THE irOHNINS OttEGONTAN, FRIDAY, 'AUGUST 3, -1900.
DEMANDS ITS RIGHTS
Communication With Conger
Not a Favor to America. ,
CASE PLAINLY STATED TO CHINA
Imperial
vernment Assuming1 a.
Hejisj' Responsibility by
Its Conduct.
"WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. The State De
partment has made public the following
correspondence between Li Huns Chang
And the Department regarding the aban
donment of the campaign on Pekin:
Telegram sent to the United States Em
bassies in Berlin, London, Paris, Heme
and St- Petersburg, and to the United j.
States Minister at Toklo:
"Department of State, 'Washington, i
Aug. a, una: an reply to a suggestion
of Li Hung Chang that the Ministers
might be sent under safe escort to Tien
Tsin, provided the powers would agree
not to march on Pekln, the Secretary of
State replied July 30: Thls Government
will not enter into any arrangement re
garding disposition or treatment of Lega
tions without first having free communi
cation with Minister Conger. Responsi
bility for their protection rests upon Chi
nese Government. Power to delivery at
Tien Tsin presupposes power to protect
and to open communication. This Is in
sisted on.
"This message was delivered by1 Mr.
Gooflnow on July 31 to the Viceroy, who
then inquired whether, if 'free communi
cation was established between the Min
isters and their Governments, it could
be arranged that the powers should riot
advance on Pekin, pending negotia
tions. "
To this inquiry the following reply was
sent August 1:
"Goodnow, Consul-General, Shanghai:
I do not think it expedient to submit
the piopositlon of Earl LI to the other
powers. Free communication -with our
representatives in Pekln is demanded
as a matter of absolute right and not
as a favor. Since the Chinese Govern
ment admits that it possesses the power
to give communication, it puts itself in
an unfriendly attitude by denying it. No
negotiations seem advisable until the
Chinese Government shall have put the
diplomatic representatives of the powers
in full and free communication with their
respective Governments and removed all
danger to their lives and liberty. "We
would urge Earl LI earnestly to advise
the Imperial authorities of China to place
themselves in friendly communication
and co-operation -with the relief expe
dition. They are assuming a heavy re
sponsibility by acting otherwise.
"'You will communicate this informa
tion to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
"HAY."
MINISTER WtJ DEPRESSED.
He Makes a Correction of the Dr.
Morrison's Dispatch.
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The Chinese
Minister had Just read the dispatch of
Dr. Morrison from Pekin to the London
Times when seen by a representative of
the Associated Press this mnnlng. Min
ister "Wu. who all along has maintained
an optimistic tone as to the trend of
events in China, seemed more distressed
by yesterday's developments than at any
time since the Chinese trouble began.
He said:
"Of course I do not know this cor
respondent and I cannot tell what his
sources of information are. They cer
tainly are not official utterances. He
evidently "has been tinder jiPge in the
British legatlsn foz a month and is nat
urally irritated so that his utterances
probably are olased' and he is inclined to
believe the worst of the Imperial authori
ties. I see that he makes the direct
statement that I have telegraphed my
Government that the United States
would "gladly assist the Chinese authori
ties. This is untrue and it is unfair to
me. I have telegraphed nothing direct
to my Government beyond forwarding
the President's reply to the request of
the Chinese Government for mediation.
Everj one knows what that Is."
It may be stated on good authority that
the State Department, whatever may be
Its opinion of the Imperial Government
of China, has had no reason to change
its opinion as to the sincerity and good
intentions of the -Chinese Minister here,
and the Department 1s continuing to deal
with him in entire -confidence; despite the
peremptory tone of the last message ad
dressed by Secretary Hay through him to
the Chinese Government.
Regarding the possibility of violence
being renewed against the Pekln lega
tions In case the march of the Interna
tional column on the capital was not ar
rested. Mr. TVu declined to talk. He said
it was impossible to judge fairly of the
situation from this distance but It was
evident from his tone that he was ex
ceedingly anxious regarding the outcome.
SOUTHERN CHINA RESTLESS.
German Mission at Namon Has Been
Destroyed.
LONDON. Aug. 2. Because of the fact
that the Chinese agents at the principal
European cable points are in free ci
pher communication with the Viceroys,
the foreign commanders at Tien Tsin
have seemingly put an embargo on news
concerning the mzo and composition of
the forces advancing on Pekin. Neither
the English Admiralty nor the Foreign
Office have intelligence from Tien Tsin
later than Friday, July 27.
Telegrams from Hong Kong and Shang
hai indicate that restlessness is increas
ing in Southern China. The German mis
slon at Namon has been destroyed and
the native city of Wu Chow is no longer
considered safe for foreigners. At the
Bogue forts target practice is going on.
At Canton the authorities are enlisting
recruits at $9 a month, twice the usual
pay.
Proclamations sent to the recruiting
stations threaten officers who defraud' the
troops.
The Third Brigade was ordered to China
from India today. It consists of four
native regiments, about 60M men.
Another Tien Tsin version of the mes
sage from the British Minister at Pekln,
Sir Claude McDonald, of July 21, describes
him as saying :
"We have provisions for many -weeks,
but little ammunition."
A news agency dispatch from Tien Tsin
July 25 reports that Lieutenant-General
Llnewitch has succeeded Admiral Alex
ieff in commmna of the Russian forces
there. The Russians, the dispatch adds.
are constructing armored trains in the
Tien Tsin shops, and Intend construct
ing the railway as fast as the column
advances to Pekin.
BOXERS POPULAR.
Pekln Noblemen Erected Altars for
Them in Jane.
CHICAGO. Aug. 2.-A Record special
from Victoria B. C. says: A letter re
ceived by a local Chinaman, dated Chi
San Fu. the capital of Shan Tung, on
July 2. says Chi La. a reformer, who
captd from Pekin on June 26, has given
tne wnwr tne iouowing information from
the capital to June 2d.
"There were over 100 000 Boxers and
troops in the capital when I left, and
numbers -were pouring in. Their mam
object turned to be plunder and hatred
of foreigners. The gates of Pekin were
consequently open day and night to per
mit these reinforcements to enter the city.
Those in the city had attacked the for
eign legations continually for 10 days, but
were repulsed every time, although they
managed to set fire to a number of houses
adjoining- the legations, leaving the latter
exposed.
"Not counting 2000 to 2000 converts who
.have been massacred by the Boxers inside
Pekin. it was estimated when I left that
over 40GO peaceable Chinese had also been
slain. The streets ran veith blood: it was
awful. The Tartar and Forbidden cities
were filled to overflowing with the Boxer
and Manchu troops, which caused a panic J
among the Princes, Dukes, nobles and ;
members of the Imperial clan, who were j
afraid that they also would be plundered j
as soon as the Boxers got beyond control,
and so by diplomacy they managed to
clear both cities of their dangerous friends j
and close the gates. The Tartar city
gates are now only opened a couple of ,
hours a day to enable residents to pur
chase things from the other cities. To
show how popular the Boxers are with
the Manchus, in front of the palaces of
eacn .fnnce, ume ana noDieman mere
are Boxer altars."
PEKIN GOVERNMENT POWERLESS
Emperor's Letter to the Crar Ex
presses Great Grief.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 2. A commu
nique in the Official Messenger says:
"Information concerning the march ot
events in China shows the absolute pow
erlessness of the Pekin Government
against the rebels. The Chinese Em
peror's message to the Czar, dated July
30, substantially In the. same terms as
those to President McKinley, President
Loubet and Queen Victoria, recited tne
Czar's reply to a previous message, and
expressed grief 'over the disorders in
China.
"The absence of news from Pekin as
to the fate of the Russian and other Mln
isters renders mediation difficult. Rus
sian efforts "will be directed to the restor-
ation of order In China. Russia Is willing
to aid the Emperor in this respect."
General Grodekoff, under date of
Wednesday, August 1, telegraphs as fol
lows: "The Chinese fortness at Hung Hung
was stormed by General Ajgustoff July
30, thus relieving the posts of Novokljeks
koje and Postja, threatened by the Hung
Hung garrison. Many guns were taken.
The, Russian loss was two officers and
six men killed and four men wounded."
CIPHER MESSAGE HELD.
Li Hang Chang: Holds a Note to the
French Minister.
PARIS, Aug. The French Oonsul
General at Shanghai telegraphs today as
follows:
"LI Hung Chang has stated to the
United States Consul that the Ministers
will be put In communication with their
respective Governments if the allies ar
rest their march on Pekln. Chang Is
yet unable to secure a reply to the mes
sage in his care to M 'Pinchon. the
French Minister. In Pekln, as the Tsung
II Yamun will not consent to the forward
ing of cipher messages for the Ministers.
It Is asserted that the foreigners within
the Imperial city and Consular corps had
decided to entrust the defense of tho
concessions to the international naval
forces."
SEYMOUR STARTS FOR NANKIN.
Chinese Viceroy Furnishes an Es
cort for His Vessel.
SHANGHAI. Aug. 2. Admiral Seymour,
on board the dispatch-boat Alacrity, start
ed for Nankin today to consult with Liu
Kung Yl, Viceroy of Nankin. Admiral
Seymour wired the Viceroy of his vinit
and Liu Kung Yl replied:
"I am unwell and cannot see you."
Admiral Seymour Insisted on making
the visit, and the Viceroy responded by
wire:
"I am Instructing a warship to proceed
down the river to escort the Alacrity to
Nankin In case of misunderstanding in
passing the forts."
YANG LU ACTS.
Chinese Minister t& Rnssla Makes a
Demand for Communication.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 2.-The Chi
nese Minister. Yang Lu, on behalf of the
other Chinese Ministers at European cap
itals, has cabled the Governor of Shan
Tung a demand that the members of the
Legations be permitted free telegraphic
communication with their governments
and be sent to Tien Tsin under a Chinese
escort.
Probably Mnrdered.
LONDON. Aug. 2. The Chinese Inland
I. mission received the following cablegram
rront the Rev. F. TV. Stevenson today:
"Shanghai. July 31. Probably Misses
King. Burton and Rasmussen and Mrs.
Cunnells havp hn Tniirdnroil at T-Tn fiVinn
Province of Shan SI. There Is a local '
rebellion In the Ning Po district, and the
worst js apprehended for all the workers,
who are two married couples and four
single ladies."
Eastern China Missionaries Safe.
BOSTON, Aug. 2. A telegram was re-
SfiVe? here t0$?y, by t5e?"eLcan ?a.pUf
M s'onar Union, dated Shanghai. It
said:
"Holmes and Bousfield will be on next
steamer. All safe."
Rev. E. F. Merriam, editorial secretary
of the union, said the dispatch lndlcad
the safety of .all the missionaries In tb-s
Eastern China mission of the union.
Chinese Missionaries Safe.
LAKE PARK. Minn., Aug. 2.-Rev. H.
A. Gaardsmoe, secretary of the American
Norwegian China mission, has received
the following cablegram:
"Hankow, Jul' 3L Gaardsmoe. Lake
Park. Minn.: All here: going to Shang
hai. What do? WORKERS."
The relatives and friends of the mission
aries are thus assured of their safety
so far.
French Battleship Sails for China.
CHERBOURG. Aug. 2. The battleship
: Redoubtable, bearing Admiral Pottlre.
who takes command of the French fleet
in Chinese waters, and the cruiser Chas
"seloup Laubat, sailed today.
Solace at Nagrasakl.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The Solace,
with the sick and wounded from China,
reached Nagasaki yesterday on her home-
wird uiP
Lane County's Danish Colony
Eugene Guard, July 3L
Rev. P. L. C. Hansen and E. L. Thomp
son, of Portland, promoters of the forth
coming Danish colony, arrived In Eugene
last evening. The -gentlemen, to our
knowledge, paid up for one tract of land
they had contracted for. While here they
also expect to contract for other lands.
Ro". Hansen says the Danes are taking
hold of the colony plan In large numbers.
Sheng', Chinese Director-General of
Telegraphs.
PROPOSES AN ALLIANCE
IDENTITY OF RUSSIAN. AJfD AMER-
ICAN INTERESTS.
Both. Countries the First to En
the Strncele '"With the. Yel
low Race.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2. A dispatch to thG
Herald from St. Petersburg says: An ai.
liance between, Russia and the United
States for the settlement of the Chinese
crisis is urged in a lengthy article in the
Novoe Vremya. This journal points out
, that just as the Franco-Russian alliance
neutralised the warlike menace of the
triple alliance, so would a rapprochement
between the Northern Empire and the.
United States consolidate the-peace ol
Eastern Asia. It adds:
"As in the case of the Franco-Russian
alliance, our rapprochement with the
United States has. In fact, been long pre
pared by the mutual and long-standing
sympathies between, the two nations, and
it remains for diplomacy to give shape
and form to these sympathies."
The Novoe Vremya points out that, the
attitude taken by the United States In
Chinese matters meets, the approval of
Russia. Neither country seeks vengeance
but desires substantial and lasting pacifi
cation of China and the Far East.
"Both nations," the journal says, "are
sufferers by the competition of Chinese
cheap labor, but do not seek retaliatory
measures Russia In the Old "World, and
the United States In the New "World are
by force of circumstances the firstto en
ter into the historic struggle with tha
yellow race, but, just as In America, we
look upon this trouble not so-much as a
rivalry between races as a rivalry be
tween "'civilization and the yellow dan
ger. In short, it, -affects Russians and
Americans most, and this naturally cre
ates like interests in the same question
and impels them to view events in East
ern Asia -from the same matter of fact
historical and humanitarian standpoint."
AMERICAN-CHINESE CORPS.
Celestials Willing to Flgrht for This
Country,
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. It Is proposed to"
offer to tho United States a corps of
intelligent Americanized .Chinese to be
attached to the American forces In China
It is said they could be a great aid as
scouts, guides, boatmen, Interpreters and
bosses for the gangs of coolies necesary
to do the packing of supplies. The Chi
nese head men of the Chung Wah recog
nized this and mentioned It In the recent
memorial sent through Minister "Wu to
LI Hung Chang. Then theyoffered their
services to LI Hung Chang, but now be
ing assured of the United States atti
tude, they will offer their services to aid
General Chaffee.
"The time has come for action," said
Che Moy, "and there are many who will
be glad to go."
"Wing "Wah Chlng has the f ollbwlng me
morial, on which the Chung "Wah will
base its action at Its regular meeting next
Monday night. Translated it reads:
"The United States stands for the pres
ervation of China as a nation. President
McKinley Is assured of England's sup
port of this policy. Russia Is firt of the
nations which would end the political life
of the country where our ancient fathers
are burled and we were born. A force of
American Chinese, with their superior
knowledge and education in general mat
ters, would be of great service to- the
United States and thus serve our own end
for tho preservation of China under a re
form government,
"There are In the United States about
200,000 Chinese, in New York, San Francis
co. Vancouver, Chicago, Seattle, etc. A
large force could be raised from the
strong and able-bodied and placed at the
disposal of the United States. Let u-i
send this word and through means opeD
to us communicate with the Government
of the United States to see what facilities
can bo afforded this plan and movement.
Young men entering Into It are sure of
places of trust and prominence In the new
government which China will have."
THREE POWERS ABLE.
America, England and Japan Have
a Sufficient Force.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. A Tribune dis
patch from London says: News from
China In the last 24 hours has consisted
mainly of belated accounts from various
capitals of the experiences of the Lega
tions when they were under fire. A crisis
has now arisen when the powers must
either consent to make peace with their
Legations held at the mercy of Chinese
guards, or else send an armed force to
Pekln and take the risk of having a
massacre ordered before the troops can
arrive at the capital.
Without doubt the Cabinet has dis
cussed this question and probably the
views of the British and American Gov
ernments have been exchanged respecting
It, though there is no direct evidence of
any concerted action. Dispatches from
China are Indecisive, but indicate that
several powers favor an Immediate ad
vance, whereas the contingents of other
powers have not received Instructions
from their home governments. There are
rumors that the advance has begun and
these reports are also contradicted. The
European concert may be subjected to a
serious strain by the necessity of deciding
this point. The Chinese Government Is
hoping by Its threats to hold foreigners
as hostages to divide the powers and
paralyze their action.
Japan, without doubt, favors Immediate
advance. The talk at the Embassy here
is decisive on that point. It Is nor
ea-ually certain that Russia and Germany
are ready to incur the responsibility pf
exposing the Legatloners to the peril of a
renewal of bombardment by an over
whelming force of Chinese regulars. The
opinion among well-informed men at mid
night was that the Japanese, Americans
and English were in sufficient force to In
itiate an aggressive policy and would do
it.
ROCKHILL'S INSTRUCTIONS.
One of His First Duties Will Be to
Confer With Conger.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2. W. W.
Rockhlll, appointed by the President as
special commissioner to go to China and
report on the Boxer movement and the
conditions it has provoked, has arrived
here accompanied by his wife, who will
accompany him on his Journey as far as
Japan.
"I am expected to report on the condi
tions as I find them and the facts as i
can learn them," he said. "My 'Instruc
tions from President McKinley and Seo
retary Hay are oral and of a very gen
eral nature, and I will not know the scope
of my work until I get on the ground.
I am not going to China on the theory
that a state of war exists, for it does
not, I shall go on the America Maru as
far as Shanghai. She sails Friday. One
of my first duties will be to make my way
to Pekin and confer with Mlhlster Con
ger, if he Is still alive and the way to
the capital Is open.
CHANG'S REIGN OF TERROR.
Order Preserved in Canton
by
Wholesnle Executions.
LONDON, Aug. 2. A letter from Hong
Kong July 2 represents that Li. Hung
Chang was preserving order in Canton
by a virtual reign of terror, rendering
him well hated by the disorderly element
He had ruthlessly prevented anything In
the nature of a public meeting, and tnus
effectually prevented any of the various
parties, all of them animated by hatred
of foreigners, coming together to plan a
rising. During one week he had executed
by strangling or beheading 70 persons,
and it is asserted that during his Vice-
royalty no less than 2000 were executed.
All suspects. Innocent and guilty alike,
"were thrown into prison indiscriminate'! .
which in a majority of cases was tanta
mount to execution.
Japan Dragged Into- China.
VICTORIA B. a, Aug. 2. A Toklo
correspondent of the Japan Herald, In a
lengthy article, says:
"In spite of exultant articles In the for
eign press, exhorting Japan to heroic en
deavors, she does not enter the China
campaign with pride. The nation at large
condemns It. Japan, It Is alleged, has been
dragged Into it."
The correspondent prophecies war with
Russia over settling up accounts In China
and says .China would throw in Its lot with
Japan against Russia.
i '
Japanese Forces Defeated.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. According to the
Herald from Tien Tsin, under date of
Sunday, comes a report that the Japanese
vanguard has been repulsed with a loss
of ,150 killed and wounded.
Quiet in Che Iviang and Fnen.
LONDON, Ams. 2. The Engliih Church
Missionary Association has received tele
grams saying all their stations at Shang
hai and In the provinces ot Che Kfarig
andFuen were tranquil.
Alexleff Goes to New Chvrsng.
SHANGHAI. Wednesday, Aug. L Ad
miral Alexleff has gone to New Chwang,'
where -the position of the Russians is re
garded as serious.
WASHINGTON'S FUTURE.
Governor Rogers on the State's Re
sources and Prospects.
Governor Rogers, In compliance with
a request of the Minneapolis Times for a
statement of the resources and business
outlook of his state, has submitted the
following:
"The future prospects of the State of
Washington are flattering in the extreme.
The immense and unparalleled resources
of the state are beginning to be realized.
The development of Alaska, made tribu
tary to Puget Sound by natural condi
tions, means much for us. In addltl6n,
the mines of our own state are attracting
the attention of investors, with great
promise of future profit.
"A statement has been made which at
first thought may seem to be extreme.
that I believe to be strictly true. It is
this: If a point be taken In the center
of theCascade Range, midway north and
south between the boundaries of Wash
ington, and a circle drawn of 200 miles'
radius, this point as a center, the result
ing circle of 400 miles diameter will con
tain greater natural advantages than can
elsewhere be found in like space upon the
surface of the globe.
"This Is a very strong statement, and
yet careful Investigation will prove It' to
be literally true. The natural advantages
of Puget Sound are not elsewhere equaled.
The greatest body of timber left within
the bounds of the United States Is a part
of the wealth of the region. Immense de
posits of coal, Iron, copper, silver and
gold are found In the Cascade Range.
The fishing Industry has of late grown
Into immense proportions, and is destined
in the near future to eclipse that of the
New England States. The wheat lands of
Southeastern Washington, known as the
Palouse region, are the richest In the
world.
"Three transcontinental railroads have
already reached Puget Sound, and others
are headed this way. Several lines of
steamships make, regular trips to Japan,
China and Australia. In short, I believe
that the commerce of the United States
Is shortly to perform the evolution of
'about face,' and that In due time the
commerce of the Pacific will far exceed
that of the Atlantic.
"Under these circumstances and witn
6uch prospects as I have faintly lnal
cated, we are, I think, fully justified In
hoping much of the future."
ONTARIO 'IRRIGATION.
Plans for Reclaiming Large Areas
ot Arid Lands.
Boise Statesman.
J. F. Smith, of Provo, Utah, Is survey
ing an Irrigation proposition for the lands
In the vicinity of Ontario, Or. He has
three distinct plans for watering this
land. The first, he proposes a high ditch
to be taken from the Owyhee River at a
point 25 miles above Ontario. A few miles
above this he will construct a gigantic
reservoir to hold back the early water.
This survey Is complete.
Mr. Smith Is also running a line from
Snake River at Goose Falls above the
Boise. This canal will be 100 feet wide.
This survey Is partially made.
The really feasible proposition seems to
be another plan. Mr. Smith is surveying
a canal from the Payette River, taking
the water out about 13 miles up the
Payette, and at a point 100 feet above
water In Snake River. This canal comes
along the foothills to a point two miles
below the town of Payette, and Is thence
piped under the valley and Snake River.
This will discharge water SO feet high.
From this point water Is to be carried
both up and down the Snake. This
Teaches a point 10 miles above Nyssa, Or.,
or 20 miles above Ontario. Sixty thousand
acre's of Oregon's best land will be re
claimed by this project. The expenditure
will aggregate $300,000, one-half of which
will be labor on canals and work inci
dental thereto. By those who know, this
latter project Is considered the best. The
great volume of water would by this plan
be discharged at once near the largest
tract of land to be covered. Dead Ox
Flat, between Payette and Weiser, holds
in one tract '0,000 acres of land second
to none In the state. To carry water 30
miles in a ditch for so large amount of
land Is encountering a great deal of
evaporation. Smith's proposition obviates
this difficulty.
There are now five propositions in the
wind' for watering the Idle land here. Un
less they get in collision with each other,
or get In each other's way, Ontario may
well be justified In the expectation of see
ing water flowing over the rich foot
hills back of town.
TIVOLI FREQUENTERS FINED
Temporary Manager Held in $2000
Bail for Examination.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Eighty-one wom
en and 11 men who were arrested In the
Trlvoil, a Tenderloin resort, last night,
were arraigned in the Police Court here
today. Two of the women were fined
$10 for disorderly conduct, and another
was sentenced to three months' imprison
ment as a vagrant. The other cases went
over. " Of the men, all were discharged
excepting J. F. O'Connor, the temporary
manager of the Tivoll, who was held in
$2000 ball for examination, and J. F. Mc
Avoy, the waiter, who Is alleged to have
assaulted State Senator Ford In the Tlvoli
a few nights ago, and against whom Sen
ator Ford appeared as the complaining
witness. MeAvoy was held In $100 ball
for examination tomorrow, his counsel
stating that he desired to bring counter
charges against Senator Ford.
Sir Edwin Arnold's Son Held.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2. Julian B.
Arnold, son of Sir Edwin Arnold,1 who
Is in custody of a United States Marshal
awaiting the result of extradition pro
ceedings, was not surprised to learn that
his partner, Thomas Bdlton Slsmey, had
been held 'for trial In London. He said
that the fact that only $10,000 bail was
asked showed that the action was not
serious. He said that his father was not
at outs with him, and that the affairs of
the firm were being settled. If he Is not
extradited, he proposes to stay here.
Louisville's Population 204,731.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The Census
Office today announced the population
ot Louisville, Ky., to be 204,731. an' in
crease of 43,602 over the census of 1S90.
DEFIED BRITISH NATION
DR. TANNER, OF CORK, CREATES A
SCENE IN PARLIAMENT.
Staid Members Rose in Their Seats
and Endeavored to Drovra
His Utterances.
"LONDON, Aug. 2. Onca more Dr.
Charles Tanner, Nationalist Member of
Parliament for the middle division of
Cork, has been suspended; and, although
In this Instance the suspension was only
for one night, it was accompanied by
scenes that would have done credit to the
most disorderly Legislature in the world.
After1 opposing a vote in supply at to
day's session. Dr. Tanner was appointed
a teller. Subsequent to the division the
chairman announced that Dr. Tanner had
grossly insulted him on account of the ap
pointment, and that, in consequence, he
would suspend him for the remainder of
the 'sitting.
Gesticulating wildly, Dr. Tanner defied
the chairman, the House and the whole
English nation. Amid a deafening uproar
he declared that the chairman was
"merely one of the Premier's minions."
He then exclaimed: "I defy the whole lot
of you. I throw that in your teeth. As
an Irishman, I leave the House with
greater pleasure than I ever entered It."
" Then, while staid members rose In their
seats and tried to drown these utterances.
Dr. Tanner still -yelled defiance and went
out.
WAR BADLY FINANCED.
British Troops in" Sonth. Africa Poor
ly Fed and Clothed.
., NEW YORK. Aug. 2. A Tribune dis
patch from London says: The war In
South Africa Is clearly approaching . an
end. Hunter has reported that he will
have fully 4000 prisoners among the hills
south of Bethlehem, and that Olivier alone
baa succeeded In breaking away toward
Harrismlth with, a thousand men. Forty
thousand British troops ought to be able
to catch that "commando with its five guns.
The Free State lorces now consist of two
columns of 1000 men each, under Dewet
and Olivier, several hundred miles apart,
and enveloped with British troops, and
when these surrender the Transvaal Boers
will not have any justification for holding
out, especially when the campaign has
become one of Intolerable suffering on both
sides. The Boers are fighting In rags
and bare feet and are suffering from
hunger, cold and every conceivable priva
tion. The British troops are also badly
clothed and fed. owing to the wretched
work of the transportation service.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt made a
speech against the Government yesterday
In the House of Commons, and displayed
a semblance of his old-time fighting form.
He referred to the estimate of $15,000,000
for the operations In China and Intimated
that the ultimate cost of British opera
tions In that quarter might exceed that In
boutn Africa. He also assumed that the
war In South Africa would cost fully $IC0.
000,000, and commented on the fact that
consols which used to stand at 115 had gone
below par. He even ventured to predict
that Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, if he wero
borrowing, would emulate Mr. Goschen's
achievement li sending them down to 95.
This speech was the most effective at
tack which has yet been made on the
Government. The war has not been well
financed. A tax of a penny a. pound on
sugar would have yielded more revenue
than the new schedule of Increased taxes
Imposed by Sir Michael Hicks-Beach at
the expense of payers of Income dues
and other direct taxes.
GENERAL BOTHA WEAKENING.
Asks Lord Roberts if General Prins
lod Has Surrendered.
LONDON, Aug. 3. The Pretoria corre
spondent of the Daily Mail, telegraphing
Wednesday, says:
"Commandant-General Botha Is weaken
ing. He has sent a messenger to Lord
Roberts, asking for confirmation of the
report of the surrender of General Prlns
loo, and requesting permission to com
municate with General Dewet."
NOT MAKING MONEY.
Paris Exposition Restanrant Pro
prietors Dissatisfied.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. A dispatch to the
Herald from Paris says: There is great
dissatisfaction among the proprietors of
restaurants In the Champs de Mars in
connection with the exposition, and a
meeting has been called by about a doz
en proprietors to decide whether to clos9
or not. The lessee of the leading restau
rant in the Champs de Mars Informed the
correspondent that he had contracted to
pay 200 francs ($40) per square meter
(10.76 square feet) and as he had 1165
square meters (1393.34 square yards) this
makes 233,000 francs ($46,G00) for the sea
son. "My partner did a good business In
1889," he said, "so we thought to do better
this year, and took larger premises, but
the administration, made leases to so
many klosques, bars and buffets and so
few people came that the losses have
been terrible. Several restaurants have
failed already. The exposition was not
ready at the allotted time, so there were
two months of Idleness. This afternoon
we had 200 visitors for dinner, of whom
50 were foreigners. If It were not for
the foreigners we would do nothing, for
the others, as a general rule, bring a
basket of provisions and a bottle of wine
to save money.
"At the meeting a decision will be
taken as to closing. We demand that
from now to the end of the season we be
released jfrom paying anything further
than what Is already paid. I can assure
you that many exhibitors state openly
that after 'the awarding of the medals
and prizes they will shut up and go
away."
TAUNTED GREAT BRITAIN.
Unpleasant Incident at an Arbitra
tion Conference.
PARIS, Aug. 2. An unpleasant split In
the Inter-Parliamentary Congress for
peace arbitration was narrowly avoided
at today's session. M. Dorand, speaking
of the impotence of The Hague confer
ence, protested against the war In the
Transvaal, and expressed astonishment
that the Tequests for arbitration made by
the South African republics had not found
an echo in Europe.
Lord Stanhope, one of the English del
egates, In reply said that friends of
peace in his country had done everything
possible to prevent war, but he said it
would be impossible for representatives of
England to participate in a discussion im
plying the least blame of England.
The presiding officer turned aside the
approaching storm by calling for a vote
on the following resolution, which was
adopted: ,
"The congress, acting on The Hague
resolutions, expressed , Its gratitude to
those contributing to the results in the
firm hope' that the powers will not neg
lect in the future to utilize the means at
their disposal for the appeasement of in
ternational conflicts, and Its regret that
they have not been able to do so. Actual
war in the Transvaal calls the attention
of the various delegates to the duty de
volving upon them to call the attention
of their respective governments to the
obligations the powers contracted In giv
ing adhesion to The Hague resolutions."
FIGHTING IN YUCATAN.
Maya Indians Resist the Troops With
Great Bravery.
OAXACA, Mex., Aug. 2. The military
authorities here have received informa
tion that there has been continued fight
ing between the Maya Indians and the
troops in Yucatan for the last five days.
and tint the rebels have been forced to
abandon several of their strongest po
sitions adjacent to the City of Santa
Cruz, where they have their headquar
ters, and tribal government. The In
dians were taken by surprise several days
ago by a force of about 2000 government
troops, commanded by General Bravo,
coming in on their right flank. After
firing a few volleys when this first on
slaught was made by the government
troops, the Indians retreated a short dis
tance and then made a determined stand,
which they have held with persistence and
great bravery. It is charged that there
are several English-speaking men In
command of the Maya forces.
ASHANTEE CAMPAIGN,
British Forces Meet "With Stubborn
Resistance.
BEKWAT. Ashantee, Wednesday, Aug.
1. Major H R. Beddoes, with 100 men
and two guns, started July 21 to locate the
enemy's war camp. The camp was found,
the warriors numbering 2000 to 4000 men,
three days marching east of Mompoessi.
Several hours' fighting resulted ln the
, defeat pf the Ashantees against a stub
born resistance. Major Beddoes losses
I were heavy. He and Lieutenants Phillips
and fawaby were severely wounded. Thirty
men were also wounded. More troops will
be necessary before the campaign can
possibly finish.
To Attend the Duke's Fnneral.
LONDON, Aug. 2. The Prince of Wales,
the Duke of York and the Duke of Con
naught have gone to Saxe-Coburg to at
tend the funeral of the late Duke of Saxe
Coburg and Gotha. Among those selected
to represent the Admiralty at the funeral
are Admiral Sir Frederick Richardson and
Captain Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne.
The latter, being thus honored. Is taken
Colonel C. F. Robe, Colonel Liscum's
Successor as Commander of the
Ninth Infantry.
as an evidence of royal sympathy regard
ing the Astor controversy.
Young Schurz Died of Heart Failure.
LONDON, Aug. 2. A Coroner's Inquest
held on the body of Carl Schurz. Jr., the
second son of ex-Secretary of the Interior
Carl Schurz, of New York, who died alone
In his boardnlg-house in Montagu street
July 2S. resulted In a verdict that death
was caused by heart failure.
Editor De Yonng Presided.
PARIS, Aug. 2. Michael H. De Young,
of San Francisco, presided yesterday at
the International Peace and Arbitration
Conference, when It was decided, as al
ready cabled, to establish in Paris an in
ternational school of journalism in con
nection with the peace bureau at Berne.
Gold for San Francisco.
SYDNEY, N. S. W., Aug. 2. The steam
er Mariposa, which left this port today
for San Francisco, carried 350,000 gold.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Plea for Its Cool, Rational and Im
partial Consideration.
PORTLAND, July 31. (To the Editor.)
As a student and a lawyer, I cannot
blot from memory either history or pre
cedent. It is never safe to criticise or
sneer at anything about which one ab
solutely knows nothing.
As I am not a Christian Scientist, nor
even a Christian, I am not prejudiced
either for or against this new and to me
rather strange theory of life and health.
But the age Is one of progress and de
velopment. The thought and theories of
today may become the rubbish of to
morrow. You cannot build a Chinese
wall around the human Intellect. Hence
for me this new departure has no ter
rors. If good, the people will, in time,
accept It; if found otherwise, they will
In time reject It, and In this, as In all
else affecting the welfare of the race, it
is. safe to trust the good sense of the
people.
These thoughts are suggested by the
claims of the professors of this new faith
upon the one hand, and by the rather
harsh criticisms of those who cling to tho
old and at sight reject the new, upon
tho other. These recall to my mind to
day three historic epochs in human life
and conduct, as well as their ultimate
results. They are familiar to all, yet It
may not be amiss to mention them here
and now.
When I was a boy, there suddenly ap
peared not far from my home amid the
mountains of Virginia a strange man who
taught and practiced a doctrine new,
peculiar, dangerous and unlawful. For
vvaL iic sum ihu uiu, una Bn.uJj,i cxo,
by the people, and under the laws of my
native state, tried, convicted and hanged
upon the gallows. For more than '( i i.ep-produeinr agent or cocaine,
years the body of this strange man. who ! These, are- the only dental parlors in Port
proclaimed this new faith and practice. , land having patented appliances and
has lain molderlng In the grave, yet the I ingredients to extract, nit and apply gold
soul of John Brown still goes march- ! crowns and rorcelaln crowns undetectable
Ing on.
Centuries before John Brown's effort to
free our slaves, a devout monk, whilst
ascending stone steps, on his knees, as
by his church required, was suddenly
overwhelmed by a new thought, which
soon led him to teach and preach a doc
trine then new and strange. For this
he was ostracised by friends, outlawed
by both church and state, denounced
by Kings and popes. That was 400 years
ago. Yet this bold and courageous man
of new thought and theory did more than
all others of his time to assert the spir
itual independence of his race was the
father of the great Reformation and the
influence of Martin Luther Is today felt
throughout the civilized world.
Long before the days of Martin Luther
there had appeared in the far East an
other strange man who also taught and
preached doctrines then new and pecu
liar. Few understood, few believed him.
For his departure from old ways, and t
for what he said and did, this man was .
e?Ttifr linnn ar41oi-l Tinrirttrwl i'lHflii1 fiir? '
finally was arrested, tried, convicted and
executed. That was nearly 2000 years
ago, yet the life, example and teach.
Ings of this man have lifted up
more of the bowed-down, healed
more broken hearts, wiped more tears
from eyes that wept, than the combined
powers of kingdoms, empires and repub
lics, and the civilized world today be
lieves that the religion of Jesus of Naz
areth will continue to bless and bettei
humanity, till time shall be no more.
The mission of the first was accom
plished and ended by the 'freedom ot
American slaves from human bondage.
The influence of the other two, in glv.
Ing spiritual and religious freedom to
the world, has proven at once a blessing
and a benediction to all humanity; yet
their missions will not be wholly accom
plished or ended so long as Christianity
endures to uplift and ennoble the race.
These three Illustrious examples stand
out like beacon lights on the hilltops of
history. They succeeded, for the reason
that the time was ripe, the people be
lieved, accepted and adopted their theo
ries. The one Is called the Liberator,
another the Reformer, the last the Sa
vior. Success made each more than
Kins'. But suppose. It you can-, that tho
peapla had rejected them and their theo
ries: that tholr followers had fallen,
away; that their examples, precepts and
teachings had been forgotten, swallowed
up and lost In tho mists of years whax
then? Each would be remembered by tha
peoplo now on earth, as the moaae be
lieved each to be in his country and time
simply as a monomaniac Suocue or
failure alike marks tho dlnrno bv
tween a. revolution and a rebellion be
tween a reformer and a crank.
All new movements have small begin
nings Some succeed, others fall. Chri
tion Science Is still la Its Infancy Wheth
er It bo one of "tho great worlcl'3 altar
stairs that slope- through dsrkneea up to
God." as Its advocates slactrely bellevs,
or whether the slope tends In the opposite
direction, as Its detractors a-jsort. It Is
not my purpose to inquire now, for tlmo
alone will determine. I neither predict
nor prophesy, for like others who stand
without the walls, I simply do not know.
But under the Immortal Declaration of
tho fathers of our Republic as1 well as
under our Constitution and laws, this Is
a land of liberty, filled with liberty
loving people, who hato oppression and
love fairness and justice. Tha Individual
citizen here has and may freely exercise
the utmost freedom of thought and ac
tion, consistent with the public good; haa
tho unquestioned right to think and act
and say and do as he pleases, so long as
he does hot invade tho rights of others.
Hence Christian Eclenttsts and those who
oppose them have here precisely tha sama
rights and are under the samo publla
duties.
Again as in tho olden tlma tha blood
of the martyrs was satd to bu tha seed
of the church, so here and now nw
flerco opposition but lnu?nalrten tha wtal
of believers In any rellBion, A fervid
flame of religious faith is not anufftMl out
by a sneer. In this connection the ud
vice given by Gamaliel to the high priest
and council, when they contemplated
slaying the apostles, may ba read nd
studied with profit. The dosing werUa
of that great lawyer were: ''And now I
say unto you, refrain from theaa men
and let them alone; for if this, eounsei
or this word ba of men, it wilt eeme to
naught. But If It ba of God, ye cannot
overthrow It, lest haply ye be found even
to fight against God."
"With nil this In mind, eonolderln alao
th vast number of earnest, slnae.ro, ve.p
utable and Intellectual believers In this
new faith men and woman ef brains and
learning, whose correct Uvea entitle, them
to the respect and confidence of other
good people to mo It seems that the
broad charity and toleration taught by
the Nazarene. tho citizen's abeoluto guar
anty of equal rights and liberties, not leea
than common fairness and Justice, al'k
demand that, before pronouncing sen
tence- of condcmnitlon, the uninitiated
should give to Christian Science that un
prejudiced and thoughtful consideration
to which, by reason of the number and
respectability of Its follower. It Is clear
ly entitled. This Is due to the bcllovers
In that faith not less than to the Intelli
gence of this nge.
HENRY CLAY M'DOTJGAIi.
Depravity of ri Great City.
Hartford (Conn.) Times.
New York has the Isnomlnlous distinc
tion of possesins; the finest seaside resort
near at hand of any great city, and per
mitting it to be deirraded and made dirty
and disreputable In every sense. Its nat
ural attractiveness Is ruined and It 1b
openly and almost avowedly degraded to
tho lowest taste and the lowest uss. Tho
Brooklyn Eagle says It Is "filthier, wick
eder, and more shameless this Summer
than ever before in the history of that
disreputable resort."
The New York Evening Post says this
Is the result of "Tamany's rule, which
corrupts everything that It touches." The
further remarks of that paper are wortn
noting". It says:
Tha organization saw the chance to swell its
revenues by selling Indulgences at tha sea
shore, as It does . In the Tenderloin district,
and the result Is a spectacle to disgrace civil
ization. If such thins3 were allowed by an
"Inferior race" In some remote part of the
world, expansionists would And In the situa
tion a demand that the superior should go to
the rescue.
This is true enough. But it Is also
worth remembering that there Is nothing
more uncivilized than the lower stratum
of population In a great city. It lacks
the sense of beauty, fitness, and gener
ous aspiration, because it has been edu
cated In a purely material way and on
a false standard of life. One result of
this" is that it demands for Its recrea
tions things that suit Its vitiated taste.
It wants the cheap John business of Con
ey Island, and It Is chiefly because It
wants It that Tammany finds It profitable
to tolerate the Coney Island of recent
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THE HAIR BRUSH
Breeds Dandruff, Y'iich Came Fall
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Professor Unna, Hamburg. Germ ty,
European authorrty on skin d:s.M-es,
says that dandruff is as eontaguus
any other malevolent disease, and i -at
one common source of the spread or dan
druff is the use of the samp ha-r brush ov
different persons. The way to avot.I
catching dandruff or any other, disease
from another's brush is to ImeWt on the
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kills the dandruff germ, but It Is also ' n
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