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. . mmm ."iiil3 VOL. XL. NO. 12,379. POETLAJSD, OEEGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1900. PEICE FIVE CENTS. jmmm Any Size Any MACKINTOSHES, RUBBER AND OIL-CLOTHING Rubber Boots and Shoes, Belting, Packing and Hose. Largest sad most complete assortment of all -kinds of Rubber Goods. Goodyear Rubber Company R. H. PEASE, President. P. K. EHEPARD. JR., Treasurer. 3. A. SHEPAKD. Secretary. BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO., WHOLESALE and IMPORTING DRUGGISTS, 144-146 FOURTH STREET SOLE AGENTS Kodaks, Ctrntru and Photo Supplies ai wholesale and retail. Distributors for all the leading proprietary preparations for Oregon, Washington and Idaho. SUMMERS & PRAEL CO. IMPORTERS , WHOLESALE A1TO RETAILERS IK LAMP GOODS Hotel, Restaurant and Ill THIRD STREET be S The Condensed Strength,and Nutriment of Barley and Rye ilUrnaUeriT Koch, HO Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon HOTEL RERKHHS- - fifth and Washington Strceti . . 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FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON American and European Plan, The Oregon Agricultural College A public ' Institution maintained by the United States and the State of Oregon. Tuition free and no charges for incidental expenses. Agriculture, mechanical engi neering, electric engineering, 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. Gatob, President, or John D. Daly, Deere tary Board of Resents. CorralUs, Oregon. PNEUMATIC RUNABOUTS.... We have them In several varieties, both one and two-seat. We are also showing the smartest effects la Stanhopes, sin gle and tyo-seat Traps. Open, and Top Surreys, Bike Wagons, with wood and wire wheels, solid rubber cushion and pneumatlo We have a most complete line of Fine Harness. tsitors are always welcome. Carriages, VTaroiis, 'Ilnruens, Robe and Whip. Parisian Enticements.... There is a vast difference between that national blunderer, the Easllsh cook, and that paragon of perfection, th French chef. Coarse fodder compared with Parisian enchantments! So it is with old-fashioned hand-playing as combared with the Pianola If you use a Pianola, you Immediately enjoy the very flnet art of superb piane-Flaytn. Why stumble along with your fingers? Come In" and see how easy It is to use a Pianola. Tou can see the Aeolian at the same time, and the best pianos la the world the Stelnway and the A. B. Chase. M. B. WELLS, Northwest Agent for the Aeolian Company 353-355 Washington Street, opp. Cordray's, Portland, Or. Quantity Any Style 73-75 FIRST ST. PORTLAND, OR. !ELL and RS AND CUTLERY Bar Supplies a specialty. SOT WASHIJfGTOJr STREET MONMOUTH, OREGON FALL TERM OPENS 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, Secretory of Faculty. Everybody should order direct. Kingston, Jy.. Double Distilled, $1.90 per gallon. C. T. BELCHER. Soc. and Trees. American plan H.35. $1.50, $1,75 European plan 50c. 75c. $1.09 Just ihe thing for a spin on the White House Road. ER 320-338 E. Morrison St ROBABLY AT PEKIN Allies Are Reported to Have Reaohed the Capital. THE NEWS LACKS CONFIRMATION Shanghai Sends the Report, Which la That the Column Arrived at the City Monday. LONDON. Aug. 16, 3:50 A. M. "The al lies are reported to have reached Pekln Monday," says the Shanghai correspond ent of the Dally Express, wiring yester day. He adds: "Chinese official news is without detail." A Paris message reveals this, but the statement, especially as it emanated from Shanghai, must be ac cepted with considerable reserve. London papers, basing ther remarks upon Washington dispatches, which, with the exception of the foregoing from Shanghai, form, the latest news regarding the advance, are divided In opinion, some believing that the allies must alrea'dy have reached Pekln and others preferring to believe that the relief will not be ac complished until the end of the week. Telegraphing from Tang Tsung, August 6, a Dally News correspondent says: "Sir Alfred Gaselee hopes to keep the enemy running, and to follow him right into Pekln." Ngan Ping was occupied without firing a shot, according to a dispatch to the Dally Express from that place dated Au gust 11. "It Is believed," the message adds, "that Generals Tung Fu Slang, Ma and Chung are entrenched, 40,000 strong, at Tung Chow. The1 allies may avoid Tung Chow, pursuing the route north west from Chang Kal Wan." Tung Chow appears to be about 12 miles from Pekln. A dispatch to the same paper from Shanghai, dated yesterday, says that the officials profess to be willing to hand over the foreign "Ministers, their families and servants, Dut will not permit the depart ure of native Christians. "The Russian Government," declares this telegram, "has notified Li Hung Chang of its wil lingness to receive M. De Glers outside the walls of Pekln, thus avoiding the entrance of the Busslan force. This Inde pendent action is calculated to embarrass the allies seriously. Japan demands that General Yung Lu shall meet the allien outside the city walls .and deliver the Ministers and all the native Christians." The Chinese. Minister in London is quoted as saying: ."The powers must not press too hard on Pekln. If you defeat the Chinese sol diers it will not be possible to control the soldiers. They. may turn and rend the Legations. I do not believe the Lega tion food supplies will be stopped as long as the powers refrain from attacking Pe kin and negotiate for . the surrender of the Ministers' SITUATION is BRIGHTER. BrttlijhriGx3;lnrE5ea-J,J?lr'? gatlonaWm Be Believed Soon. LONDON, Aug. 15. William St. John Broderick, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, speaking this .evening at a Primrose League fete, said the gov ernment wae not without hope that the Legations int Pekln. would shortly bo re lieved. He added that the government considered the situation more satisfactory than it was a few days ago. Beferring to the landing of British troops at Shanghai, Mr. Broderick said the government was prepared to land forces if necessary for the protection of British lives and Interests, adding, eig nlficantly: "We all know that wo are de termined to risk everything and to put forward all our strength and resolution before allowing British Interests to go down In any part of the world." The appointment of Field Marshal Count von Waldersee, Mr. Broderick said, was welcome, and he expressed the hope that It would strengthen the ties Detween Eng land and Germany. Discussing the general situation In China, he declared that there was every reason to hope that the Viceroys In the TangtsValley would sincerely throw their influence against the Insurrection. SAFK CONDUCT OF MINISTERS. - Hick Ofncial'WiU Meet Commanders at Tans: Chow to Arrange Terms. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. The statement was made tonight on reliable authority that the Pekln Government would desig nate some high official to meet the com manders of the allied armies at Tung Chow and agree with them on some meas ures for the safe conduct of the members of the foreign legations In the capital. Information to this effect was received here today. Seven Carloads of Ammunition. NEW YORK, Aug. 15. A special to the Tribune from Norfolk, "Va., says what Is regarded as one of the most Important orders received at the Norfolk navy-yard since the close of the Spanish 'War was one directing the sending, at once, to Og den, Utah, of seven carloads of shells, powder and projectiles. It is reported the destination of the ammunition Is San Francisco, and from there It Is to be for warded to the American warships in Chi nese waters. The run across the conti nent must be made In seven days, which is considered record-breaking time for a freight train. Started for China. FORT SiNELLING, Minn., Aug. 15. The depot battalion of the Eighth In fantry, United States Army, started for China via Sa.i Francisco today, under command of Major W. L. Pitcher. There were E00 men in line. SULTAN GROWS BOLD. Talces Advantage of Chinese War to Massacre Christians. NEW TORK. Aug. 15. A special to the Journal and Advertiser from London says: The Sultan Is taking advantage of he fact that the attention of the great pow ers is occupied by the troubles iri China to allow his Mohammedan iisges to in dulge in one of their periodical onslaughts on Christians. In the early part of last week 200 Armenians near "Van were mas sacred without any interference by the authorities, and the British Vice-Consul was Instructed by his government to in vestigate It, but he was set upon and fired Into by the Kurds, who jobbed him of his baggage, wounded his interpreter and subjected other members of his party to maltreatment. Sir Nicholas O'Connor, the British Ambassador at Constantino ple has lodged a strong protest with the Sublime Porte, which has been received with even more than its customary indif ference. The Boers Have Had Bnongh. CAPE TOWN, Aug. 15. Commandant Frlnsloo, who ..surrendered to General Hunter July 30L has arrived here. He says he. is heartily tired of the war, and welcomes the prospect of. peace. The Commandant added that a majority of the Boers were "disgusted with Presi dent Kruger." James G. Stowe, the United States Con-sul-General, has returned here. Only 10 Boers were in the party which attacked his train. The remainder of the command was composed of foreigners. Mr. Stowe says the majority of the Boers desire a cessation of hostilities. MATUBAL GAS EXPLOSION. Ceres ed Three Deaths in. This Morninsr. Chlcnco M CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-Three lives were sacrificed early this (Thursday) morning by fire as the result of an explosion of natural gas In Thirty-fburth street, near State. Three other persons are supposed to be in the ruins. The'dead are: Mildred Levi, an artist. Unknown woman from Boston. Sarah, colored cook. Three children of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Levi are missing. Within 10minutes after . "iiu -MsWMMMMMssTimriTr"M"' By the last official report, the international column was at Ma Tou, a town two-thirds of the way from Tien Tsln to Pekln. The walled city of Tung Chow was 10 miles ahead, 'and there it is thought the Chinese will make the last deter mined resistance to the advance of the allies. the fire was discovered by a nedestrlan. nd-beforerthoflre?orHirtwntr;rrlveJij ins ouiicung, a iwu-uiury irmiio uweijius, was completely destroyed. AN OPERATOR'S ERROR. Caused Bad Train-Wrecfc Near Grand Rapids. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 15,-The northbound Northland express, which .left this city at 4:05 A. M., and the south bound passenger train, No. 2, duo here at 6 A. M., collided in the dense fog ot the early mofnlng at Plerson, 29 miles north of Grand Rapids. Seven persons were killed and .nine severely Injured, one of whom' cannot recover. The dead: Charles M. Letts, Grand Rapids, con ductor northbound train No. 5. Gilbert Groetveldt, Grand Rapids, en gineer No. 5. William H. Fish, Grand Rapids, engi neer No. 2. Edward D. Woodhouse, Grand Rapids, fireman No. 5. Louis G. Boyle, Grand Rapids, fireman No. 2. C. Plerson, passenger, of Franklin, Ind, Ralph Lovan, son of Baggageman Le van, of Grand Rapids, who was in the car with his father. Mark Blossom, Grand Rapids, news agent, suffered a fracture of the base of the skull. When Operator Wells had discovered his error he tried to stop the express at Plerson, but was half a minute too late. The Injured were brought to this city and taken to various hospitals The dead were also brought here. The rail road detectives caught thieves at work at the scene of the disaster. When the trains met, day was Just dawning and the fog was so thick that the engineers could not see more than 100 yards ahead. According to the railway officials, the collision was the, fault of Operator Wells, stationed at Mill Creek, four miles north of this city. The trains usually meet at Sand Lake, two miles south of Pier son. An order was Issued that they meet at Woodstock, four miles north of Pler son. Later Operator Wells was asked If the express had passed his station yet He answered "no." He was then told to countermand former orders and give orders to No. 5 to meet No. 2 at Sand Lake. Similar orders were given to No. 2. Train No. 5 never got the order, having already passed Mill Creek. They collided while both were going at full speed. The forward cars were telescoped.- The big 'mall and dining cars on No. 5 saved the Pullmans In the rear, and the passenger coaches on No. 2 were saved by three- freight cars, which hap pened to be attached next the engine. There were 11 cars on train No. 2 and 10 on No. 5. Only six cars remained on the track, and the engines were literally torn to pieces. Storms in the East. LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 15. The terrific wind storm which passed over this city early today blew down the big pavilion on the Grand Army reunion grounds, and at least two-thirds of the other tents. No one was injured. The women and cLil dren were taken to near-by buildings for refuge. ST. THOMAS, N. D.v Aug. 15. A severe hall storm last night destroyed 40,000 acres of the finest grain In North Da kota, even that cut and In the shock being destroyed. Many of the hall stones were from three to four inches in diameter. Sfelc Soldiers From Manila. SAN "FRANCISCO, Aug. 15. News has 4 been received at the Presidio that the I transport Thomas, which left Nagasaki August 10, will bring 216 sick and four insane soldiers from the Philippines. Major Harvey, who has been for some time Surgeon-in-Chief at the post hos pital, will soon leave to take the post of commanding officer of the general hos pital nqw beings established by the Gov ernment at Nagasaki, Japan. He will be succeeded at the post hospital by Col onel Benjamin F. Pope. ANTISARE IN SESSION Anything to Beat McKInley, Their Slogan. BOUTWELl DESERTS HIS PARTY Letter Was Read From Bonrlce Coclcran Giving: His Reasons for Support Ins Bryan. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 15.-Th first day's session of the liberty congress of the National Antl-Imperlallst League was somewhat disappointing, so far as the at tendance of delegates was concerned. About 300 accredited delegates were pres ent, and more are promised for tomor- PROGRESS OF THE ALLIES row. In splto of the small attendance. yggCBFee.cirefftl'Eawm. B.lSmlth, the tcm-H puruiy uiiu.iniiu.il, ana vjeur&e o, jDuutwuii, the permanent president, brought forth much enthusiasm. The public meeting In the evening was much better attended, and the jreadlng of Bourke Cockran's letter was the signal for tremendous ap plause. But the greatest demonstration of the session came this evening when George Boutwell, ex-Governor of Massa chusetts, and Secretary of the Treasury In 'the Cabinet under President Grant, concluded his address as chairman with the declaration that he had turned his back on the Republican party and should support Bryan for President. The dele gates arose In their seats and tendered the exGovernor an ovation that lasted Beveral minutes. Tomllnson Hall was elaborately deco rated with American flags, pictures of Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, Thomas A. Hendricks and Oliver P. Morton. Swung directly over the speaker's plat form was an Immense banner with the following inscriptions: "I speak not of forcible annexation, for that cannot be thought of. That by our code of morals would be criminal aggres sion. William McKInley." "Behold a republic standing erect with the empires all around her bowed beneath the weight of their armaments a repub lic whose flag Is loved while other flags are only feared. William J. Bryan." George Mercer, of Philadelphia, called the .convention to order at 11 o'clock, presenting Edwin Burnett Smith, of Chi cago, as temporary chairman. Professor A. H. Tolman, of Chicago, read the De laratlon of Independence. Rev. Herbert S. Blgelow, of Cincinnati, Invoked the divine blessing on the deliberations of the body, after which Mr. Smith delivered his address, as follows: "The American people must once for all put away the Imperial crown that Presi dent McKInley proffers them. A self-gov erning people cannot acquire and hold power to rule others. The proposal that the people of the United States are or can be a source of government, whether good or bad, for a purchased or conquered people, wholly Ignores the basis "jjf the Republic and does violence to Its most cherished Ideals. They are organized to govern themselves. This Government Is f an expression, not a source, of authority. Neither they nor their Government can exercise legitimate authority over any but citizens of the Republic. 'TThere'ls place for nane but citizens beneath the American flag. It therefore follows that all who cherish American noeriy,- an wno Deueve in tne universal i application of the principles of the Dec- laration ot IndeDendence. all who woula liberty," all who believe In the universal preserve the supremacy of the Constltu- Hon. all whov with Abe Lincoln, would repulse the 'vanguard, the miners and sappers of returning despotism,' should, in the coming election, withhold their vqtes from McKInley. We propose to dis regard -all minor questions and issues while we drive from the temple those who have betrayed the law of the Nation's life. After a short "recess for lunch, the con vention met again at 2:30 o'clock. Chair man Smith called for short addresses from delegates. Dr. W. M. Croffut. of Washington, said that he had long been a Republican, but should this year give his support to Bryan. He presented to tho convention the regrets of William G. Hlrney and ex-Senator J. B. Henderson, of Washington, and Senator George R. Wellington, of Maryland. General John Beatty, of Columbus, O., aroused much enthusiasm by his re marks. "I have been a Reoubllcan for 50 years," he said, "and I propose to con tinue a Republican until I die. I pray that God will forgive me for voting for McKInley in 1S06. I did not think that he would turn his back upon the eternal peace of the .Republic. If Cleveland or Reed or Bryan had been President, there would have been no war In the Philip pines; no butchery of inoffensive Christian people; no deaths of brave American sol diers there: but our flag would now have been hailed with acclaim by a new Re public." Judge Moses Hallett, of Colorado, said his state was sure to go for Bryan, what ever the action ot the convention. 'Gamaliel Bradford said he had unner- taken a long Journey from Boston es pecially to avert what he believed would be a great mistake the nomination of a third ticket. "This election," he said, "Is not going to be settled by the newspapers nor by the politicians nor by the capitalists, but by the people. Now if we are going to defeat McKInley, we must all throw our solid support In behalf of William Jen nings Bryan. (Great applause.) Then when he sits in the Presidential chair, which he will, we will have some influ ence with the Administration; we will be able to say that we were with him from the beginning. I think, the first consideration is to defeat McKInley, but I think it Is just as Important to elect Mr. Bryan. I did not vote for him four years ago. I am a strong advocate of the gold standard, and I think he is mis taken about the money .question, but I also think he is thoroughly honest and Blncere. I believe that his advocacy or the ratification of the treaty of peace with Spain was perfectly right and log ical, and that was what first determined me to vote for him. I don't believe any candidate for President ever before had the courage to say to a convention that At aitxIIdinotfiputpfcitoittitaffuatJsrni ci thiiifc which he believed" to be right, It would have to look for some other candidate. (Great applause.) I want to see that kind of a man In the Presidential chair. Sines the time of Lincoln, I don't believe such a speech has been made as Mr. Bryan made herd one weolc ago. There is no mincing matters in that speech; you know just what he would do." By a standing votej the convention adopted a resolution expressing sympathy with Carl Schurz In tho death of his son. Governor Bout-well's Address. D. C. Tillotson, of Kansas, chairman of the committee on permanent organization, reported In favor of George S. Boutweir for permanent chairman. Governor Bout, well was accorded a great demonstration when he took the gavel. He said: "Having in mind many of the honors that I have received from my country men In times past, I shall, when this day is gone, have no more favorable recol lections of any one of them than I shall of this. This Is a historic occasion. If the peril of this country .13 what we think it is; If the question before you and your countrymen Is that of the continuance of the Republic, then no greater question has ever been committed to an assembly of men. or to the country. We are op posed to Imperialism. We are in favor of a republican form of government. We respect the teachings of our ancestry, tho glory of the history they have left to us; and, standing between the past and the future. It is our duty to transmit to posterity the peace of the fathers and the Institutions that they founded. That is your mission today as the representa tives of 45 states ot this Union. It may be a representation without an organized constituency, but it is a representation that speaks for itself and for the people of the country and for the generations that are advancing to take o"ur places, and It Is a representation that has a right to speak; a representation that will be heard at Washington today; heard over the world, speaking as we do for the preservation of republican Institutions, representing the. American Republic, the light of which, if it shall go out, will never be rekindled on the surface of tho earth. "I charge that the policy upon which this Administration has entered will mean the abandonment of the peace upon which our Government was founded; that it will change the Republic Into an Em , " - -- r T P!ro- rhe first of the means before us or the preservation of the Union, if our l allegation Is true. Is the overthrow of the Administration. I am not dlstosea to make Issues with men, but my former friend and fellow-citizen, Mr. Long, the Secretary ot the Navy, has made a re mark which of Itself may not appear very significant, but, nevertheless, I choose to make some comment upon It. Mr. Long says what we call Imperialism Is only a cry. and that the antl-lmperlallsts are few In number and of no considerable importance. He says their voice Is only "a cry. That may be true; a census has not been taken; and we don't boast of numbers. But 19 centuries ago a cry was heard In the wilderness of Judea heard, by only a few; but now the echoes of his voice are heard the world over. And now we are crying for an open path of justice for all people, repentance, wrong that has been done In the past and reformation In the future. "We have accomplished something. The anti-Imperialist leagues have made the name and the characteristics of Imperial Ism known and spoken In every palace, every log cabin and every prairie camp on this continent." Governor Boutwell then turned the at tention of his audience to the condition of affairs In China, declaring his belief that It Is the Intention of the powers to partition China. He added: "If we had treated China In the month of June as we would hav$ treated Great Britain under similar circumstances, there would have been no peril. If rebll Hon should occur In London and our Min ister there should be in peril of his life. 'Concluded on Second Page.) CAPTURED LETTERS Funston Found Treasonable Documents. A BROOKLYN DOCTORS ADVICE VjckcO. Filipinos to Catch Some TJni teCL States Ofilcinl and Try Him. xor "Piracy. y WASHINGTON. Aug. 18. The War De partment has made public the Filipino correspondence captured some months- ago by General Funston's command In Luzon. One of these letters Is from Dr. Mon tague R. Laverson, of Brooklyn. N. T., to G. Apacible. Dr. Leverson's correspond ence advised to bring about tho capture of some official of the United States, who should then be put on trial before a coun cil of war for piracy. He is also advised to have the Filipino Congress issue an address to the peopje of tho United States calling attention to alleged violations by the United States of the usages of civil ized warfare. There is also a letter from W. G. St. Clair, editor of the Singapore Freo Press, to Howard W. Bray, in which, after dis cussing: conversations with Spencer Pratt, ex-United States Consul at Singapore, the writer asserts that Admiral Dewey's pol icy In the Philippines has been overruled by the military element at Manila, and that the Admiral Is about to return to the United States, where ho might be able to enlighten the President as to the tacts and bring about conditions more favor able to the Filipinos. Teachers for- Filipinos. BERKELEY, CaL. Aug. 15. To the Uni versity of California comes the honor of having its graduates among the first school teachers appointed to perform the task of Americanizing the Filipinos. Those selected for this important worJc are Miss Anna J. Neale. of San Diego; Ernest Warner-Oliver, of Los Angeles, and Maxwell L. McCollough. of Irvington, all graduates of the state university class of 1900. They were appointed by Fred Watklnson, Superintendent of Public In struction from the Philippines, through Judge Taft, the chairman of the Philip pine Commission. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. Grand "Lodge In Session in Salt "Lalce City. SALT LAKE, Aug. IS. Tho Woodmen of the World were in session during tho day at Odd Fellows' building, and a re ception was iven In the Salt Lake The ater during the evening. Addresses ot welcome ware made by Governor Wells and Mayor Thompson, and a response by F. A. Falkenberg. Tomorrow evening there will be a street parade, participated In by all tba local Woodmen and the LvisUors, M After appointing the. various commit tees and reading reports ot tho grand officers the meeting adjourned until 10 o'clock: tomorrow morning. Head Physi cian Hughes, of Denver, reported that nearly 21 per cent of the violent deaths during the past term had occurred in non hazardous professions. Head Banker Cooper, of Portland, showed in his report the high financial standing ot the order all over the Pacific Jurisdiction. Auditor Bertchy, of Denver, showed that tho local or subordinate camps in the juris diction have in their own hands at least $13,000 in the shape of a surplus. Dynamiter Identified. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1BL 'Maurice Brennan, who Is under arrest charged with being a dynamiter, was identified today as one of the men connected with the blowing up of the street-cars in Jhe southern sec tion of the city several weeks ago. Ed ward Davidson, a conductor for the St. Louis Transit Company, made the identifi cation. SUMMARY OP IMPORTANT NEWS China. An unconfirmed report from Shanghai says tho allies reached Pekln Monday. Pago 1. China will send a hleh official to Tung- Chow to arransa for delivering the foreigners to the allies. Page 1. General Chaffee reported the allies at Ma Tou. 20 miles from Pekln. three or four days ago. Pago 2. The State Department Is receiving messages direct from Minister Conger. Pago 2. Piitcbard Morsaa says the powers have de- elded on a new form of government for China. Pago 2. Political. Tho Antl-Imperlallst Convention opened in In dianapolis. Pago 1. Ex-Secretary Boutwell announces that ho will vote tor Bryan. Pago 1. Bourke Cockran gives his reasons for support ing Bryan. Page 2. Bryan spoko to tho United Irish Societies in Chicago. Pago 3. The Frlnk slate went through tho Washington Republican Convention. Page 4. Domestic. Tho War Department publishes Plllplno cor respondence captured by Funston. Page 1. The body of Huntington has been taken to New York; where tho funeral will occur Friday. Pago 3. Seven persons were killed in a train wreck near Grand Rapids. Three women were burned to death in Chicago this morning. Pacific Coast. Oregon Supreme Court decides that District Attorney's fee must he deposited with Cleric when divorce suits are filed. Page 4. Judgment against TJ. S. Grant was once ob tained In Oregon and his horao was levied upon by the Sheriff. Pago 10. Fort Sherman, Idaho, is -unsuitable for an In dian school. Pago S. Preparations to extend tho railroad down the Yukon from White Horse to Selkirk aro In progress. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. New York Subtreasury will disburse $20,000,000 this week by tho redemption of old Govern ments. Pago 11. Secretary Gage, of tho Treasury Department, says that as long as the United States main tains tho gold standard and keeps the pub lic credit good it can retain for its own use all the gold It needs. Page 11. Eastern mills are buying only so much wool as will supply present needs. Pago 11. Foreign and domestic wheat markets -have a downward tendency, and the local situation ' continues dull. Page II. liOCOl. Tho city tax on dogs has been doubled by tho Council. Pago 8. Three ordinances were passed to protect tho street fair from the coiumg circus. The Mazamas held their carnival within 300 feet of Jefferson's summit. Senator Mason, ot Illinois, promises hearty support to McKInley and Roosevelt. Pago & Larry Sullivan was arrested for extortion on complaint of British Consul Laldlaw. Pago 8.