THE MOBNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1900.
ULTIMATUM TO CHINA
Immediate Action by Imperial
Government Necessary.
A MESSAGE OF CHEER TO CONGER
Ll Hnnc Chang; Informed That the
Situation Is Scrlon and the Crisis
Boa Been Reached.
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. A reply has
been sent to Minister Conger by the State
Department to the message received from
him late yesterday. It advises him of the
approach of the relief columns, and ex
horts him to be of good cheer. The dls-,
patch was sent direct to Minister Con
ger at PeMn, and a duplicate of It to
Consul-General Goodnow. at Shanghai.
Goodnow was directed to spare no pains
or expense to get the message to Minister
Conger.
To Consul-General Goodnow was also
cabled an emphatic statement of the po
sition of this Government, approaching
close to an ultimatum, and saying that
Immediate action by the Chinese Govern
ment is necessary. He was directed to
communicate this to LI Hung Chang and
other officials, who can transmit it to
"whatever government there is In China.
The message received from Minister
Conger yesterday brings the Chin
jiese situation to Its most serious stage,
and the authorities in Washington re
gard the matter as one of great gravity.
They are aware that nothing but the
most vigorous action can meet the condi
tions, save the ministers and other for
eigners in Pekin, and avert a war of
long duration.
After a conference of the men In charge
of the diplomatic and military affairs,
In which President McKInley partici
pated over the long-distance 'telephone.
It was decided to send a message to
Consul-General Goodnow, repeating the
contents of the Conger message, and ad
vising him that the situation was se
rious and a crisis had been reached.
It Is not believed by the War Depart
ment officials that the international
forces now operating on the Pel Ho Riv
er can reach Pekin In time to rescue the
Ministers If active hostilities should be
gin against the Degationers by the Im
perial troops. So serious do the officials
regard the situation that It Is believed
by some there is greater safety for the
Ministers and other foreigners to ac
cept an escort of the Imperial Army to
Tien Tsm tnan to remain in Pekin, if
war should be declared.
EXPELLED FROM PEIT SAXG.
British Consul Reports the Chinese
In Fall Ret rent.
LONDON, Aug. 8. The British Consul
at Tien Tsln, under date of Monday, Au
gust C, announces that the Chinese have
been expelled from Pelt Sang, and that
they are in full retreat.
Japanese Toole the. Town.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S. The Navy De
partment has received the following ca
blegram from Admiral Remey:
"Che Foo, Aug. S. Bureau of Naviga
tion, Washington: Taku, Aug. C, Chaffee
reports Japanese took Pelt Sang on the
morning of the 5th. Engagement was
over before the Americans arrived.
Movement probably continued to Tans
Tsun. Inform Secretary of War."
ESCORT TO TIEX TSIN.
Minister "IVn Hands the Edict to the
Stntc Dcimrtracnt.
WASHINGTON. Aug. S. The Chinese
Minister visited the State Department
today and transmitted to this Govern
ment the following edict:
"An Imperial edict of the eighth day
of the seventh moon (August 2, 1900).
transmitted by Viceroy LI Hung Chang,
Viceroy Liu Kun Yl and Director-General
Sheng, under date of August 4. 1300, to
Minister Tang, at St. Petersburg and
transmitted by- the latter under date of
August 7, and received by Minister Wu
on the evening of the last named date.
It is as follows:
"' 'LI .Hung Chang and Liu Kun TI,
In response to their joint memorial pro
posing the sending of the foreign Min
isters to Tien Tsln, received on the Sth
Instant, (August 2), the following Im
perial edict:
-4 . "Throughout the disturbances recent
ly caused by our subjects on account of
Christian missions which have resulted in
a conflict of forces. It has been found
necessary to afford protection to all the
foreign Ministers In Pektn. On repeated
occasions the Tsung 11 Tamun sent notes
Inquiring after their welfare. And as Pe
kin has not yet been restored to order
and precautionary measures may not se
cure absolute safety, the foreign Minis
ters are being consulted as to the pro
posed plan of detailing troops to escort
them safely to Tien Tsln to a safe tem
porary' shelter, so that they may be free
from apprehensive anxiety or fear.
" "We hereby command Jung Lu to ap
point as a preliminary step trustworthy,
.high, civil and military officials, who.
together with reliable and efficient troops,
shall, at such Jtjme as the foreign Minis
ters agree upon for "leaving,, Pekin, escort
and protect them throughout their jour
ney. Should lawless characters manifest
evil designs upon the Ministers, or at
tempt to rob them, or In any way create
trouble, they (the high officials) shall
at once repress them without fall.
" "If the foreign Ministers, before leav
ing Pekin, should desire to communicate
with their respective governments and
if their telegraphic messages should be
In plain language, the Tsung 11 Tamun
shall at once attend to them without the
least delay, thus manifesting the utmost
friendliness of the Imperial Government.
Respect this.
BRITISH MINISTER REPORTS.
Rifle Fire Upon the Legations Still
Contlnncs.
LONDON, Aug. S. In the House of
Commons today, Mr. Broderlck, Parlia
mentary secretary for the Foreign Office,
read a telegram from Sir Claude Mac
Donald. British Minister to China, re
ceived in cipher at the foreign office this
morning. The dispatch was In reply to
a government message and bore date of
Pekn. August 2. It read as follows:
"I have today received your cipher tel
egram, forwarded to me by the Chinese
Minister. The shell and cannon fire
ceased on July 16, but the riflo Are has
continued from the Chinese positions,
held by government troops and Boxers,
intermittently ever since. The casual
ties since then have been slight. Except
one private of marines, all the wounded
are doing well. The rest of the British
In the legation are well. Including the
whole garrison.
The total of killed is 00 and of wound
ed 110. We have strengthened our fortl
ileatlons. We have over 200 women and
children refugees in the legation. The
Chinese Government has refused trans
mission to telegrams In cipher until
now.
Mr. Broderlck also read the following
dispatch from Admiral Bruce, filed at
Che Foo. August C:
The allies, about 13.000 strong, at
tacked the Chinese entrenched positions
at Hslku. about two miles outside Tien
Tsln, early this morning. The Chinese
were driven out and retired northward,
pursued by the allies, who occupied Pelt
Sang. Transports followed up the
troops. By road and river the advance
upon PelSn has begun."
Mr, Broderlck said he thought the mes
sages were, on the whole, satisfactory.
Tlie country understood the policy of
Bcr Majesty's Government In regard to
China was to carry on with absolute
firmness and determination the measures
taken to preserve the country's inter
ests. The dispatch Is taken, with the ad
miralty's announcement that the Chinese
have been defeated and are retreating
before the allies, as making the outlook
rather more cheerful today than since
Admiral Seymours unsuccessi expedi
tion. The Russians' hard fighting on the Si
berian frontier, the difficulties of their
position on the Llao Tung Peninsula
and the prospect of a revolt against
France in Indo-Clna will probably pre
vent either of those powers furnishing re
inforcements to the allies operating
against Pekin. Hence the United States.
Great Britain, Germany and Japan will
have to carry out the military programme
without any more troops from Russia or
France.
Yokohama advices say dispatches re
ceived from Seoul affirm tuat a Corean
Cabinet will be organized to unite the
factions, and that the Corean Emperor
is sending presents of rice, flour and jcI
gars to the allies at Tien Tsln.
JSo Shell Fire Since Jnly 21.
BERLIN, Aug. 8. The Foreign Office
has received the following dispatch from
Herr Bulow, First Secretary of the Ger
man Legation at Pekin.
"Since July 21 the situation has not
changed. There have been neither at
tacks by the troops en masse upon us,
nor shell fire, onlj: desultory rifle fire.
The health of the members of the Lega
tion Is comparatively good. The wound
ed are progressing."
Danoffe to Slberlnn Railroad.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 8. War office
telegrams received here from Eastern Si
beria show the Chinese have destroyed the
railroad in several places. Interrupting
the passage of througn trains. Repairs
are proceeding. The CosBacks now guard
2009 versta of the frontier railroad.
Frenzied by Chinese Experiences.
VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 8. The wife of
Dr. A. MacDonald Westwater, of Llao
yang, Manchuria, committed suicide at
Arma In consequeence of mental depres
sion caused by her exciting experiences
at New Chwang Just before her departure
from China.
PAINSTAKING ILLITERACY.
Research Enabling Wise Critics to
"Err Very Learnedly."
New York Commercial-Advertiser.
Wo are careless enough in our use of
words. Heaven knows, but the efforts of
a recent writer to set us right only makes
us hug our sins the tighter. He Is a sar--castlc
person who Is alternately amused
and dismayed by the slips of other people.
Here are some of the things he considers
slips. Speaking of someone who used a
wrong word on a certain occasion, he
says: "The incident occurred in a 'su
burbs' of a large Pennsylvania city, but
the people out there are calling It a 'su
burb yet." Again, on running across the
expression "a case of hrse sense" In
a newspaper, he said he tried "to think
of some Instance where horse sense had
ever been put up In a crate, box or other
package that Is usually understood to be
a 'case. " Another newspaper said some
thing about the responsibility of editors In
the conduct of their Journals. Their con
duct would be Improved, he thought. If
the editors "were more cautious In con
ducting them." "The government of
the tongue" was another expression that
puzzled him, but after reading down the
page he found that the author referred
to the "govern-lng" of the tongue. In
conclusion, he says he has a notebook
full of similar Instances.
There Is no need of mentioning the
man's name or that of the magazine In
which his article appeared. Each bore
traces of respectability, and each may
have been already punished enough by a
returning sense of shame. But could any
thing be worse? "Suburb" has been In
good standing for hundreds of years be
fore and since Milton wrote "jl "the su
burb of their straw-built citadel." The
pedant cannot forget his Latin primer and
that "s" in "urbs." The race has chosen
to forget. The race Is always doing
things to shock the pedant. As to "con
duct" and "case," you would not suppose
the long-established ambiguities of those
two words could come as a surprise to
anyone. But here Is an Instance of It and
It finds Its way Into print. Suddenly It
dawns on this man that "conduct" some
times means something besides behavior,
and that "case" does not always refer to
a packing box. He Is ready at any time
to crush a lawyer who speaks of his
"conduct of a case" with a satirical In
quiry as to whether he has In mind the
demeanor of 21 bottles of beer. And why
not "government of the tongue" as well
as "government of colonial dependencies."
or anything else? It would ne absurd to
say anything about this foolish matter If
It did not represent the attitude of a
rather formidable class of pezsons. Their
fine flagrancy of this particular Instance
Is. to be sure, somewhat exceptional In
print, unless It be among the letters to
the editor. But It Is not at all unusual
in conversation. In fact, nothing speaks
so well for the kindly forbearance of the
race as the number of these people and
the large proportion of them that die
natural deaths. '
If In talking with a man like this you
said something about a "standpoint," he
would ask you If you meant a "point of
view." If you asked, "Is tomorrow Tues
day?" he would say, 'Tomorrow will be
Tuesday." Some members of his family
would probably pronounce "pretty" to
rhyme with "petty." All would no doubt
take Infinite pains to make "tyoors" of
all their "tures." and If any of them were
colloquial enough to say, "Don't you
know." the "t" In "don't" would be spat
out so earnestly that you would dodge.
But "don't" and "can't" are concessions
to the lax manners of the Anglo-Saxon
race. "Do not you" Is the thing for
true refinement. It Is a very gold tooth
pick of a phrase, a sort of literary pocket
comb.
The Incorrect pedantries of conversation
would fill many volumes. They are not
the least among the numerous annoyances
of education. For the verbal prig is
something of a tyrant, and the triple
plate armor of his , self-complacency
makes him assassin-proof. There Is no
convincing him that his is a special case
of Illiteracy, all the worse for being so
deliberately wrought out. His quarrel Is
with the luxuriance of the language. He
hates the liberality of our endowment.
The activities of words must be curtailed.
They must be disembowelled, salted,
skinned and dried. And If we unbend a
little In pronunciation or slide our words,
as did the Greeks, or fall In with the
sanctioned carelessness of the leaders of
our race, he Is for keeping us In after
school. He Is a cold-blooded dtslnherltor
of words, an apostle of rigidity nd a
traitor to the best traditions a people has.
The language needs no beadle not even
on the Bowery. Order Is not maintained
by these trivial restraints. They Incite,
rather, to open rebellion all along the line.
East Indians Are Teetotalers.
Alnslee's Magazine.
It Is to the lasting shame of some mod
ern nations that they destroy thousands
of barbarous or seml-clvlllzed men and
women by selling them poison In the form
of the purest qualities of alcoholic liquors;
but they find no market among the hun
dreds of millions of East Indians be
cause Islam throughout the world is a
vast teetotal society, and among the Hin
dus to touch liquor Is a sign of the; low
est caste. Thus certain religions which we
do not Include among the highest forms
have happily Teared an Insurmountable
barrier against one of the worst evils of
Western civilization.
What Is commonly known as the "meas
uring" or "span" worm has made Its
appearance in the section of country sur
rounding Richmond. Ind.. and Is doing
vast damage to young fruit trees.
BEATS HIS OWN RECORD
Toarar biuttok trots . against
2rOS AND MAKES iiOSli.
In the 2:12 Pace at Jollet Alpha W.
Finished In 2:OS, Lowering His
Best Previous Time.
JOLIET, 111., Aug. 8. Over a track that
was from two to three seconds slow,
Tommy Britton, $20,000 trotting stallion,
today went against his own record, 2:0S,
and came" under the wire In 2:07H- The
time by quarters was: 0:30Vi, 1:02, 1:3
2:07. Alpha W., In the 2:12 pace, fin
ished In 2:0S, beating his previous time
by three-quarters of a second. The un
finished 2:12 pace, left over from yester
day, was won by Alpha W., who took
the remaining heat and the race. Par
sonetta. Flowing Tide, Fremont, Lady
Pipes, Major Marshall, Balmy L., and
McWllton finished in the order named.
The other events today resulted:
2:17 class, trotting, purse JDOO Red Heart
won the first, second and fourth heats
In 2:14&, 2:13, 2:15. Dan Wilkes won
the third heat in 2:13.
2:15 class, paslng, purse 1500 Black
Heart won the third, fourth and fifth
heats In 2:12. 2:12, 2:12. Jim Ramey
won the second heat In 2:11. Seneca Ze
won the first heat In 2:11.
2:14 class, trotting, purse $1000 Cornelia
won second, third and fourth heats In
2:12, 2:13, 2:13. Aggie Medium won
first heat In 2:12.
At Independence.
INDEPENDENCE, la,, Aug. 8. Results
of harness races:
2:19 pace, purse $1060 Dunton Oh No
won first, second and sixth heats; time,
2:08, 2:09, 2:16. Reno M. won third
heat In 2:10. Oak Grove won fourth
and fifth heats In 2:11, 2:13.
2:24 trot, purse $S00 Marie Cameron won
in straight heats; Spuynx Lassie second,
Red Caffery third; Charity Ball fourth;
time, 2:24, 2:19, 2:24.
2:15 pace, purse $30 Barltude won sec
ond, third and fourth heats; time, 2:10,
2:12, 2:13. Admiral Dewey won first,
heat; time, 2:12. Duchess third; Celestl
fourth.
At St. Louts.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 8. Results at 8t.
Louis were:
Selling, six furlongs Iris won, Dlggs
second, Ruby Riley third; time. 1:16.
Five and a half furlongs Wild Pirate
won, Obla second, Wall third; time,
l:C8.
Selling, mile and three-sixteenths
Brldgeton won. Orris second. Ransom
third; time, 2:02.
Selling, mllo and a sixteenth Malay
won. Laureate second, Havlland third;
time. 1:47.
First Autumn special, mile and a six
teenthPinochle won, Ohnet second, Go-to-Bed
third; time, 1:49.
Handicap, six furlongs Apple Jack
won, Grantor second, HI Kollar third;
tlmo, 1:14.
Selling, six furlongs Necklace won,
John McElroy second, Ostra third; time,
ins.
At Chicago.
CHICAGO, Aug. 8. The results at
Harlem were:
Nine-sixteenths of a mile Natural Gas
won, Relna de Cecilia second, Tootsle
third; time, 0:55.
Six furlongs Rosa DIah won, Emma D.
second. Minion third; time, 1:13 4-5.
Steeplechase (short course) Globo II
won, Passe Partout second, Viking third;
time, 3:34.
One mile The Unknown won. Mitten
second, Deponan third; time 1:411-5.
Mile and 20 yards Hansford won, Lit
tleland second, Leando third; time,
1:43 2-5.
Mile and an eighth Ben' Chance won,
Macey second, Barton third; time, 1:66 4-5.
At Saratoga.
SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 8. The re
sults were:
Six furlongs Ring Leader won, Domo
second, Bastlle third; time 1:17.
Five furlongs Splash won, Lady of the
Valley second, Harry McCoy third; time,
1:03.
Mile and three-sixteenths Queen of
Song won, Maximo Gomez second. Com
pensation third; tlmo, 2:04.
One mile Waring won, Radford second,
Water Cure third; time, 1:43.
Short course, about two miles, steeple
chase Trillion won, Cousin Jess second,
Baby Bill third; time 4:19.
At Detroit.
DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 8. Tho results
at Highland Park were:
Six furlongs-Jeorge Lobar won, Mat
lock second, Salvador third; time 1:14.
Five furlongs Bard of Avon won, Gray
Dally second. Compass third; time, 1:01.
Six furlongs Tortugas won, Intent sec
ond, Crinkle third; time, 1:14.
Six and a half furlongs Momentum
won, Llmrod second. Miss Al Farrow
third; time. 1:21.
One mile Lady of the West won, Hun
garian second, Baffled third; time, 1:42.
Mile and an eighth, over five hurdles
Free Advice won, Miss Soak second, Gen
gls Kahn third; time, 2:04.
At Brighton Beach.
NEW YORK, Aug. 8. The results at
Brighton Beach were:
One mile Smoke won, Flaunt second,
Big Gun third; time, 1:40 2-5.
Steeplechase, about two and a half
miles Mars Chan won, Governor Budd
second. Count Navarro third; time, 5:HJ.
Selling, six furlongs Operator won,
Rlchampton second. Balloon third; time,
1:14 1-5.
The Jamaica stakes, seven furlongs
Voter won, Fire Arm second; tlmo, 1:25 4-5.
Six furlongs Hellobas won, Musette
second, Belle of Lexington third; time,
1:14.
Selling, mile and a sixteenth Alslko
won, Golden Sceptre second, Locoche
third; time, 1:47.
At Buffalo.
BUFFALO, Aug. 8. Summaries:
2:06-class. pursei $1500 Ace won third,
fourth and fifth heats In 2:10, 2:10. 2:14.
Free Bond won first heat In 2:14. In
diana won second heat In 2:06. Eyelet
also started.
2:2S-class, trotting, purse $1200 James
Shevlln won third, fourth and fifth heats
in 2:1S. 2:18, 2:20. Emma Winter won
first and second heats in 2:21 and 2:17
2:09-class, pacing. Iroquois Hotel. $1000
Hetty G. won In straight seats In 2:06.
2:05. 2:07. Connor. Harry O.. Riley B.,
Clifton B. and Sidney Pointer also
started.
Three-yearrold pacers, foals of 1897,
Horse Review subscription, purse $1C00
Onoto won In three straight heats; time.
2:20. 2:16, 2:16. Baroness Evlyn also
started.
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Boston Could Slake No Headway
Aprnlrmt Phtlltppl's Carves.
PITTSBURG. Aug. 8. Boston could do
nothing with Phllllppl, but got two runs
in the ninth on two errors and a single.
Ely made several of his sensational
plays. The other features were three
strike-outs in succession for Beaumont.
Attendance, 2500. Score:
R H E R H E
Pittsburg ....6 9 3Boston 3 5 5
Batteries Phllllppl and O'Connor; Wil
lis and W. Clarke.
Umpire O'Day.
Philadelphia Beats Chicago.
CHICAGO, Aug. 8. Orth started In bad
ly today but recovered his form and was
invincible after the third inning. At
tendance, 1200. Score:
R H E R H E
Chicago 3 10 1 Philadelphia .5 10 4
Batteries Glrvln and Chance: Orth and
Murphy.
Umpire Hurst.
The American Association.
At Indianapolis Indianapolis 11, Buf
falo 3.
At Kansas City Kansas City 4, Chi
cago 6.
At Detroit Detroit 3, Cleveland 9.
At Minneapolis Minneapolis 3, Mil
waukee 2.
National League Standing.
Won. Lost. Perot.
Brooklyn 52 31 .627
Pittsburg 47 39 .6.7
Philadelphia 46 19 .511
Chicago 43 40 .518
Boston 42 .434
St. Louis 37 45- .451
Cincinnati 38 43 .442
New York 33 47 .413
MAY BE KILLED.
Chance That Negro Disfranchisement
Can't Pass the Supreme Conrt.
Baltimore Sun.
Concerning the proposed amendment to
the constitution of North Carolina re
stricting the right of suffrage, the Wil
mington Messenger, one of the ablest and
most conservative newspapers In the
state, says: "The whites are safe under
the amendment. Only Ignorant negroes
are dealt with. The discrimination is
soundly based on experience and historic
verities. . . . The Illiterate white man
can go on voting, Just as he has done
all along, provided only that he is not a
criminal and has paid his poll tax."
It is proposed to eliminate the Illiterate
negro vote3 and to protect white Illiter
ates, according to section 4 of the con
stitutional amendment, as follows: "Every
person presenting himself for registration
shall be able to read and write any sec
tion of the Constitution in the English
language. Before he shall be entitled to
vote he shall have paid, on or before the
1st day of May of the year in which
he proposes to vote, his poll tax for tho
previous year. But no male person who
was, on January 1, 1867, or at any tlmo
prior thereto entitled to vote under the
laws of any state of the United States
wherejn he then resided, and no lineal
descendant of any such person shall be
dented the right to register and vote at
any election In this state by reason of his
failure to possess the educational quali
fications herein described."
Most of the negro voters in North Caro
lina are the descendants of former slaves
who did not enjoy the right of suffrage
prior to 1867. Hence they will be denied
suffrage If they cannot read and write
any section of the state constitution.
Practically all white men could vote In.
North Carolina before 1S67, so that their
descendants, under the exempting clause
of tho amendment, will not be affeoted by
the educatlonal"quallficatlon, however Il
literate they may be. Such a provision
was recently Incorporated in the consti
tution of Louisiana. It Is known as the
"grandfather clause," and provides In ef
fect that any man whose grandfather
could vote shall not be deprived of the
right of suffrage by tho Imposition of
educational requirements.
The Wilmington Messenger contends
that the North Carolina amendment is
not In conflict with the 15th amendment
to the Federal Constitution, which de
clares that "the right of citizens of the
United States to vote shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States or by
any state on account pf race, color or
previous condition of servitude." "If."
says the Messenger, "the 15th amend
ment does provide against rejecting ne
groes as voters because they are negroes
and black, It does not confer the right
to vote because the negroes were slaves,
are black and are negroes. There Is no
such absurdity Intimated that because
an ignorant, stupid fellow Ik bfttck and a
negro and was a slave he shall vote.
These are not proper qualifications to fit
any one for the franchise. In no way
does the North Carolina amendment at
tempt to disqualify negroes for any such
reason as is urged and stated in the 15th
amendment." The Messenger states that
the best lawyers in North Carolina are
convinced that the proposed amendment
Is not unconstitutional.
On the other hand, the Richmond Times,
discussing the possibility of a similar
franchise provision being adopted by the
Virginia Constitutional- Convention, pro
nounces the "grandfather clause" alien
to the genius of our Constitution, In that
"It establishes a hereditary and privileged
class." The provision of tne Louisiana
constitution was Intended to protect a
large number of French Creoles, whose
education was limited, but who are, on
tho whole, good citizens. Nor does the
Times think that the educational quali
fication prescribed by the Mississippi con
stitution (which makes "understanding of
the Constitution," although the applicant
for voting may not be able to read It,
the test of the right to vote) will stand
the test of the courts. There Is a gen
eral Impression that the Supreme Court
of the United States has held that tho
provisions of the Mississippi constitution
with respect to suffrage are not repug
nant to the Constitution of the United
States. This, according to the Times, Is
a mistake.
The Supreme Court held that the suf
frage provision of the Mississippi consti
tution "was not repugnant to that por
tion of the 14th amendment to the Con
stitution which forbids any state to deny
to any person the equal protection of the
laws." Under the Mississippi constitution
no one can be a Juror unless he la a
voter. The case decided by the Supreme
Court was one In which a negro had been
prosecuted for murder and had appealed
because there were no negroes on the
Jury which tried him, since the majority
of the negroes were disqualified to act
as Jurors when they were disqualified
from voting. The Supreme Court held
that there was no unlawful discrimina
tion, as the law applied to' negroes and
whites alike. "When the Mississippi suf
frage Jaws and the Louisiana grand
father clause are challenged on the
ground that they are both Intended to
deny the negro the right to vote on ac
count of race and color," says the Times,
"a very different case will be presented to
the Supreme Court, and It will not be
possible for any man to foretell what Its
decision In that case will be."
Improvements at Hot. Lake.
LA GRANDE, Aug. 8. Extensive Im
provements are being, added to the Hot
Lake property, which lies on the O. R. &
N., eight miles southeast of La Grande.
The old farmhouse will have been super
seded In a few days by a fine throe-story
hotel, 80x72 feet, and with a capacity for
100 guests. Tho hotel stands between the
lake and the hill, which "rises abruptly
at tho rear.
Previous to building the hotel the pro
prietors had constructed an artificial lake
front of rocks and sand, upon which they
bullt a bathhouse, 30x40 feet, with room
reserved for croquet and tennis grounds
and for the double verandahs of the ho
tel. The weight of this pier has had the
effect of raising the water in the spring
two feet, and It is n.ow pumped into the
baths, by means of a hydraulic ram.
The lake, which has an area of about
three acres, Is supplied by a hot spring
with a flow of 100 miner's Inches of wa
ter. As It comes from the ground the
water Is 190 degrees Fahrenheit. Tho
cause of the heat Is not known, but It Is
supposed to be due to some chemical ac
tion which gives the water Its medicinal
properties. The water Is soft and highly
sulphuretted.
Northwest Pensions.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. Pens' ons have
been granted as follows:
Oregon: War with Spain (original)'
Harry C. Emery, Ashland, $8.
Washington: Original John W. High
land, -Vyaltsburg. $6.
To Treat and Cure Catanib-The Climatic Conditions Are Then Most
Favorable, and the Liability to take Cold Re
duced to the Minimum.
DISEASE OF HEAD
AND THROAT
"Is the voice
husky?"
"Do you oplt
slime?"
"Do you ache
all
over?"
"Do you snore
night?"
"Do you blow out
scabs?"
"Is your nose
stopped up?"
"Does your nose dis
charge?" "Does the nose bleed
easily?"
"Is it worse to
wards night?"
"Does the nose Itch
and burn?"
"Is thero pain In
front of head?"
Is there pain across
tho eyes?"
"ll tf0 H"115 m Mr' J- E- Nolan.
the throat? Portland, Cured
"Is your sense of tnrrh.
smell leaving?"
Ts the throat dry in the morning?"
"Do you hawk to clear the throat?"
"Are you losing your sense of taste?"
"Do you sleep with your mouth open?"
"Does tho nose stop up toward night?"
Home Treatment
No one deprived of the benefits of
the Copelnnd Treatment because
of living: at a distance from the
city. If yon cannot come to the
office, write for Home Treatment
Symptom Blnnlc and Book, and be
enred at home.
THE
W. H. COPELAND, M. D.
J. H. MONTGOMERY, M. D,
FAVORABLE TO POWERS
FATAL SHOT COULD ITOT HAVE
BEEN FIRED FROM HIS OFFICE.
Bullet Would Have Dropped and
Kot Hit the Place "Where Goe-
bel Was Standing.
GEORGETOWN, Ky., Aug. 8. Tho de
fense in the trial of Caleb Powers In
troduced another witness this afternoon
In Eb Coolman, of New Albany, Ind.,
a civil engineer, who has worked for
leading railroads of the conutry from
Ne.w York to Oregon. He testified that
he had made a survey of the capital
grounds In Frankfort and had made a
drawing, which he presented. He ex
plained various distances In the ground
and said that a shot fired from the sill
of the window of the Secretary of State's
office to the hole In the hackberry tree,
would drop 13-1G of an Inch per foot in
Its passage. He understood that the bul
let In passing through Governor Goebel's
body dropped 1 7-16 Inches, and ,at this
rate It would have dropped after leav
ing the body so as to strike the basin of
the fountain instead of the hackberry
tree. A bullet fired from the sill of the
Secretary of State's office window which
dropped 1 7-16 Inches to the foot would
never have reached the spot where Goe
bel was supposed to be standing. He
stated further that a line drawn through
Goebel's body from the point of exit to
the point of entrance and continued to
the executive building In a straight line'
would have struck It Si feet above the
sill of the window referred to.
Dr. Prewltt of Taylor County con
tinued his testimony when the case was
resumed this morning. On cross-examination
he repeated his statement that
"Tallow Dick" Combs and Hocker Smith
were in the Adjutant-General's office at
the time of the shooting. The witness
also said he had seen Golden a few days
ago and had denounced him as a liar.
George W. Long, ex-State Treasur
er, testified about going to Louisville on
January 30 with Caleb Powers and others
to arrange for bringing some friends
from Western Kentucky. Ho said tho
news of the shooting caused them to
abandon the project.
W. H. Lllley, the next witness, denied
tho statement of Will Watts, who testi
fied for the prosecution, that Lllley had
asserted that when Van Meter was seated
a shot could be fired and as the Demo
crats arose they could shoot them all in"
two minutes.
NEELEY GOES TO CUBA.
Order for Extradition May Be Signed
Next Mondny.
NEW YORK, Aug. 8. Judge Lacombe,
of the United States Circuit Court, today
rendered an opinion which Indicates that
an order for the extradition of Charles
F. W. Neeley to the Cuban authorities
will be signed on August 13.
The latter part of the document says:
"The evidence shows probable cause to
believe that the prisoner Is guilty of an
offense defined in the act of June 6, 1900,
and which Is also a violation of the crim
inal laws in force in Cuba, and upon
such evidence he will be held for extra
dition. Two obstacles to his extradition
now exist. He has been held' in bail in
this court upon a criminal charge of
bringing into this distriot funds embez
zled In another district. He has also
been arrested In a civil action brought
in this court to recover $45,000 which. It
Is alleged, he has converted. When both
of these proceedings shall have been
discontinued, the order In extradition
will be signed. This may be done on
August 13 at 11 o'clock A. M."
Gaynor Case Resumed.
NEW YORK. Aug. 8. The hearing in
the proceedings for the removal of John
F., William T., B. H. Gaynor, and Ben
jamin D. Greene, accused of conspiring
to defraud the Government, to the juris
diction of the Georgia Federal Court was
resumed today before Commissioner
Shields.
Albert J. Twiggs, a Georgia contractor,
the first witness called, said some con
tracts were awarded, to him by Captain
Carter on the Savannah River, but that
he was so hampered that he was unable
to carrry them out. The work was given
to the Gaynor company, and the restric
tions that had hampered htm were with
drawn. The witness said that Captain Carter
declined to accept work from him, al
though he had personally accepted ex-
mSw
. m '
at mm iss f"w
DISEASE OF
THE STOMACH
"Is thero nausea?"
"Are you costivo?"
JIs there vomiting?"
"Do you belch up
gas?"
"Have' you water
brash?" "Are you light
headed?"
"Is your tonguo
coated?"
"Dou you hawk and
spit?"
'Ts there pain after
eating?"
"Aro you nervous
and weak?"
"Do you have sick
headaches?"
"Do you bloat up
after eating?"
"Is thero disgust for
breakfast?"
"Have you distress
after eating? Mr j. aI. Miller. 340 East Sixth and
"Is your throat flllod Welalcr streets, Portland. Cured of
with slhne7 Severe Stomach Trouble and Ca-
"Do you at times ,.,
have diarrhoea?" Tnrru
"When you get up suddenly aro you dizzy?"
"Is there gnawing sensation in stomach?"
"Do you feel as If you had lead in stomach?"
"When stomach Is empty do you feel faint?"
"Do you belch material that burns throat?"
'If Btomach Is full do you feel oppressed?"
205 Morrison St.,
of Bronchial Ca-
It's the Limit
The total expense to patients of
the Copeland Institute is $5 a
month, treatment nnd medicines
Included. That's the limit. Pa
tients not permitted to pay more,
even if they so desire.
DEKUBI, THIRD AND WASHINGTON STREETS
OFFICE HOURS From 9 A. M. to 12 M.;
EVENINGS Tuesdays and Fridays.
actly similar work from the Gaynora.
Irillt under like specifications by tho
sorae workmen.
OUTING IN THE HOP FIELDS
Thousands of Valley People Getting
Ready for a Profitable Picnic.
Hopplcklng will begin In Oregon on the
25th Inst., and some 35,000 persons will
he engaged In the healthful occupation for
about three weeks thereafter.
Hopplcklng has come to be looked upon
as a pleasant annual picnic by a great
many families, whose members can all
combine business and pleasure while
breathing the medicated air of the shady
hop fields. Thousands of people leave
Portland every September for the fields
In various portions of the Willamette
Valley, and they como back In a few
weeks, looking ruddy and cheerful and
jingling stive in their pockets, whlob
they have earned In the meantime. Even
the most uncompromising prohibitionist
admits that the hopraslng Industry scat
ters more money among the people at
large than any other, compared to the
amount of money Invested, and the retail
trade of the entire states Is stimulated
from the time the hopplckers begin to
buy camping outfits In August until th
same pickers are purchasing clothing and
Winter supplies after the hop fields have
been gleaned, In October.
The hops are early this year, and In
fine condition while the price promised
will permit qt neat balance In the hop
growers' favor a condition that of late
years has been of discouraging lnfre
quencv at this season. Hopbuyers have
been among the fields for the past'month,
offering to contract at 9 and 10 cents,
but the growers, with an eye to the
Windward, have not tied themselves up,
to any extent, as U and even 15 cents has
been vaguely hinted at.
Tho earliest fields are said to bp in
Marion County, where the hopraen havo
been taking good care of the vines this
year, poling them In due season and
spraying to keep down the lice. The hot
spell of last month, however, did more
to kill this little pest than spraying
could, and the llc have joined the silent
majority with encouraging unanimity.
The Valley hops will, therefore, be of full
crop and In first-class condition.
J. W. Griffith, of Salem, was in Port
land yesterday, arranging for 1200 hand?,
to be sent to the hop fields owned by the I.
!H. Llvesly Company. The company, he
said, has 300 acres of fine looking hope.
nnd he wished to engage a sufficient num
ber of hands to gather them In due sea-
frjJJJi4 - fr -
"THE 'SALT' OF SALTS."
1 o IVeep wool
if the aim of the business man and the pteasute-ixtket
these oppressively hot days. Iced water is effective
for a moment, bat the reaction is bad and dangerous
if you are thoroughly heated A teaspoonful of
Hooey's j
Effervescent j
Salt
taken in a tumbler of water makes most t efreshlog
and agreeable beverage. Besides quenching your
thirst and cooling your blood, it tones your system,
and keeps you in a state of perfect health.
Abbey's Salt is made from the salts extracted from
the juices of fresh pure fruits; it is endorsed by the
public and profession of two continents. Sold by
most druggists, or sent by mall.
25c, 50c and $1.00 per bottle.
The Abber Effenrescant Salt Co., 9-15 Kurraj St., N. Y. J
'Booilet free on rtq-jest.
"TO SAVE TIME IS TO LENGTHEN L1FE.J
VALUE LIFE? THEN USE
Vs-
Avoid Cure-Ails
In catarrh, as in other maladies,
avoid blind doctoring by patent
cure-alls. Get Individual treat
ment for your Individual ailment
at the Copeland Institute.
;titut
from 1 to 5 P. M.
SUNDAYS From 10 A. M. to 12 M.
pon. He had not decided what to pay
Just yet, as there seems to be some rival
ry between hopgrawcrs In regard to se
curing help, while at the same time, pro
ducers don't want to pay any more per
box than they have to. Tho Lebanon
growers, he said, had decided to pay 33 1-3
cents a box, and furnish free camping
ground, free wood, free vegetables and
frei houses to live In. wherever available
buildings are located on th& hopgrower'a
land. The pickers will be hauled, freo of
chargo. from the nearest boat landing or
railroad station, and when the plckera
havo toams at their own, these will bo
pastured free. As the transportation com
panies, both rail and boat, usuallv glvo
good rates to the pickers. It would seem
that everything la being done to mak
the outing an enjovabl and profltablo
on.
Young people enjoy the hoDpIcklng pic
nics hugely, and jolly gatherings are of
nightly occurrence on the campgrounds,
after the day's picking 13 done. More
than one marriage In Oregon Is the Tesult
of first meetings in tho romantic hop
fields of the state.
The Crops of Idaho.
In Southern Idaho, Fellenberg prunes
will be ready for shipping' in about threo
week3, but French and Hungarian prunes,
especially the latter, show Indications
of ripening earlier. Blackberries, cante
loupes and watermelons are abundant In
tho markets, and are taxing the capacity
of tho shippers. Some fruit, especially
apples. Is dropping badly, but all fruit
trees are overburdened, and the loss la
not serious.
In Ada, Canyon, Elmore and part3 of
Washington Counties all Fall and early
sown Spring wheat and oats have been
harvested; second cutting af alfalfa 13 in
stack and the third crop is making good
growth; reports from the threshers aro
very satisfactory; the yields are about
the average. Corn Is making an unusual
growth, and potatoes are doing well.
Water for Irrigation la sufficient. In
Northern and Eastern Idaho the grain
crops Indicate good yields, except that
the dry farm crops in the southeastern
sections are very light.
Crazy Man at the Throttle.
A Great Northern passenger train had,
a narrow escape from disaster, at Ever
ett. Sunday night, by a crazy man
climbing: Into the cab and pulling tho
lever, while the engineer was oiling up
in front and tho fireman was turning
water into the tender. Luckily, the man
started the train backward, so tho en
gineer was not cut In two, and by rapid
running, ho mounted his engine and
stopped the train.
- J!
Mostxsai, Cak.
"Abbey's Salt whea
water is added Is a very
delightful aperient bev
erage, highly palatable
and effective.
It contains no ingredi
ent of an injurious or
unvrhol csora e character
and may be taken freely
as beYerage."
Johw Bikkr Edwards,
?h.D., D.C.L., F.C.3.,
Emeritus Profesaor
Chemistry, University
Bishop's College, and
Dominion Official Ana
lyst.
60 Classic St..
Hoosicsc Falls, N. Y.
"Abbey's Salt is per
fect. Z thank you for
putting on the market -such
a -valuable article.
It Is pleasant and effect.
ive.'r
GeoacB JUtAMB. M. D.
jj7q asbcby aveituj5,
Evanston, III.,
Dec. sr, 1859.
"Your Effervescent
Salt is an excellent arti
cle.bein; gently laxative
and cooling, and agree
able at the xnme time. X
consider it also an ex
cellent adjunct in tha
treatment of nervous ef
fectlons on account of
Its soothing qualities."
Dr.Wm B. Max.
480 Pctnam Ave..
Brooklyn. 21. Y.
Nov. rr. 1899.
"I consider Abbey's
Salt a most excellent
aperient and cooling
drink."
Charles E. Maying,
M D.
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