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.
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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.
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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
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(F R Mellls, Baker City
"Master Geo M Hunter,
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H O Stlckney.GoIconda
Dr C W Lone. Denver
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W A Huntley. Orcsr C
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A F Elliott. San Fran
It II Thompson, Ungo
M H Chewar & wife,
USA
George S Clark, N T
S Nicholson, StCharles
111
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R P Elthet, Victoria
K V Munro. Victoria
D J Collins. Phlla
Nelson Bennett
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ill
I H Manner. Cal
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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
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MaJ P F Hardy. USA
J M Church, La Grand
J W Fuller. St Paul
Walter Wise & w, NT
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St Louis
Miss E A Donaldson.
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Wm Lampel. St Louis
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Lieut Frame J iior-
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W G Relmer, Phlla
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Regulator Line steamers, from Oak
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Dalles, Hood River, Cascade Locks,
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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
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A T Knox. F6rest Gr
ur A G smith. Che-
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L E Magholl, Tacoma
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i j Town. Bucoua.
J W Edgcomb. Seattle
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Miss Shield. do
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Frank Keen, Mattoon,
III
W J Powers, city
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Thos McClelland, For-
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David Frobett. Albany
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A S Bennett, Dalles
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A Homer. N T City
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Miss K Williams, Ta
coma. J C Thompson. San Fr
Miss Hinckley, San Fr
Miss Burney, San Fr
R D Spencer Chicago
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John D Daly. Corvalllsi
Chas Clark, Kan t;ity
C w Fulton, Aatona
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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
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Mrs W Bradford & fy.
Heppner
Miss Dora Schumach-
er, Heppner
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Donnelly Hotel, Tacoma.
European plan. Rates. 50c and up.
Henry Irvlnr will call his play of the St.
Bartholomew massacre "Charles EC"