THE MOlfoFrKrG OREGOMAT, MONDAY. AUGUST 13, 1900.
CAPE NOME STORIES
The Gold is There, but Not for
Everybody.
OVERADYERTISED, OVERCROWDED
Ko Truth. In the Report of Rich 3Terr
Dlffglni?" Most of the Gold.
Hunters Disappointed.
NOME, July 28. Perhaps never in the
.history of mining excitements did one
turn out a more complete disappoint
ment than has this of Cape Nome. The
great tidal -wave of humanity setting in
towards the golden shores of Nome is
now receding, the bubble has burst, the
sun has set on the Nome boom, perhaps
never to rise again- Thousands of peo
ple who came here full of bright hopes
expecting at the lowest estimate to find
plenty of -work here at good wages are
now devising irajs and means to raise
money enough to get out of here. Out
jits, business stands, boats, rockers and
machinery are advertised for sale arcund
every street corner. "Where six weeks
ago everybody -wanted to buy, now every
body wants to sell; as a consequence
many things can be bought here Just as
cheap or cheaper than down in the states.
Every steamer that leaves here carries a
load of passengers, and I am told that
there are about 5000 applications at the
Army post for free transportation to the
statos by tho Government. If the true sit
uation here is brought before the proper
authorities, steps must be taken for trans
porting people out of here, as this mass
of deluded humanity cannot be left to
.face the horrors of an Arctic "Winter in
a destitute condition without any possi
ble chance of earning a living.
"What, then, is the matter with the
.Nome country? Is the whole thing a
tremendous fake and a swindle, gotten up
to enrich the transportation companies?
No doubt many such reports have reached
the states by this time and found full
credence among those who stayed at
home and "told you so" before you left.
But in Justice to the Nome country let
me say that it was not all a fake; the
country was overrated to be sure, but
thore is lots of gold hero; some of the
richest placer mines in the world are to
he found here. The mines on Anvil, Snow
Gulch, Glacier, Dexter and many of the
other cre&sk are known to be Immensely
rich and will, under favorable conditions,
astonish the world with their output. On
the Pioneer Mining Company's claim on
Anvil Creek (Discovery No. 1 above, and
No. 1 below) between 535,000 and 540,000
are taken out every 36 hours, with only
one set of sluice boxes and a very scant
supply of water. With plenty of water
they cxpact to more than double this
amount The gold is here, but what has
"knocked the country In the head is that
the condition) for working the mines
have been exceptlonably unfavorable.
Driest Summer Eier ICnovrn.
This Summer so far has been the driest
ever known in this section of Alaska,
no rain to speak of having fallen for
the last two months. All the principal i
gom-proaucing creeks, with the excep
tion of Anvil, are almost entirely dried
up, so no work whatever has been done
on them. On Anvil they have been run
ning one set of sluices and about 300 men
have been at work, but as the water
supply has gradually decreased, men have
been laid off, and on some of the upper
claims work has been suspended alto
gether. The waterworks and the Lane
railroad out to Anvil Creek have fur
nished employment to some 300 men, most
of whom were shipped up hero from San
Francisco by contract. Both of these
works will be finished in a few days,
thus throwing more idle men on the labor
rnsirket. On the railroad the wages are
only $S per day, but, such is the condi
tions here, that even at these figures
hundreds of men are anxious to go to
work.
The beach diggings, which last year
proved such an attraction to the gold
hunters and which made Nome world
famous as a poor man's camp, have not
come up to promises. It seems that the"
richest spots on the beach were worked
out last Winter and now, to use the
words of a poor Russian Fin, whom I
spoke with yesterday, "the beach Is gone
to blank." Last year the beach was
rich. I have had ample evidence of that,
but you must bear in mind that the pay
dirt was only found in streaks and spots
which were soon worked out, and be
sides, the extent of the paying part of
the beach was not as some of the papers
statoa GO to 150 miles but about 25 miles
at the most, that is, between Nome and
Slnreck Rivers, or, to be more correct,
very little was done above Penny River,
which is about 10 miles west of Nome.
The beach between here and Penny River
presents a lively appearance. It is liter
ally honeycombed with rockers and
sHoam pumps, the latter puffing away
tirelessly night and day. The beautiful
smooth beach has been torn up In a hor
rible shape until every inch of ground
has boen turned over and robbed of Its
golden treasure. After this Summer the
famous Nome beach-diggings will be a
thing of the past and old ocean will have
a Job to smooth down this natural high
way, to patch up the damage caused by
man's greed of gold, and put everything
back in Its accustomed shape. "What will
be dene with the many hundreds of steam
pumps after this Fall Is a matter of
speculation Most likely the most of them
wilt be bought up by speculators and
shipped down to the States.
Whnt Bench-Washers Get.
I wish I could give a correct estimate
of the average amount of gold taken out
of the beach every day, but this is next
to impossible to find out, and can only
bo speculated on. I would say, however,
that $3 to ?4 per day for the rockers Is
a very high average. As for the steam
plants, the amount can only be guessed
at. Some of them are doing fairly well,
others merely paying expenses, and a
great man others run behind, and after
a oauplc of weeks fair trial, close down.
"Many who shipped steam plants up here,
after looking the situation over, conclud
ed not to set them up at all, and loft
thera lying on the beach.
I have spoken with many men who
have prospected the beach from here to
Port Clarence, but have returned dis
gusted and discouraged. The farther up
the coast you so tho less gold there Is.
"test Winter there was a great cry about
great strikes at Cape York by the yel
low Journals below. Let mo say there is
aUsetatoly nothing in these reports. There
have been no strikes made there, and the
beach don't hold gold enough to pay tho
working. I have this from many reliable
sources.
Thore have been absolutely no new
strikos made in this part of the country
since the great strike at Topkuk River
OJ ratios below here), last Fall. This was
an Immense, rich beach-pocket, but it did
rt last long. I have been told that it
yielded about 5100.000.
Just now there are rumors about gold
being discovered at Bristol Bay. and some
steamers and vessels are trying to get up
parties of prospectors to go down there,
Irtit for some reason or other the rumor
doesa't gain much credence.
The Smallpox Scare.
Quite a smallpox scare has been on here
these last few weeks, and as high as 90
cases wore reported at one time, but the
disease seems to be on the wane, thanks
te the vigilance of the health officers and
t the dry weather. On the whole, the
sanitary conditions at Nome at the pres
ent time are very satisfactory, much bet
ter than might have been expected. The
main pipe for the Nome City water works
Js now completed, and the city Is supplied
w Ith a clear, bounteous flow of Moonshine
wster rot near as good and pure as Port
land's BuU Run. but still a great Improve
ment on the pump and bucket-peddling
system. The principal promoters of this en
terprise are a D. Lane, the California
millionaire; the Pioneer Mining Company,
R. T. Lyng. Chllberg, Braslau and others.
This camp will be the arena for one
of the greatest legal fights for fortunes
ever witnessed in any mining camp, when
the District Court convenes next FalL
Eleven suits are filed with District Clerk
Borchserdus, all save "one being contests
for claims on Anvil Creek. All the claims
of the Pioneer Mining Company and
those purchased by Lane from
tho Laplanders are Involved. It
is the same old question of
aliens' rights to mining properties, which
was discussed in the United States Sen
ate last Winter. As there is unlimited
capital on either side it will be a fight
to a finish.
Before these and numerous other litiga
tions of less importance involving' city
real estate are settled for good and all,
Nome City will have no lasting prosper
ity and permanent growth. " As things
stand now there are two to half a dozen
claimants to every piece of property,
mining- as well as city property. Lawyers
and Judges will have their hands or heads
full for years to come, straightening out
this muddle. ED LUND.
THE BUSTED MIXERS' FRIEND.
Hovr Ingenuity of Railroad Scout
Gets Friends and Business.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 11. The public
is not expected to know about the cul
tivated genius that exists among railroad
passenger agents. There are several
kinds of railroad agents In the passen
ger departments of the different trans
continental lines, and those who tare
called upon to exhibit the greatest tact,
are known as "scouts." It Is their busi
ness to go out on the highways and by
ways and drum up trade.
When the Cape Nome travelers left
their happy homes to search for gold
they paid their way with reckless aban
don. Now that they are returning penni
less, the world frowns upon them, and
they are disconsolate. The railroad agent
finds them in deep despair.
"I'm sorry. Mister, but there Is no use
of talking to me," Is the response to the
railroad man's query. "If European
trips were quoted at a nickel apiece, 1
could not ride to the first water tank and
pay my way."
"Brace up, old man," gleefully ex
claims the agent, "for I am the ooor
man's friend."
"I fail to see how you can befriend
me," replies the disappointed gold miner,
"unless you let me ride for nothing,
and that Is not to be expected."
"May I ask," Inquires the agent, grow
ing extremely sympathetic, "where your
happy home is located?"
"At Kokomo. in the State of Indiana,
but that cannot concern you."
"Walt." exclaims the agent. In a burst
of confidence, as he produces a memoran
dum book. "Tell me the name of your
nearest and dearest friend In Kokomo."
"His name is James Henry McGlnnlss,
but he does not know of my ill-luck."
"Will you call at my office tomorrow?"
asks the agent, and, receiving the prom
ise, leaves the gold miner in a bewildered
maze of unrellant hope.
From his office the agent sends the
following telegram: y.
"Agent at Kokomo: Find James Henry
McGlnnlss and tell him that his friend,
Richard O'Grady, is back from Alaska
and Is In a starving condition at Seattle.
Tell him to collect ?S3 SO from O'Grady's
friends, and when you have the money
wire me to issue a ticket."
In a spirit of despondent doubt, the
unsuccessful gold miner calls at the rail
road office. He scarcely can believe his
eyes when he sees a ticket to his home.
The "scout" smiles as he gives him the
long coupon slip, and says cheerfully:
"Take care of yourself, old man, and
when any of your friends come West, tell
them to take the Cascade & Snow-Capped
Limited, the only railroad train that runs
above the clouds."
Nome Ship In Quarantine.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12. The steam
er St. Paul arrived today. 10 days from
Cape Nome. She went Into quarantine,
where she will probably remain until 14
days from Cape Nome have expired.
DEATH RATE IN HONOLULU.
Alarmingly High, Especially Among
Natives and Japanese.
HONOLULU, Aug. 4 The health reports
for the month of June and July show an
alarming Increase in the death rate, es
pecially among native Hawalians and Jap
anese of the Island of Ohau, which has
the only complete records. In June the
number of deaths per thousand was 45; in
July 49.es. The Increase for the past few
years, as shown by taoles Just complied,
has aroused a great deal of discussion. In
1896 the July deaths numbered 48. Since
then the figures have Jumped to "59, 75, 93
and this year 114.
Consumption heads the list of diseases,
causing deaths in almost every month,
and there Is agitation for strict measures
to quarantine patients. The Board of
Health Is discussing a quarantine against
consumption, as many people come here
from other places to enjoy the mild cli
mate, and it is believed that they are a
source of danger to the population.
Typhoid fever has also claimed a good
many victims lately, a slight epidemic
having developed In one district of Hono
lulu. The United States Courts In Hawaii
wore formally inaugurated today by Judge
M. M. Estee.
STRIKE AT MARSEILLES.
Interfered With Departure of
Transports Many Arrested.
MARSBILLES, Aug. 12 The strike o'f
the firemen of the Trans-Atlantic Steam
ship Company, which began this morning,
seriously Interfered with the arrangements
for the departure of the transports, only
one, the Polynesian, getting away. The
strokers of the others" left the vessels.
This afternoon the strikers tried to pre
vent the Polynesian leaving the harbor, by
blocking the entrance with a number of
barges. Ten strikers entered by the scut
tles and threatened the firemen with
death. They were placed under arrest. It
was only with great difficulty that the
company's tugs succeeded in driving tho
barges toward the quays, where all the
manlfestants. some 50, were arrested.
M. de Lanassan was appealed to for
mediation, and after a conference ho de
cided to act as intermediary.
Coolness Under Fire.
Indianapolis Press.
That "man gets used to anything" has
been shown again by the extraordinary
cases of coolness under fire at the front
in the South African War. At Labusch
agne's Nek a private in the deadly zone
of fire tore open a letter from his sister
and began to read it eagerly: a wounded
batsman at Ladysmlth finished his run at
cricket before dropping dead; a trooper
named Charles Hands kept his cigarette
alight between falling from his horse
with a fraqtured thigh and being taken
to the hospital; it is alleged a soldier at
Spionkop fired his rifle after his head was
blown oft.
Director of Licit Observatory.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 12. Professor
James E. Keeler, the eminent astronomer
for the last two years director of the
Lick Observatory, on Mount Hamilton,
died today in this city. He was a native
of Illinois, aged 43 years.
Well-ICnorvn "Wajrnerlan Sinner.
BERLIN. Aug. 12. Franz Bentz, the
well-known Wagnerian singer, died in
Berlin today.
Durban, is a Winter resort and contains
some of the finest residences in the world.
They afford a good ocean view, and are
surrounded by tropical trees, flowers and
fruits.
CHINESE AS. FIGHTERS
NO MEAN FOE TTNTTL TTKE FOR
RETREAT COMES.'
They Cannot Retreat la Order Bad
Country in "Which the Allies Are
Kotv "Working So Forage.
A comparison between the fighting men
of Japan and the Chinese soldier shows
the balance of strength to be immeasur
ably on the side of the former. The
Chinese fighter is a fatalist. He fears
death but little and In that one respect
he will prove a foeman not to be de
spised by the allied troops in China. A
Chinaman will die willingly, stoically.
Indifferently, or he will bear wounds'
patiently and without a murmur. No
matter what hardships he is called upon
to undergo there will never he a word of
complaint. Death by starvation will be
borne as patiently as death by bullet or
shell. Such a man, it would be thought,
would make an ideal warrior, and In suc
cess there Is much to admire about the
Chinese soldier. But in adversity he
shows his weak points and herein lies
the secret of the power of disciplined
troops pver the hordes of China. Once
turn the tide of battle against the Chinese
and the army becomes a disorganized
GENERAL JAMES H. WILSON
Noted cavalry leader and engineer officer, who has had large experience in China as a civil
engineer, and who is now on his way to serve with United States forces in that country.
rabble; once get a Chinaman on the run
and he will never stop running while
there Is a possibility of an enemy in the
vicinity. There will be no such thing
as organized retreats on the side of the
Chinese In the fighting that seems des
tined to take place In China; the battles
will result either In Chinese victories or
Chinese routs with rallies out of the
question so long as the allies are able
to pursue the beaten Orientals. The
fatalistic beliefs that enable a Chinaman
to bear himself bravely in battle, or to
fight with a stoicism that is a good sub
stitute for courage, adds wings to the
Chinaman's feet when he feels that his
gods are against him, and that nothing
is left but flight.
At Its best, the Chinese Army Is but
a horde of men lacking proper organiza
tion, badly deficient In discipline and
training, officered by utterly Incompetent
Orientals, without esprit de corps, or any
patriotic pride, and, reports to the con
trary notwithstanding, armed with out-of-date
weapons for the most part, which
weapons they are unskilled in using. 1
know It has been stated that the Chi
nese Government has been investing
great sums In the purchase of modern
arms, and that the policy adopted by the
Boers after the Jameson raid has been
followed by the officials at Pekln. To
purchase such a store of guns and am
munition as that spoken of needs a great
deal more money than the Chinese Gov
ernment has had at its command, and,
lacking the money, Jt is certain that the
arms have not been forthcoming. It Is
not the collision with the Chinese Army
that Is the worst obstacle to be encoun
tored by the allies, but the difficulties
presented by the route leading from Tien
Tsin to Pekln. The distance that sep
arates Pekln from Tien Tsln Is but 80
miles, but seldom was a more unpromis
ing stretch of country presented for the
taxation of a military leader's genius
than that over which the allies must
travel-to reach the city of the Legations.
One must look long before finding a
region where absolutely nothing is to
be found by the forager capable of sus
taining the life of an army on the march.
If food Is lacking In some parts there
will surely be fuel to cook It with If
food bo taken along. If fuel is scarce
there will be food of some kind. On
the march to Pekln, however, there Is
neither food nor fuel. Houses? Yes,
there are houses, but the soldiers cannot
burn these, for they are built of dried
mud. It Is a fact that the army that
marches from Tien Tsin to Pekin must
take along not only food but fuel, or eat
uncooked food and go without the luxury
of coffee and fire at night. Tho roads are
bad. That is putting it mildly. The Chi
nese do not take a pride in building high
ways and keeping them In first-class con
dition. If the army travels by road there
will be much work for the roadmakers
between the starting point and the walls
of Pekln.
The alternative route is by water and
railroad. This Is the easier plan of trans
portation, and the news that the railroad
has boen cut does not present any very
formidable obstacle to the march of the
allies, for railroads are repaired very
quickly and easily with the material at
the command of the military cngineerbt
today. These problems of transportation
are merely those with which military en
glneers are familiar, and they present no
more serious obstacle than those which
entail delay and necessitate hard work
to overcome. Supplies will have to be
taken along for the entire army. Just
as though the troops were crossing a
stretch of sea. Instead of an immense ex
panse of land. A parallel to the march
will be found In the British expedition
to Khartoum with the difficulties of
transportation rather lessened In this
case and the dangers rather Increased,
for the Chinese will be in Immense num-
bers, although they will not be able to
stand before the attack of disciplined
troops.
I have likened the Chinese Army to a
huge boneless giant that must collapse at
tho first earnest attack by a well-ordered
army. I cannot see any reason why,
some years later than I made use of
that illustration, I should modify It,
While the Japanese have made admlrablo
strides In both military and naval mat
ters, the Chinese have stood still. The
Chinese Generals are selected not be
cause they have shown marked aptitude
for directing the movements of an army,
but because they have proved themselves
to be wise men. or men above their fel
lows In some respects. Of tactics or
Strategy they know next to nothing.
Their simple plan of battle is to hurl
the masses of fatalistic soldiers at their
command against the enemy, caring lit
tle how many men fall, and paying- no
attention to the simplest rules of war.
The bigger tho Chinese armies tho great
er' the slaughter that will result when
the Oriental hordes meet the disciplined,
"well-armed soldiers of the allied forces
in. a stand-up fight. The story of the
Japanese War will be repeated, in all
probability. The Chinese will die in a
manner that may be described as hero
lcaL but which in reality will be piti
fully useless, while the well-trained sol
diers of Japan, taught by European and
American experts at the game of war,
will use their weapons as such weapons
were intended to be used, and show again
the superiority of skilled fighters over
undisciplined masses, it is my opinion
that the Japanese soldiers should be
placed in the van on the march to Pekln.
They understand the Chinese better than
the other races do, they are thoroughly
familiar with their style of fighting, and.
If the march to Pekln necessitates the
provisioning of the forces on cereal sup
plies, the Japanese .can get along better
on that variety of food than their meat
eatlng'allles can.
While the Japanese have gladly availed
themselves of the assistance of foreign
teachers in learning: the art of war, the
Chinese have, for lack of a, suitable director-general
of military affairs, taken
advantage of the proffered help of com
petent instructors in merely a desultory
manner. The Immense Chinese Army Is
supposed to be directed by a Board of
War, which is divided into four bodies
and has control over a vast ho3t of men,
which are split up into forces that are
in turn under the- direct command of
the Governors of the provinces. The
machine is .unwieldly and without co
hesion. There is no responsible head,
and tho make-up of the army excites only
ridicule from those .who are accustomed
to the modern military Organization with
its carefully arranged proportions of In
fantry; cavalry, artillery, and engineers.
Engineers' are practically unknown In the
Chinese Army, the artillerists are in.
competent, and a medical department la
entirely lacking. Thtr, Chinese military
directors, If asked why no ' doctors ac
cdmpany their troops to war would tell
you it "is less trouble to replace wounded
men with sound ones than to try and
make them well. This answer was actu
ally returned to a medical man who once
volunteered to organise a- medical de
partment in tho Chinese Army.
The system of transport is no system
at all. No one knows, how- the Chinese
Army .is provisioned in time of war or
even how it can be gotten together, and
the fighting that will take place between
the Chinese and the allies will disclose
some fearful and Wonderful Innovation
in tactics and strategy. It fs Impossible
to plan a campalgn'againstUhe Chinese
The only thing to do is, to let the bone
less giant take his own eccentric course
and fall to the groundfin due time. It is
not to be doubted that there will be no
concerted plan on the Chinese side, for
thore is no one at the head of affairs
capable of making one and carrying It
out.
The Chinese have a certain amount of
skill at improvising fortifications, but
thoir lack' of military .education displays
Itself In the errors made in the choosing
of ground for defense.' They are might
ily anxious to get behind walls, and they
build them here, there? and everywhere,
but use very poor Judgment In the site.
Pekln stands alone In a sea of sand sur
rounded by Its walls, and the Chinese
probably Imagine that no army In ex
istence could ever force a way in. Like
all the Chinese fortifications that I havo
'seen during my visits to China, the de
fenses of Pekin can easily be turned. I
made the statement ome years ago
that 50.0CX) well-trained troops, made up
of infantry and cavalry in the right pro
portions, well supplied and ably com
manded, could dismember the empire of
China. I see no reason to qualify that
statement today. The hordes of Chinese
are Incapable of resisting the attack of
disciplined troops today, as they were
when the little Jap$ gave them such a
beating. The plucky little fighters of the
Mikado's army are better equipped to
day to repeat the lesson tliat they taught
the Chinese o few years ago, and, If they
have the chance to do It, the world will
be given another great object lesson on
the value of keeping up with tho times.
JAMES H. WILSON.
Cases Not "Parallel.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 9. (To' the Editor.)
The Oregonian's standard of right ap
pears to be like that of the boy who, in
preparing wood for the stove, alwaj-s used
for a measure the last stick cut. As this
measure was continually changing, the
wood1 was seldom. If ever, of the correct
length. The Oregonlan. Is ever giving us
the example of others as a test of the
righteousness of our own acts. Granting
for the argument that the South, is right
in disfranchising the blacks, still this is
no parallel of the Philippine question.
The United States is not the natural
home of the negro, while the South enly
discards the ignorant .and impecunious.
But we. cross the ocean to -keep In sub
jection not only the p-6r and uneducated,
but the cultured and wealthy Filipino,
all on their own native soil. The North
Carolina and Filipino business are not
-parallel cases. E. O'FLTNG.
" There are many other points of differ
ence the correspondent might have men
tioned, which have no bearing on the one
point of similitude, which is that consent
of the governed is denied 'In one case as
1n the other. Our effort has been
to point out the inconsistency of
Southern antls who denounce abroad
what they practice at home. The heinous
features of the "subjection" imposed upon
the cultured and wealthy Filipino are Im
aginary. They are better off, and they
know it. All they are afraid of is that
we may leave. The man who rolls his
eyes In fearful deprecation of American
tyranny In Luzon Is making a fool of him
self. 0
The Ladr "How Is It I never see any of Mr.
Brushstreak's pictures hbnr In any of the gal
leries ?" The artist "Hangfns Is too good for
them." Harper's Bazar.
CHINA WANTS PEACE
(Continued from "First Page.)
done excellent -work for the Chinese and
they have great confidence in his dis
cretion and wisdom. Earl Li has traveled
over a large part of the world, has met
many of Its foremost people and they
are familiar with his ability. I hope his
appointment will be acceptable to the
powers and I know the results of the ne
gotiations conducted by him will be sat
isfactory alike to Chinese and" to for
eigners for he will be just and honorable
in all his dealings.'
COMPLIMENTS OVER WALDERSEE.
Correspondence "With United States
Prior to His Appointment.
WlASHTNGTONv Aug. 12. The Depart
ment of' State made public tonight tho
correspondence with the German Gov
ernment and the Emperor relative to tho
selection of Field Marshal Count von
Walderseje for the chief command of tho
co-operating foreign forces in China.
On August 7 the United States Charge
"d'Affaires notified the Stato Department
that ho had been advised of the declared
willingness of the Emperor of Russia
that the .Russian forces in the Province
of Chi Li be put under the chief command
of Count Waldersee, and that a prefer
ence for the German Commander-in-Chief
had also been expressed by tha
Japanese Government. The Government
of Germany requested early Information
in regard to the views of the United
States Government respecting the chief
command, and also to be advised of the
manner In which the United States would
be disposed to Join the forces under
United States command In Chi Li to
the army operating there under Count
Waldersee. This was followed on Au
gust 9 by another telegram from the
Charge d' Affaires In Berlin, reporting that
Italy and Austria had also accepted
Count Waldersee.
On August 10 the State Department
cabled to the Charge d' Affaires at Ber
lin as follows:
"The Government of the United States
will be much gratified to secure the
command of so distinguished and experi
enced an officer as Count Waldersee for
any combined military operations In
which the American troops take part af
ter the arrival of that officer in China,
to attain the purposes declared by this
Government In the circular note deliv
ered to the Powers under date of July
3. As considerable time must elapse be
fore Count Waldersee can reach China,
and conditions are rapidly changing. It
would seem desirable to leavo questions
of methods to be determined In view of
the conditions which may then exist."
Last -night the President received the
following cable dispatch from Emperor
William:
"I received with pleasure the decision
of the United States that American and
German soldiers shall fight together for
the common cause of civilization under
one Commander-in-Chief. The brave
army of your country, which has shown
of late so many war-llkc- qualities, united
with Europe, will be .rreslstlble. Field
Marshal Count Waldersee, who will have
the honor of leading the forces, Is not
a stranger to America. His wife 16 an
American by birth. I beg your excel
lency to accept my heartfelt thanks for
the confidence of the United States placed
in the leadership of Count von Walder
see. WILHELM II."
To this telegram the President cabled
the following acknowledgment today:
"I am gratified to receive your Maj
esty's message of good will. In relation to
the selection of Count Waldersee, and,
like you, I see In our common effort to
discharge a common duty to humanity an
additional recognition of the kindly ties
and mutual interests that exist between
this country and Germany.
"WILLIAM MK3NLET."
STORY OF THE FIGHTING.
French 31inisters Report News of
the Pao TInff Massacre.
PARIS, Aug. 12. The French Foreign
Office received this morning from M. Pln
chon, French Minister at Pekln, what Is
evidently the delayed dispatch which he
referred to in the first message received
from him, published here last Thursday
as "My cipher No. 1, dated August 3."
It is as follows:
"From June 20 to July 17, Chinese troops
besieged, fired upon and bombarded us.
Four legations have been burned and that
of Frapce three-quarters destroyed. We
still hold out, thanks to the heroic de
fense of the Franco-Austrian detachment.
Our loss is 16. The general loss Is 60
more and 110 wounded.
"All the missions have been burned In
Pekln save the Pel Tang mission, which
Is standing, but Its condition Is uncertain.
Despite anguish and privations, the per
sonnel of the legation are In good
health. ,
"The bombardment ceased on July 17.
Offensive works, Chinese barricades and,
intermittently, shots continue without vic
tims. "The government is attempting indi
rectly to negotiate with us for our depar
tures; but we cannot leave without some
protection other than that of the Govern
ment of China
"Our forces, ammunition and pro-visions
are almost exhausted. The Interrupted
attacks may recommence and place us at
the mercy of the Chinese Government.
"On July 19 I received a telegram I was
not allowed to reply to In cipher."
According to dispatches received today
from "Vice-Admiral Courrejels, of tho
French navat command, native Chris
tians and missionaries on the line to
Hankow. 500 kilometres from Pekln, are
in great danger, the peril belug entirely
outside the sphere of the allied operations.
He has also received bad news regarding
New Chrwang. captured August 4, which,
as he is advised, has since been evacu
ated. According to his advices from tho
French colony in Pekln. eight marines,
one cadet and one custom's employe have
been killed He says a Danish company
has laid a cable from Che Foo to Taku
The Patrle publishes the following:
"The procurer-general of the congrega
tion of the Lazarlst Missions, Mgr. Bet
tembourg, Informs us that he has Jusi
been advised by M. Delcasse that, accord
ing to a dispatch from the Frenoh Con-sul-General
at Shanghai, received yester
day. 7000 Christians have been massacred
at Pao Ting, east of Pekin. No other
details are at hand."
If such startling news has been received
by the Foreign Office. It has been kept
secret, as the usual news channels have
not been made acquainted with anything
of the kind.
NO PARTITION OF CHINA.
Professor Fryer Says War Has
Aronscd National Spirit There.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12. Professor
John Fryer, head of the Department of
Oriental Languages in the University of
California, who arrived here yesterday
from China, in an Interview today, said:
"China will not be partitioned. This is
something that I have always maintained.
Not long ago nearly every writer on Chi
na foretold Its division among the pow
ers, but they will soon see that recent
events have nullified their predictions.
"This war has aroused a national spirit
in China. It is not that there has "been
any fundamental change in the organiza
tion of the empire since the Japanese
War. That was not really a war at all.
A few raw recruits were stood up in
front of the Japanese guns and shot
down. The great mass of the Chinese
people did not know that any conflict was
In progress. But now the news of the
fighting Is widespread, and the natives
are working together as they seldom
have before. I might say that a national
Eplrlt is being developed among the Chi
nese. "I said that there has not been any
change in the organization of the empire.
This fact is going to necessitate tho In
tervention of foreign governments. Tho
departments are at the present moment
incredibly corrupt There can be no satis
factory dealing with China by the united
States or European nations until the
worst of this corruption is stopped. It
will be the task of the powers to step In.
form a workable native council of the
empire and remove the most flagrant
evils. Until this is done there can be no
permanent advance in the Orient,"
Professor Fryer was for many years
connected with the Imperial Chinese Gov
ernment in various capacities.
"VTHiI. NOT BE DIVERTED.
United States Insists on Compliance
With Previous Demands.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 12. Tonight Sec
retary Adee. by direction of President
McKlnley. presented to Minister Wu for
transmission to his Government the re
ply of the United States to the Imperial
edict appointing LI Hung Chans: envoy
to negotiate with the powers for a cessa
tion of hostilities. The text of the reply
will not be made public before tomor
row. In effect, however, it Is a reitera
tion of the demands previously made by
the United States upon China, coupled
with a vigorous Intimation that no ne
gotiations will be entered Into until the
Chinese Government shall havo compiled
with those demands.
The iteration and reiteration of the de
mands must, it Is thought, make it per
fectly clear to the Chinese Government
that no negotiations will be entered upon
until a square-toed compliance wjth them
has been made. Should the demands be
acceded to, there will be no- obstacles. It
Is believed. In the way of a settlement
of other questions which have arisen
out of the pending troubles.
Mr. Wu declined tonight to make any
statement bearing on the reply, not even
beinr willing to say whether or not it
had been received by him.
Copies have been sent to the United
States representatives In Europe and Ja
pan to be submitted to tho governments
at which they are stationed and also to
the European diplomatists resident hero
for their information.
Veterans of Philippine Wnr.
DENVER. Aug. 12 Veterans of the
Philippine War and their friends began
arriving today to attend the reunion,
which begins tomorrow. The first meet
ing will occur at 2 P. M when the or
ganization of the Society of the Army of
the Philippines will be effected. In the
evening a public meeting .will he held, at,
which speeches will be made by Governor
Thomas, Senators Teller and Wolcott.
General Merrlam. General Francis V.
Greene, General Owen Hummers, u
W. S. Metcalf and other prominent men.
.. . i ..... kaIva(1 today
setters Ol regrei. wco .- -- -- -from
W. J. Bryan. Governor Roosevelt,
of New Tork, and Secretary of War Root,
who had been Invited to attend.
Nevrarlc Goes to Cavlte.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. Actlnff Sec
retary Hackett, of the Navy Department,
today received a dispatch from Admiral
Kempff, stating the cruiser Newark, his
flagship, has sailed from Nagasaki for
Cavlte. The Is"ewark has been for some
tlma past In Chinese waters, and was
in the vicinity of the operations at tho
time the Taku forts were taken. It 13
presumed here the trip to the naval sta
tion at Cavlte Is for the purpose of mak
ing some necessary repairs.
News From Italian Minister.
ROME Aug. 12. The Italian Foreign
Office has received the following dispatch
from the Italian Minister in Pekln, Mar
quis Raggl. dated August 5: ...
"Shots exchanged between the defend
ers of the legation and the Chinese; one
killed and two wounded.
"We have no news from the allies since
July 30. We hope they will not delay ad
vance to Pekln."
Seventh Artillery Ordered to China.
NEW TORK, Aug; 12. Battery C. Sev
enth United States Artillery, Lieutenant
Johnson commanding, which has been
ordered to China, will start tomorrow
for San Francisco. The command con
sists of 65 men. 95 horses and six field
pieces, and is at present at Fort Adams,
R. L
More Troops for China.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 12. Com
pany A. First Infantry, which has been
stationed at Fort Logan H. Root since it
returned from Cuba, has received orders
to proceed at once to San Francisco, it
will leave tomorrow morning.
Domestic and Foretjrn Ports.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 12.-Condltlon of
tho bar at 6 P. MA-Smooth; wind, north
west; weather, clear. Sailed Steamer W.
H. Harrison, for Tillamook; schooner Pi
oneer, for San Francisco. .
San Francisco, Aug. 12. Arrived
Steamer St. Paul, from Cape Nome;
steamer Areata, from Cooa Bay; brig
Pltcalrn. from Cape Nome; Bchooner Ab
ble George, from Gray's Harbor. Sailed
Steamer Rainier, for St- Michael;
schooner Maid of Orleans, for Kaskuk;
steamer Empire, for Coos Bay; schooner
General Banning, for Coos Bay; barken
tine Portland, for New Whatcom.
New Tork, Aug. 12. Arrived Astoria,
from Glasgow.
Queenstown, Aug. 12.-Arrived-Ivernla,
from Boston, for Liverpool, and pro
ceeded. Sailed Lucanta, from Liverpool,
for New Tork.
London, Aug. IZ-Salled Minnehaha,
for New Tork.
Movllle. Aug. 12. Arrived Tunisian,
from Montreal, for Liverpool.
Still FIffhtinff In Colombia
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 12. There
was heavy fighting last week south of
Carthagena. Colombia. The rebels lost
heavily, and retreated. Writers de
scribe the suffering of the people as very
great. One says that a disorder, resemb
ling bubonic plague has developed at
Panama. So many were killed In the last
battle at Panama that some of the bodies
had to be burned.
Emmanuel Receives Officers.
ROME, Aug. 12. Today King Victor
Emmanuel II received 600 members of
the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, who
desired to acknowledge their devotion to
the throne and to the present King.
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AFFAIRS OF KLONDIKE
BIGtSBASON'S OUTPUT AND BETTER
MINING OONIU'HONS.
Small Miners Are Giving: "Wax to
Corporations and. Syndicates
Better-on Americun.SIde.
DAWSON, T. T., July 37. The Xlondlko
output ot gold during the year BOO will
reach JC6,000,000. Improved methods of
mining, resulting from the Introduction
of suitable machinery, together with a
better knowledge of conditions here, etc,
cheapening the cost of production, and
ground that was formerly unprofitable la
now paying. Wages are fairly good, ?
per day and board being- the -ruling pay,
and, while there are many Idle men com
plaining of dull times, one who reaUy
wants work can get It
The actjon of the Canadian, Government
in prohibiting relocations on all the
creeks and closing Bonanza and Eldorado
to locations, is driving: out the prospec
tor and small miner, and retards de
velopment to that extent. Capital la com
ing In. however, and groups and blocks
of claims are being bought up for large
workings. It la the old story of the In
dividual miner giving way to the syndt- A
cates, and huntlns new prospects. Hun-jj
uixua ui utmo uunug- uio past apciHis
have left the Klondike and gone to Amer
ican territory, where, it la claimed. the
poor man has a better chance than here.
Nome has taken the majority, but many
have gone to nearer points. (
An early rush went to the KoyukuK,
but late reports from there are very un
favorable. Parties Just returned tell ma
that very little gold has been taken out
In that camp, and the ground la ex
ceedingly difficult to woTk, on account ot
glaciers' which overlie the bedrock. The
Forty-Mile and Birch Creek digprlnss. both
of whloh were practically deserted In tn
rush to Dawson In 1S97 and later in the
Nome stampedo last Fall, axe again com
ing into favor, for it has never been dis
puted that ther Is much good groun!
.there that will pay wages and more.
ane latest canawate for popular favor!
Is the Tanana district. Reports from
there are generally good. The groups
is three to seven feet deep only, ovcr-l
having a slate and porphyry bedrock, and J
there is plenty of water for sluicing, altl
of which makes it an Ideal country for
Summer working. It Is said to be easily!
approached from the Tanana River. One!
to four ounces per day Is said to be thl
usual amount per man, shoveling lntc
the sluices.
The recent action of the United States
Government in surveying a railroad amS
telegraph route from Valdea to Eagli
City, and its promptness in pushing
through a trail with stations, etc, alorj
the line. Is attractive much attentlor
here. The further fact that the various
civil officers for the eastern division
Alaska, embracing the Koyukuk, Tanant;
and Tukon water-eheds, are now duli
installed at Eagle City, gives great satlal
faction. It Is a long step In the righf
direction, and great developments
be expected in Alaska within a fe-c
years.
Among Oregonians mot on trie street
of Dawson I may mention A. A. Lindslea
of Portland, who is closing up his bus!
ness here, with a view ot returning
Webfoot in August.
G. M. Stearns has Important mining la
terests and seems to be prospering.
C. R. Relger Is doing a nice grocet
and bakery business In Dawson.
Captains W. P. and James T. Gray aj
ateamboatlng oh the Tukon River, at
near Nomo. Captain W. E. Warren.
Astoria, Is master of the steamer Eldi
rado, and Captain Martlneau, of the Flor
both plying on the Dawson-White Horl
rpute. Chris Evanson, ot Astoria, Is
recent arrival nere.
H. T, Burntrager, once the popull
traveling man. for Armour & Co., W
headquarters at Portland, is now one
the kings of Gold Run.
A. Ohmart, of Salem, is at Oral
Forks.
Many other Oregonians are here, aj
most of them are going to remain for :
Winter. The clear Summer and dry, c
Winter weather of Dawson Is In marll
contrajt to that of Western Oregon,
somehow Oregonians thrive on it.
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CANADIAWS TAKE THE TRADI
No American Customs Officer Bell
Dawson City.
vrnTOTUTA. B. C. Aut. IS. The sted
er Danube brings news that Canadll
are doing the trade of the lower xw
Thov ar freelv shlDOinsr Roods fi
Dawson, and do not have to pay duty!
there ara no American omcers on
boundary.
Senator Mason has reached Skag
after lookinfl: over the boundary. He
dressed the miners of the Porcupine, j
promised that he would woric tor ine
dress of their grievances. He charac
lzed the modus Vivendi as Jttay s is
surrender." He says he will try to
TiAriwiTint arranxrement.
The Skagway council has decided tc
foreign ships landing tnere.
Thd hodv of Walter Monastes.
the victims of the Florence S. dh
dns TiAn found.
Three men from Douglas Island!
a Juneau man were shot at with aj
by an Indian hiding behind some ct
August 6.
The Dantj&q hTlnga $75,000 in gold
Will Pass American "Wnis
-inrypo-RTA. B. C. Aug. 13. The
(t. mintnma authorities have del
that all American whisky will
lowed to pass through Canadian
territory in bond.
Sorrow for Kins Hnmhei
CHICAGO. Aug. 12. The membej
all the Italian societies oi uuuiju
thousands of other Italians joinea
in demonstrations of sorrow for
Humbert. Ten thousana nauuua yc
the streets.
NEW TORK. Aug. 12. Memorial j
Ices for King Humbert were nem
in Carnegie Hall Dy tne unneu j
Societies of New Tork. Chevalier Bi
the Italian Consul, presmea.
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