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. A. - $ - JvA k & . " 4: - i 4- v-v - VOL. XL.HO. 12,375. PORTLAND, OZGO, SATUEDAY, AUGUST 11, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VT-H TH HH IKS lAMAlHKWLa' AV XV Ar y VE Z3 "TCI--ZS3" 7iJJfl3'fiKUr,trn 9 Hi LJ-W-.'W TY af-A Tr-rtj,Vv,l (HLWAan!K N Any Size Any MACKINTOSHESRUBBER AND 0L-G10THING Rubber Boots and Shoes, Belting, Packing and Hose. Leet and most complete assortment c f all kinds of Rubber Goods. Goodyear Rubber Company R. H. PEASE. PrwiUMt. F. EHEPARD, JR.. Treasurer. JV A. SHEPARD. Secretary. BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. WHOLESALE and IMPORTING DRUGGISTS, 144-146 FOURTH STREET OBTABI dlhu SOLE AGENTS LA LITA CIGARS Kod&Ks, CamcT-t and Photo Supplies at leading proprietary preparations SUMMERS & PRAEL CO. ' IMPORTERS WHOLESALE AJiD RETAILERS IK China, Crockery, Glassware LAMP GOODS AND CUTLERY Hotel, Restaurant and Bar Supplies a specialty. Ill THIRD STREET 207 WASHINGTON STREET The Condensed Strength and Nutriment of Barley and Rye BIlimaLier & HOCii, Mflh ar- Washington Streets . . 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Toe Oregon Agricultural College A public Institution maintained by the United States and the State ot Oregon. Tuition free and no charges for incidental expenses. Agriculture, mechanical engi neering, electric nsnnet rinc. household science, pharmacy, school of mines, two years of modern languages, two years of Latin allowed. New buildings, new ma chinery, military drill for men, physical culture for women, newly equipped gym nasium for all. The Next Term Will Begin September 21, 1900 For catalogue address Thos. M. Gatch, Board of Regents, Corvalll. Oregon. PNEUMATIC RUNABOUTS.... We have them In several varieties, both one and two-seat "We are also showing the smartest effects In Stanhopes, sin gle and two-seat Traps, Open and Top Surreys. Bike "Wagons. with wood and wire wheels, solid rubber cushion and pneumat tires. We have & most complete line of Fine Harness. Visitors are always welcome. S Garrlntrei, Wnjcons, Harness, Robes and "Whips. Simply a Miraculous Help! The nature of the claims for the Pianola and the nature of the Indorsements of the Pianola should lead every one to- Investigate the instrument for themselves. Come In and see how easy It is to attain the perfection of piano-playing the Pian ola is simply & miraculous help. The Aeolian is an organ played-on the same prin ciple If yeu want the best kind of a piano, we sell the world's standard, the Steln way and the A. B. Chase. M. B. WELLS, Northwest Agent for tht Aeolian Company 353-355 Washington Street, opp. Cordrays, Portland, Or. Any Style 73-75 FIR5T ST. PORTLAND, OR. OOSiyyf orsjivi? AND wholesale and retail Distributors for all the for Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Quantity State Normal School MONNHUTH, OREGON FALL TERM OPNS SEPTEMBER 18. The students of the Normal School are prepared to take the State Certificate immediately on graduation. Graduates readily secure good posi tions. Expense of year from $120 to $150. Strong Academic and Professional Courses. New Special Department In Manual Training-. "Well equipped Train ing Department. For catalogue containing full announce ments, address P. L. CAMPBELL, President, Or W. A. WANN, Secretary of Faculty. E iYIALT HO Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon Rooms Single 75c to fl.K per day Rooms Double n.00 to $2.00 per day Rooms Family JL50 to S3.00 per day Everybody should order direct. Kingston, Ky., Double Distilled, $1.90 per gallon. McBrayer, JL8Q per gallon. C T. BELCHER. Soc. and Trcas. American European plan.... plan.... ..11.25. 11.60. 11.75 ,. 60c. 75c. 1LO0 President, or John D. Daly, Secretary Just the thing for a spin" on the White House Road. 320-338 E. Morrison St SUING FOR PEACE China at Last Realizes Her Position. LI HUNG CHANG TO NEGOTIATE Particulars of the Flgrht at Tang Tsun Show the Natives Fled In Disorder. LONDON, Aug. 11, 4:10 A. M. The morning papers express satisfaction at tho latest development In China. The average comment is that China is now genuinely -'suing for peace through Li Hung Chang. Dispatches printed this morning Elve further details of the taking of Tang Tsung. According to the Dally Mall's correspondent, the attack was led by tho Americans and the British. The Chi nese position consisted of seven lines of entrenchments. The enemy fell back until, driven from the last line, they fled to Pekln, completely demoralized. The Chinese say that they retreated because the British "poured poison" into their troops. Tills refers to the lyddite shells, which the Chinese then experienced for the first time. The correspondent adds that the British casualties wore 200 ana the American 250, but this latter esti mate, it will be noticed, Is four times greater than that of General Chaffee's report. A St Petersburg special says the Chi nese Minister there, Ching Yu, has re ceived a telegram announcing that LI Hung Chang Is dangerously 111 and con fined to his bed, and that he -has been granted a month's leave. Another St. Petersburg dispatch asserts that tho Hus sion general staff has boon notified that Chinese, 12,000 strong, are moving from Hu Nan and Hu Pi toward Pekln and Tien Tsln. The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily News, wiring Thursday, says that the Chinese merchants are petitioning tho authorities not to land troops. VON WALDEltSEE'S PLANS. He "Will Efltnblisli Temporary Head quarters at Shans&al. BERLIN, Aug. 10. This evening the correspondent of the Associated Press had another Interview with Count von "Wal dersee, who, although 69, looks much younger. He expressed Teret at being unable to talk freely about his campaign plans, but said: "I am busy making preparations for my departure, and have been conferring at length with the Minister of War and with Count von Schllelten,. Chief of the General Staff. A list of the officers com prising my China staff was submitted to Emperor William, who approved It Some 30 German officers will accompany mo General von Schartzhopt will be my Chief of Staff, and Colonel Barongay will be Chief Quartermaster. The others ar Baron Knlgge and Count Koenlgsmarb, aids, and Count Wernlgcrode. Yielding topotent.reasons. Xcave up theidea Jbt going to China--sr way" of JSanFrancIsc6. I shall start from Genda August 21, sail ing by the Sachsen, xtnd I expect to ar rive" at Shanghai September 22. There 1 shall establish preliminary headquarters and complete my staff from the contin gents of the other powers. One reason for this change Is that I can better be reached by telegraph while on theTway. Tomorrow morning I shall go for a brief visit to Hanover to arrange some per sonal matters. I am very glad to hear that my appointment has been received in the United States with approval. You see, I am half an .American myself." The Field Marshal then showed the cor respondent a trophy which Emperor Will iam had presented him. The uniform Is the same as the Kaiser wore In Pales tine. On apparent authority it Is said here today that news regarding' the military movements, lnc'uding the preparations for war shipments of troops to China, will bo officially withheld, so as not to be tray tho plan ot campaign to China. As a result, reports are very contradictory. However, a number of facts go to show that Germanv is preparing further large shipments. The Cologne Gazette, In an Inspired article, admits that 5000 addition al troops will also leave, although It Is said at present some 15.000 or 20,000 men have not been ordered to proceed. The semi-official Mllitar Worchenblatt this evening says: "According to present orders from the powers, the middle of August will se altogether 40,500 available troops, with 1G2 guns, in the Province of Pe Chi Li. By the, end of September there will be 78 000, with 2S0 guns, not including the troops at Shanghai. Canton and Pekin. Russia now has 67,000. with 104 guns, concentrating In Manchuria, and 15 000 more and 13S guns now forming for In vasion. Altogether, 220.000 men, with 500 guns, will be in China within six weeks: and altogether, 117 war vessels, exclusive of 21 torpodo-boats, are now watching tho Chinese Coast, of -which 70 are in the Gulf of Pe Chi Li." The newest German attitude regarding China does not meet with general ap proval, oven within tho Conservative and Socialist parties. Several of the leading organs express .grave doubts as to whether Germanv should take the lead In China, where her interests are not so large as those of Great Britain and France. The Schlesizs Zcitung asks if the game Is worth the candle. Tho Col ogne Gazette calls It a leap into the darkness, and the National Zeitung re marks that Germany does not need to work for prestige, but ought to be con tent to walk In the rank and file with the other powers. The Centrist Ger manla and the Cologne Volks Zeitung deprecate tho "present hurrah temper of a certain part of the nation." The Vos slsche Zeitung says: "It Is absolutely necessary to have not only harmonious forces, but also harmonious diplomacy to win against China." General von Hanneken, in the Lokal Anzeiger, recommends an understanding with Great Britain and theemilovment of captive Chinese as coolies In New Guinea. SITUATION AT SHANGHAI. Seymour Will Land Troops There to Defend the City. , WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. Tho Navy Department today received a cablegram from Shanghai which It Is understood, gives notice of the intention of .Admiral Seymour to land troops there for the defense of the city. Tho Shanghai news papers, according to the cable, while ac quiescing in the landing of British troops, deprecate the idea that England's exam ple should be followed by tho other pow ers. Shanghai now has two warships In her harbor to guard American Interests In case of trouble. These are tho gun boats Princeton and Castlne. The latter arrived at Shanghai today. Message From MacDonald. LONDON, Aug. 10. The British For eign Office has received from Sir Claude MocDonald a dispatch dated Pekln, Au- gust 4, much to the same effect as the dispatch received yesterday by the French Foreign Olnce from M. PIchon, the French Minister, which described the efforts of the Chinese to induce the foreign Minis ters to accept a Chinese escort to Tien Tsln. Chinese Troops Movlngr. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. "io. It Is re ported that 12,000 Chinese troops are marching from the Provinces of Hu Nan and Hu Pel toward Pekln and Tien Tsln. THE COMMAJiDER-IN-CHinF. Military Career of Count von Wal deraee, Who Will Lead Allies. Count "von Waldersee was born at Pots dam, April S, 1SS2. He entered the Ger man Army in 1S50, served with distinc tion through the war of 1S66 and through the Franco-German campaign; became Quartermaster-General in IS'2, and suc ceeded Count von Moltke on his resig nation as Field Marshal of the German Army In 18SS. He became Commander of tho Ninth Army Corns in 1S91. At the annual maneuvors of the German Army rear Stettin in 1S95, he succeeded In reversing the prearranged programme, receiving high praise from tho Emperor, who promoted him to the rank of Field Marshal'. Count "Waldersee married, April 14, 1874, Princess Maria von Noer (tho widow of Prince Frederick of Schles-wig-Holstein), whose maiden name was J Mary Esther Lee, and who was born in Waldersee she became a clos friend of Emperor Frederick, Queen Victoria and Empress Augusta. MRS. CRAVEN LOST. Dceattu in Her Battle for the Fair Millions. SAN FRANCISCoTANig. lO.-Mrs, Nettle R. Craven has again suffered defeat In her battle for the millions of the late Senator James Fair. In a decision ren dered today Judge Troutt holds that she is not the widow of the deceased million aire, and is not entitled to any allowance out of his estate. Judge Troutt declares the pencil deeds and the alleged tv 111 con veying to Mrs. Craven much of tho late Senator's estates are forgeries. Fair died in 1S94, leaving an estate val ued at 410,000,000 or more. A will dated September 21, 1S94, was filed for probate and allowed. In that document Fair be queathed most of his estate -to his son and. daughters, and explicitly stated that no widow or children other than those mentioned hi the will survived him. Two .years after Fair's death Mrs. Craven, who had been an Instructor In the public schools In this county, filed and made claims of being the widow of the million aire. During the progress ot a suit then In the courts as to the validity of cer tain deeds In the possession of Mrs. Cra ven, conveying to her some of Fair's most valuable real estate, Mrs. Craven made her first claim of widow, and pre sented a penciled will, in which Fair be queathed to her some of his choicest blocks ot real estate. Mrs. Craven then brought suit against the estate for an allowance -of $5000 a month. During the progress of the trial Mrs. Craven pro duced what purported to be evidence of a contract marriage between herself and Senator Fair. 6ho stated that th.e mar riage ceremony h,ad taken place at Sau- sollto." before Justice, of: tha-Joace Slmp tpTVjMay23,Ug&, The record 'p'tln,&"atr rlage. It was claimed, had been filed with the Heeorder of Marin County, but had beerf, destroyed In a fire which consumed many of the records of that county. Tho heirs to the Fair estate arc Mrs. Herman Oelrlchs, Mrs. W. K. Vanderbllt, Jr., and Charles Fair. Justice SImpton made an affidavit that he married Fair and Mrs. Craven, but later repudiated It. Charges of perjury are pending against him and Mrs. Craven. CHINESE LEAVING HONOLULU Fenrlner Revenge for the Boxer Out- rages. VICTORIA, B. a, Aug. W. Honolulu advices are to the effect that many Chi nese are leaving there, fearing revenge will be taken on them for the Boxer out rages. Chinese societies have passed reso lutions condemning the Boxers. The United States steamship Iroquois has about completed the survey of the Midway Islands for the new cable, station. The German ship Gier arrived at Hdnd lulu July 27, and left three days 'later for China. Captain Henry Klemme forwarded 'by the steamer City of Peking letters' ind documents In regard to a- military com pany ho formed there for service in-China. He offers 10G men and officers, or 103 men in all. Accompanying the application Is a letter from Governor Dole, Indorsing Cap tain Klemme and his project. The offi cers of the National Guard have also in dorsed the project. The Sailors' Union has come to Hono lulu and established headquarters, pre paratory to organizing a branch ot the union. There is considerable new competition In Oriental and Hawaiian freight busi ness. The Norwegian steamer Eidsvold arrived July 30. 17 days from Yokohama. She was under charter to M, J. Branden steln, of San Francisco,, and already brought carrying rates down. The -Ban Francisco importer sent her from Puget Sound to Oriental ports to load for Hono lulu and San Francisco. When she be gan bidding for freight there was. a tumble in prices at Hong Kong and Yokohama.. "All the other companies re duced freight rates to 51 a ton,"1 said the Eidsvold's officers. THE HOT WAVE. Temperature" "Was Up to Ninety eight in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10. The Intense heat today resulted in two deaths and CO prostrations. The maximum tempera ture, 9S degrees, was reached at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The minimum was SO at 4 o'clock this morning. At 8 o'clock the mercury had reached tho 85. mark, and by 10 o'clock hod Jumped to 92. At noon three additional degrees were noted, and at 3 o'clock 96 degrees were registered. The average for the past four days has been higher than for any similar period on record. Many large factories through out the city are working on half time, the heat of the afternoon being too great for the employes to endure. Eleven Deaths in Nevr York. NEW YORK. Aug. 10. Eleven persons died here today from the excessive heat, which has been torturing humanity In this locality for some days, and still con tinues with little prospect of relief. Nine Deaths in Chicago. CHICAGO, Aug. 10 Nine deaths and 15 prostrations resulted from the excessive heat here today, ine temperature waaj above 90 tho greater part of the dav. and in for one hour during the afternoon touched 95. Five in Pittsburg. PITTSBURG, Aug. ia The thermom eter jumped a point today, reaching 97. Five deaths and six prostrations were directly attributed to tho heat. -. . I ARONRUSSELLD The Famous Lord Chief Justice of England. HE HAD BEEN ILL FOR SOME TIME Lord Alverstone, the Attorney-General, "Will Probably Be Ap pointed His Successor. LONDON, Aug. 10. Baron Russell of Klllowen, Lord Chief Justice of England, died this morning. Baron Russell had been 111 for some time. Yesterday an op eration was performed, which the patient was supposed to have passed through successfully. This operation, however, re sulted In his death It was performed by Dr. Treves. Various reports have been circulated as to the disease frpm which tho Lord Chief Justice suffered. Ac cordlng to some, his malady was a gas- THE LATE BARON RUSSELL, LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND. trie disorder, while other reports were that he had a tumoc In the stomach. The courts generally suspended busi ness today, and the Judges and, other distinguished lawyers eulogfeedsthe dead unier justice. The iremier, ora anus bury, will select the successor of Lord .Russell, with the Queen's approval. Lord Alverstone .(Sir Richard Web3ter). the 'Attomey-Oeneraljjlll. lt is,enerally jnougni, Dfe appotmea ora umei justice drj-ngtahd. Lord Charles Russell, as a jurist, was unsurpassed, arid as a ' statesman was great. All in"' all, It ma"y be truly said mat iura -nusseu w.s cne greaies: insn man, and ho was Irish all through. By sheer force of brain and ability he won his way, step by step, to the lofty height he looked down upon. Lord Russell was made a Peer by the Queen, and ad vanced up to the highest judicial place in ( England ju3t because he had the stuff in him. His intense Irish nay, anti-English sentiments did not stand in his way. Lord Russell was Parnell's "outside man," as they say over there. That is, he was the great patriot's adviser. Tho English felt the force of his abUIty di rected against themselves, recognized tal ent when they found it even in a Roman Catholic Irishman, and made him Lord Chief Justice. Sir Charles gave up a law practice of $125,000 a year to take a place on the bench at less than half that in come. He was born In Newry, at. Scafield House, Rostrevor, In 1S33; educated at Trinity, Dublin, and, going to Londrfn, swept all before him in the law courts. Great Britain's most profound lawyer was a Jovial, happy, sunny man, who loved! a laugh and -who was fond of open-air ex ercise. When Lord Russell wasat the bar It is said that he was the most terrible cross-examiner In all Fleet street" He was admitted upon all hands to be the most eloquent and stirring orator in the United Kingdom, and hta speeches are classic.. DJevad. Pasha. CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 10. Djevad Pasha, ex-Grand Vizier, Is dead. FLOODS IN NEW SOUTH WALES Hundreds of People Were Rendered Homeless. VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 10. News brousrht from Australia by tho steamer Aorangi Is to the effect that terrible floods ' occurred. In New South Wales dur ing July, as a result of which some hun dreds of people were rendered homeless, While the property loss was enormous. People had to flee for their lives from tho floods, while the result of years of toll was swept away in a few hours. J Hawkesbury and the Napean Valley suf fered most. Appeals are being made foi aid throughout Australia. At Sydney the board of health has rec ommended that clean blll3 of health be Issued to departing ships. The plague Is virtually over. The King of Tonga has issued a proc lamation, according to a letter from there, proclaiming a British protectorate over the islands. Premier Sodden, of New Zealand, visited there and attend ed the opening of the Tonga Parliament. The Aorangi brings news that tho American barkentlne Wrestler had a hard trip to Sydney from Chemalnus with lum ber. Tho deck load shifted In a heavy gale, and the ship laid on her beam's ends. Much, of tho cargo" was thrown overboard. The forecastle and much of the ship was flooded and the fresh water ruined. The Arathusea, bound to this port, was spoken 650 miles south of Flattery on the 8th, and the Rivorsdale, bound to Astoria, on the same day, 670 miles south of the Columbia River. Insulted a Queen. VIENNA, Aug. 10. For Insulting the new Queen of Servia, General Bellmark awltch. who was one of ,the regents dur ing the minority of King Alexander, has been placed under arrest. Plague Death at Hamburg. HAMBURG, Aug. 10. The plague pa tient who was discovered August 6 on board a vessel In the harbor Is dead. Total Abstinence Union. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 10. The last day's session of the convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Amer ica was devoted principally to the adop tion of resolutions and the election of offi cers. Hartford, Conn., was selected as the next annual meeting place. The following officers were elected: President, Rev. D. F. McGllllcuddy, Worcester, Mass.; vice-president, Leonora M. Lake, St. Louis, Mo.; general treasurer. Rev. John Curren, Scranton. Pa.: general sec retary, Rev. A. P. Doyle, of New ""prk. SUICIDE OF STEYN. The Rumor Is In Circulation at Lourenco Marques. LONDON, Aug. 10. It Is persistently ru mored In Lourenco Marques, according to a dispatch to the Daily Telegraph dated yesterday, that President Steyn has committed suicide. According to tho Lourenco Marques correspondent of the Dally Express, Pres ident Krugcr. In the course of an Inter view last Wednesday, said that the re port that he intended to surrender was without foundation. He declared that the war would last a long time vet. A Boor bulletin, continues tho corre spondent, announces a big battle between Lvdenburg and Mlddelbur, in which the .British had 500 kiljed and wounded. It also announces the recapture by the burghers of Heilbron and Frankfort. Re ports by,way of Lourenco Marques lately have- proved worthy of little confidence. Armor-Plate Bids. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. At the open ing of bids at the Navy Department for armor-plate, tho "Bethlehem apd Carne gie companies submitted Identical bids. each for about 15,200 tons of the 35.000 tons advertised for, at 1490 for thick armor and t11 90 An . Vit Tlia. kl,. ..V. !., .. . from the Midvale Steel Company, which proposed to furnish the whole amount of armor, without charging any royalties, on a sliding scale of $433 up. This com pany Is unwilling to contract for less than $20,000,000. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS China. A Pekln edict authorizes 1 Huns Chans to negotiate for peace. Pages 1 and 3. Field Marshal on Waldersee will start for China August 21, going direct to Shanghai. Page 1. Details are received of the capture of Yang Tbuh. Pace 1. A large Chinese force is moving toward Pekln and Tien Tsln. Page Tho State Department has received a message from Minister Conser similar to that from Minister PIchon, printed jesterday. Page 3. Foreign. Baron Russell, Lord Chief Justice of England. is dead Pag 1. It is rumored in Lourenco Marques that Presi dent Steyn committed suicide. Page 1. Terrible floods have occurred in New South Wales. Page 1. Political. Bryan will make but few speeches during the campaign. Page 2. The Populist National Committee has been called to fill the vacancy on the National ticket. Page 2 Debs and Harriman. the Socialist candidates, have accepted". Page 2. Texas Democrats nominated a full state ticket. Pago 2. Domestic. Fltzslmmons knocked out Ruhlln In the sixth round at New York. Pago 2. The defense rested in the Powers trial. A dis agreement is expected. Page 3. The' Hugo, Cklo., tralnrobbers were located, and one was shot and the other burned to death. Page 2. Mrs "Craven loses her fight for the Fair mil lions. Page. 1. Proof ot Captain Carter's embezzlement was introduced, at the Gaynor-Greene hearing. Page 3. Tho hot wave continues in the East. Page 1. Pacific Const. The scaspn'a salmon pack on the Columbia Itl' er i slightly less than that of last jear, but more profitable Page 1. John C. Lawrence, of Whitman County, is put forward as a foil for Frlnk for the Wash ington Republican Gubernatorial nomination. Page 4. Governments of the Unlt-d States and Canada co-operate in building the Alaska telegraph system. Page 4. Gray English partridges and thut and gray ling are to b Imported and established in Marlon County, Oregon. Page 4. Commercial and Marine;. . Steamer Doric reports seeing light- and wreck age on the ocean, but there was no sign of a vessel. Page 8. Material Improvement in the channel across the bar at Gray's Harbor. Pace 8. Shlnano Maru, a. new liner for the Oriental service, is expected at Victoria shortly. Page 8. Cruisers of the French Navy will lend assist ance to commercial vessels, while the sail ors' strike at Havre continues. Page 8. Sugar advanced 15 cents per hundred for all grades. Pa-je 11. Foreign wheat market continues In an unsatis factory condition. Page 11. Th,e booking of Tall orders for dry goods, clothing and hardware, and heay engage ments In Iron id steel products are encour aging -Igns of the trada situation. Page S. The American money market is untroubled by the financing ot the British war loan. Page S. Local. President Mcllen gives the Northern Pacific's side of its controversy with the O. R. N. Tago 8. The O. R. N. Co. is sued for $25,000 by an ejected passenger. Page 8. A man and a woman arrested for forging deeds to rtal estate and soiling It. Pago 13. GOOD SALMON CATCH Yielded More Money This Year Than Last. HSli WERE OF THE FINEST QUAUTr Detailed Estimate of the Individual Catches and Comparison "With Those of Lost Year. ASTORIA. Aug. 10. The flshteff season Just closed on the Columbia River has been a remarkable ono In several particu lars. While the run of salmon haa been, light and the pack Is small compared with, that of former years, the price of raw fish has been such that more money has been paid to the fishermen, trapmen and seiners for their labor than for several seasons. The quality of the fish caught has beeen exceptionally good, command ing the highest market figures, and,, not withstanding the advance In raw flsh, tha packers have sold thelr-product at prices which netted them a much better profit than they received a. year ago. Thus, while the pack shows a slight falling oft from that of 1S99, the season of 1900 can be regarded as a more successful one so far as the profits of all directly engaged In the Industry are concerned. Official figures show the Spring pack on the Columbia River for the season of 1S39 to- have been 278,000 cases. Whllo it Is Impossible at this time to get exact figures, a carefully prepared estimate places this season's pack at 262,000 cases. This estimate Is on the basis of four dozen one-pound cans to the case. Somo estimates place the figure higher, but they are based in many instances on four dozen half-pound cans to the case. About 40 per cent of the total pack was put up by the Columbia River Packers Associa tion, commonly known as the combine, which consists of a combination of 10 can neries. Besides the above, there wero 1GO0 tons, or what would equal 50,000 cases, ot salmon shipped by the cold-storaga men. The estimated pack of the Indi vidual canneries, compared with the es timate at the close of last season. Is as follows. In cases: Canneries 1539. ITOO. Union Flshermens Co-operative 26.000 22.0C0 Sanborn 9,000 Columbia River Packing Co. 14,500 13,000 Booth Packing Co 24,000 20 000 McGowan, Chinook 7.50O 14.000 McGowan. Cascades 8,000 Megler 15,000 14.000 Pillar Rock 12,000 2S.0U0 Warren, Cathiamet 7.E00 10,000 Warren. Cascades 17.000 11.000 Seufert 2,500 7,000 Columbia River Packers As sociation Astorlt .132,500 102.0CO Columbia River Packers As sociation, Cascades ..: 4.0CO The Dalles Packing Co 1.500 William Hume 3,000 Buckhelt Packing Co 12,000 ..... Totals 4. .27600 262,000 To Enforce the Law. While the fishing season on the Colujn bla River and Its tributaries closed to day at noon, according; to the laws of tho States of Oregon anx Washington, it did not close In fact at that time. Some timo ago Fl3h Commissioner Reedf ot thla state, wrote to Fish Commissioner Little, of Washington, to arrange a time when they could meet and prepare to enforco the closed fishing season according to tha laws of the two states. Mr. Little replied that the fund for his traveling around was exhausted, but that he would coma to Astorlia soon. Yesterday Mr. Reed telegraphed to Commissioner Little and also to his deputy, Mr. Butts, at Ilwaco, about what Joint action could be taken. No reply has been received to those tele grams. It has been learned, however, that Deputy Butts has informed the fish ermen trapmen, seiners and cannerymen on the Washington side of tho river that, owing to the small catch so far this year, he will not begin to enforce tho close season until after August 15. Not withstanding this fact, Mr. Reed will not extend the season, but will permit tha catch of today to be delivered until 8 o'clock tomorro-v morning, and will per mit the cannerymen and cold-storage men until tomorrow evening to clean up the fish delivered. On Sunday morning he will begin a strict enforcement of the law, but will not go out on the river to catch fisher men. He will watch the canneries and cold-storage plints, and if he finds that any flsh have been delivered to them, ha will cause the arrest ot their owners and ubmlt evidence to the court against thfm. Mr. Reed savs that he appreciates tha apparent hardshlo to Oregon cannerymen. but he has no alternative but to enforco the 1tw and It would be no Justification for him to extend the season because tho Wnshincton Commissioner, upon his own authority extends It The run of fih last night was not goodl In the lower river but some large catches by seiners uo the river are reoorted. Dur ing the past few davsthe run of steel heads has been large, and the quality has not been equaled for years. The Quarantine Station. Superintendent of Construction Ball, of the Columbia River quarantine station, was In the city today and reports that the wharf at th station Is completed, with the exception of putting In the slip and driving the fender and dolphin piles. Work on the buildings Is progressing satisfactorily, and the present contract will be finished about September L No official report has been received from Washington a to awarding the contract for erecting the hospital buildings and detention barracks The bids submitted bv local contractors were the lowest, and It is expected the contract will be award ed to one of them. RAISED PRICE OF SALMON. Dae to Small Paelc of the Paget Sonnd Canneries. NEW WHATCOM. Wash., Aug. 10 The Puget Sound Packers Association met In this city today and made a slight advance in the price of salmon upon tho basis of 51 50 for tails Owing to tha small pack, prices are firm. Members predict that the sockeye pack this year will not equal 40 per cent of that'of last season. There will be no humpbacks this Fall, as they run on alternate years. The meeting was presided over by H. Bell Irving, with F. E. Ainsworth. secretary. It was attended by representatives ot nearly all the canneries on Puget Sound. Tnan Leaves PeIn. NEW YORK, Aug. 10 A special from Tien Tsln to the Herald says: The Boxers are In strong force 10 miles to the south of Tien Tsln. They are murdering, pillaging and committing atro cities. It is reported that Prince Tuan has left Pekln and Joined General Sung In his position 20 miles northward, the Dowager Empres having Issued an lmporatlva command for the reoccupatlon of Tien Tsln and Taku. This step shows a de termination to stop the advance, but It may be Prince Tuaa'B plan to escape.