria will not be very different." Consular Agent Harris supplements the foregoing with these statements: "Our trade with Russia will admit of a much greater Increase. During the fiscal year 1S9S-99 we sold only $8.300 000 worth of goods to the Russian Empire A. serious handicap in our trade rela tions with Russia is the lack of proper steamship connections. A line of freight steamers of about 4000 tons capacity should be established between New York and St. Petersburg. With cheaper trans portation rates to Russia, there Is no question that wo could greatly increase our trade with that empire." Reflections of a Bachelor. Any man that asks a girl to let him kiss her doesn't deserve it. A girl's bedroom Is always sure to have two things In It some candy and a pic ture of a Madonna. It's a funny thing that a woman that likes to wear a rainy-day skirt Is gener ally married to a man with a weak voice. As long as there 13 one man who tells her she Is pretty, a woman will believe all the rest of the world don't say so because they are Jealous. When you see a lean woman and a fat woman watching each otner out of tho corners of their eyes, you can make up your mind that each one Is thanklntr th Lord that she Isn't built like the other. Now York Press. AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. Geo W Maynard. N T C W Lauterback, Chg R G Morrow, city W H Mead. N T Hugh C Sutherland. ft lnnipes A L Oppenheim, Minn A. J-. Andrews, Ja3cas Henry Shaw, N T Q E Witt, Memphis Dr & Mrs George M Hunter. Seattle (F R Mellls, Baker City "Master Geo M Hunter, J u Clayton & w, LSA H O Stlckney.GoIconda Dr C W Lone. Denver Tribune W A Howe. Carlton.Or W MacMoster. city W A Huntley. Orcsr C Jr. Set., tie A F Elliott. San Fran It II Thompson, Ungo M H Chewar & wife, USA George S Clark, N T S Nicholson, StCharles 111 C H Clarke. Seattle R P Elthet, Victoria K V Munro. Victoria D J Collins. Phlla Nelson Bennett H Nicholson, btCharle3, ill I H Manner. Cal J F Clark, Baker City Y D Kingsbury & wlte, Bradfoiu, Mass J E Alexander, San Fr Leopold F Schmidt. Olympla Mr & Mrs Jaa P Hall, Palo Alto, Cal Francis W James, Pt Townsend, Wash M M KoreO, city MaJ P F Hardy. USA J M Church, La Grand J W Fuller. St Paul Walter Wise & w, NT E P Rotrers & w. Chso W R Donaldson. Jr. i St Louis Miss E A Donaldson. St Louis O W Price, Wash. DC Wm Lampel. St Louis Mrs Lauterback, do Lieut Frame J iior- row, Manila, P I W G Relmer, Phlla Columbia River Scenery. Regulator Line steamers, from Oak street dock, daily, except Sundays, Tho Dalles, Hood River, Cascade Locks, and return. Call on. or 'fone Agont for further Information. THE PERKINS. E I Parsons. San Fr Chas G Brlggs.Qulncy, Or Henry L Huclc. Dalles Mrs H L Huck. Dailea Mrs Nettle Anderson, Palo, 111 John Anderson. Chgo John Rushenford. S F Mrs T Halverson. Sa lem, Or Miss Halverson. do John McCarthy, S F Geo McDonald, city Chas T Holman. btar- buck. Wash Edwin Thorpe. Tacoma, Clarence F Richardson, Baker City. Or S Richardson, do C W Barr. Astoria C B Tldball. San Fraa J S Foster. Salem, Or E J Forsytho. Enter prise, Or A W Blum. Menomi nee. Mich A C Edwards. Spokan w E Wakeleo. San Fr B F Mulkey. Monmth A T Knox. F6rest Gr ur A G smith. Che- - halls. Wash L E Magholl, Tacoma Geo Kaggatt, Knloma i j Town. Bucoua. J W Edgcomb. Seattle John Shield. Salt Lake Mrs John Shield, do Miss Shield. do W Alexander, Tacoma Alr3 w Alexander, do Frank Keen, Mattoon, III W J Powers, city Mrs W J Powers, cltyi Thos McClelland, For- est Grove. Or David Frobett. Albany Mrs D Totelt, do A S Bennett, Dalles A J McVItte. Omaha A Homer. N T City August Norworthy, Denver Belle Newell. Grand Island. Neb H D Parkins. Dalles I R Brown. CorvalHs W T Snodgrass, As toria E E Williams, do J G Hadley. Newbere C M Cartwright, PrineviUp. Or Wm Fuller, do Geo L Trott. St Paul. Sam L Tlmmons.Ports- mouth. O J T Netf. The Dalles Miss Nellie Rogers, New Whatcom Miss Rose Rosers. do W E Reynolds, Oak land, cal Mrs E K Hoflna. do Frame stady, Itosebure M Sculley. Roseburg R O'Neil. Bishop. Cal H E Dodson. Bishop Miss Maud Murray, do Mm H J Somercamp, Minn vv elser. Idaho Chas D Ward, Arllng-jMrs A Herman, do ton. Or J H Cradlebaush, Tha Geo McDonald, do I Dalles THE IMPERIAL. C. W. Knowles, Manager. J H Bingham. Spokan! T P Kenney. Seattle Hf Prman. Seattle Mrs Kenney. Seattle J W Foster, Corvallls C S Cole. St Paul A W Glesy. Portland J W Virtue. Leland Miss K Williams, Ta coma. J C Thompson. San Fr Miss Hinckley, San Fr Miss Burney, San Fr R D Spencer Chicago F H Gloyd. Tacoma C A Peters. Olympla P Robertson. Centralis, Mrs M Corbett. Lin H W Cottle. San Fran; C Schmidt. Astoria A J Linton, Saslnaw Mrs Linton. Saalnaw John D Daly. Corvalllsi Chas Clark, Kan t;ity C w Fulton, Aatona coln. Neb B Van Dusen. Astoria! Mrs F M Johnson, Sari Julius L Haas, san T Bernardino. Cal Mrs H Blake. Heppner Mrs J H Hart. Heppnr C R Green, Hamilton, Ohio J M Radebaugh, Ta coma Mrs Radebaugh, do A Scherneckan. Astoria E M Rosenthal. Seaside Mrs Rosenthal, do T A McBrlde-. Oreg Cy J E Ferguson, Astoria. Mrs Fenruson. Astoria Master Ferguson, do James Keating, Astoria Mrs Keating. Astoria T T Pelt, city J C Mayo, Astoria. J E Moor, Lonz Bch W F McGregor. Aatorla S Normlle, Astoria Phil Cohn. Heppner Mrs Cohn. Heppner Miss Cohn. Heppner Mrs N M Lane, do Mrs W Bradford & fy. Heppner Miss Dora Schumach- er, Heppner H S Rowan. Chicago W H Doleman. St Hlni D H Smith. Seattle J A Fee, Pendleton J H Raley. Pendleton J L Wade. Salem Mrs Wade. Silem W E Rohae. Colo Spgs F J Carney, Astoria notel Brnnswiclc Seattle. European; first class. Rates, 7Ec and up. Ono block from aepot. itesiauranc next acor. Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma. American plan. Rates, $3 and up. Donnelly Hotel, Tacoma. European plan. Rates. 50c and up. Henry Irvlnr will call his play of the St. Bartholomew massacre "Charles EC"