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Boxers Have Not Yett3sturb
ed China's Confftlferce.
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THE -SITUATION
AT THE CAPE
Sir John Gordon Sprig-? UnaMe to
Meet the Requirements of the
pojitrcifcrisir'S:'r
X.ONDOX, June 1C The .serious condi
tion of affairs in China is dally becoming
tho most absoromg topfc ip Great Brit
ain. -
Tn viw of fh rMraL nubllc'R concern
and thedipatches from China; it is rath-
er jemarkable to learn that the Boxers
appear to have but little affected tHe
great volume of business between China
-and England. The largest houses In Lon
don, trading with the far East corpora
tiona, insurance .companies, banks and
-merchants are fairly unanimous In say--lng
vthelr operations are not r interfered
with. However, this section of the busi
ness world, and those whose capital they
represent, are naturally awaiting the out
come of the crisis with anxiety. They
are apparently more disturbed over the
possibility of the powers falling out
among themselves after -the Boxers re
ceive their Quietus than oer the amount
of damagetho Boxers -will reak prior
to that eysnt.
It is davming na. Great Britain that un
less the political crisis it Xh& Cape Is tact
fully and successfully carried on, the
pacification of South Africa may be in
deflnitelj delayed. The putting down of a
possible anti-British agitation la Cape
Colony, similar to that which lias existed
for a century in Ireland", is recognized
as being a far more serious task than
outflanking nCL diyu-mingrttbe -Boers.
A prominent Free Stater, with British
sympathies, but with many relatives on
the Boer and Bund side, said to the rep
resentathe of the Associated Press that
he believed the Bund party Jwould break
out into armed -revolt tpdaywere ritles
as easily obtained as'tney -were before
the commencement of the "waj, He has
just come to England from the Cape,
and, though, opposed. teethe Buodltes. is
respected and trusted by thepr.
Tho gravity of the Issues depending on a
solution of the situation caused by Mr.
Schreiner's resignation ol the Premier
ship of Cape Colony can be better gauged
by this Free Staters' candid opinion than
by any censored statement from Capa
Town. The English papers denote many
editorials to the question. Thoso whicn
are inspired show no desire- to have Sir
jonn tjordop -Sprigs In solo power, and
Mr. Schrelner in the opposition ranks,
for, apart from the fact that it is doubt
ful if he can maintain his majority, the
opinion prevails at the Colonial Office,
and is expressed by. almost eerbody
coming from the Cape, regardless of po.
.lltlcal faith, that Sprigs is utterly un
fitted in point of ability to steer the col
ony out of the present crisis.
July will witness a pan-African con
ference In London, with the -object of se
curing increased recognition of tho rights
of Great Britain's colored subjects. The
idea originated with H. S. "Williams, a
native pt Trinidad, whose appeal met
with enthusiastic response, and South
west Africa, tho 'West Indies, Abyssinia,
and, it Is said, the United States, will
send representath es, with a view of look
ing after the general interests of the
colored race. The demands will include
a thorough system of education, repre
sentation and peasant proprictor'ihlp,
with especial reference .to South Africa
and the West Indies.
The resumption of Parliament, after
the "Whitsuntide recess, was not market!
by any noticeable feature.
On all sides the death of Mrs. Glad
stone has called forth genuine expres
sions of sympathy and admiration, such
as would scarcely have been written
about any other woman in the kingdom.
The trend of them Is that she was the
Ideal wife. Her coffin is exactly similar
to Mr. Gladstone's. Both! the" private
.services at Hawarden nhoF tho"publlc cere
mony at Westminster vvill be as simple
.as" possible, in -accordance -with her own
ideas and those of tho groat -commoner.
Though their grandson comes-Jnto pos
session of Hawarden, it will remain a
kind of family houre, -Herbert Gladstone
and his atstersbeins as free to come and
go as they were during the 'lifetime of
their parents" The "young1 master of Ha
warden, -who'ls ribtyet'of age'ls a pleas
ant, merry-lwklnsouth; who will leayo
Eton this jear and then 50 to Oxford.
"What wjth exciting news from the war
that was supposed to be over in South
Africa, sensational reports in regard to
the war that Is said to be pending
in China, and alarming dispatches rela
tive to the rebellion against Brit
ish tuIo" "In Ashariteeland. " to say
nothing of the gay Aspot meeting, the
death of Mrs. Gladstone and the death of
the Duke of Wellington, the week in
England has boen one of considerable in
terest In fact, so generally absorbed
his the nation become in its own affairs
that thowj of other countries fail to elicit
the "Jlfjhttj, conraent.
Thewar. as-Tit is "leotnea General Kellj-
Kenny said to General Tucker a few
weeks ago, is "tho rummlest I ever saw.
If we." referring to the division com
manders, "do things wrong, we are cent
home in disgrace. If e do them right
Boberts gets all tho credit."
And the war is "rummier" than ever
General Kellj -Kenny had any idea of.
Tho spectacle presented this -week of a
victorious British General, In command
of the greatest army this country ev er
put under one man, shut off from all
communication with the outer world,
having TOO men annihilated by a suppos
edly pacified enemy, whose territory was
annexed, stands almost uiriq.ue In military
hlatory- While Lord Roberts is not
blamed for these dlsters there is strong
feeling among the leading South Africans
tin London that he or someone blundered
at Pretoria.
Those -who know every inch around the
Transvaal capital say Lord Roberts took
the most arduous side to approach It,
whereas, -with easier means of access, he
might have gone eastward and shut off
fall possibility of General Botha's retreat.
As it Is. the capture of Pretoria was
practically an empty triumph except for
Its moral effect. What old -South African
carajSalgners are asking is", vhy did
Roberta not get Botha and his men and
ake Pretoria afterwards, instead of oo
cupjlng a deserted town and letting the
"Boers calmly walk away under the rose
of his ov erwholmtng force? " Yet, w hlle
this question is frequently heard, there
It such general admiration for Lord Rob
erts and belief in the efficacy of his tac
tic thst-evex- those who .arfcare J&ath to
criticise L ra until they know all ths de
tails. The paten fallibilities of the Genera's
fighting in front have caused.endless crit
icism slnoa the war began, but scarcely
any blunder In South Africa has drawn
upon it so muph condemnation as .he
recent Alfierehot maneuvers, when S0.OT3
troops engaged In a sham battle on, tit?
"hottest div of the jear. The inquest
upon four of tho enlisted men who died
from beat prostrations' records the fact
that the troops started early m the morn
ing without an adequate meai and hat
tho forage caps 0ij&jvv$re"jYere utterly
Insufficient tpratct.jjbgjjheads Isnva
tho sun. - " -3 r "7"
A more damrring indictment oL-mllitary
equ.pmestx was scarceiylfcirerjuao Quickly
ecurtdlthan by this slmpleverdlct of a
ooroners jury. Besides the men who
died some 400 had to go to the hospitals.
"Ehft. result Is that the obnoxious iojaga
caps are likely to-be done away -with.
Hot oely theatieal circles-hut the -whole
of Lbstdtb Is cmactd and interested In tie
exciting' controversy betwaen the celebrat
ed drasa&tlst, W. S. Gilbert, and Jenette
Steerrthe Ajercaa acirees. Just feefore
the latter produced tiro of his plays at
.the omedy Theater last week, Mr. Gilbert
teUEgdjtrortf the stage management, and in
p.. lefte!? repudiated all responsibility lor
aha forthcoming production. The plays,
"however, wre produced and proved meet
successful, but Gilbert does -not ieel dis
posed to let the matter Test, and -wrote
ZOsb Steer as follows:
"Madame I further understand that last
night yotf materially altered the business
usr arranged by me, -and as It was played
under my direction by Mrs-.. Kendall, Miss
.Anderson, Miss Leclerk, and. Indeed, by
every other lady who has played Galatea
.under, my, stage management during the
last zs years, i must asK you to aavance.
Eetanele Ixf Tront"oT Gvnlsca. fr&in Her'
I left, not from her rlfiht: to throw your-
PseTf - on yotfrineesln front'of her without
any exclamation; to- fall at-Gynrsca's feet,
and not on any account to cross Pyg
malion, or, indeed, do any business not
arranged at rehearsal. If 3 ou do not com
ply with ray wishes in these respects I
will apply for an Injunction to prevent
your playing the piece, or, otherwise, as
I may be advised.'
Asido from this, theatrical matters $?
been dull, and the managers are already
talking- of closing. v 1
A curious story Is printed regarding the
Duke of York. It avers In January a
bevy of four beautiful Oriental maidens
arrived at York House and announced
themselves as a present from a certain
dusky potentate. The Prince of Wales'
son did not desire -to offend" tho giver, yet
ha could scarcely accept, so In-some way
or .another the maidens were returned and
there was no offense.
The death of the third Duke of Welling
ton removes one of the shyest and least
known persons in England. Once and only
once he made an attempt to speak in,
public. It was pn the vagrancy ques
tion, In which he was greatly interested.
A prof usioir 6f 'noteslay DeTore"hIm where
he sat In the- House, of Lords. He caught
the Lord Chancelloris eje, solemnly -rose
up, arranged his notes, cleared his throat
and sat down without even utierlncr a kvI.
Jable. He never tried again.
MAY GET SILVER STATES.
Result In Oregroa Malce Republl
f cans Very Hopeful.
WASHINGTON, Juno li The Repub
licans, In considering the returns from
Oregon, are wondering whether the ex
pansion Issue is not going to be strong
enough to overturn sliver in tho mining
states which have heretofore been 20
strong for the white motal. Of course,
hey "realize that 'Oregon Toted for Mc-
Kinley In 1SS6, and was carried by the
Republlcans by a good majority in 1838,
and on increased majority in 1900. They
are. also, aware that Oregon was carried
by the Republicans ,in years, previous, but
It Is well to understand, that previous, to.
1KKJ the Republicans had been "successful
lns alT of Hhe"sflver "states. The states of
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, end Utah 'have
continued dn the "Republican, column from
the time of their admission until the
gold" declaration of the St. Louis plat
form. That carried them over to the sli
ver .party. Of tiio Western States, Ore
gon is the only one that has remained
true to the .Republican a.Ue. Jo" subse
quent campaigns; "The Republicans, in
discussing this phase of tho question, say
that this has been largely due to the per
sistent efforts of The Oregonlan, whlch
would not allow the Republican party or
the state to bo Bryanized, and which
has made it plain to the people that tho
sjlver issuo was of no advantage to them.
Now that tho pemocrats are getting
ready to pass on to other issues, and that
silver is to be one of the several lssuc3
In th,o coming campaign, the Republicans
begin to believe that there is a possi
bility of carrying the silver states.
The Democratic position on the qucs.
tion of expansion is one of the reasons
which gives the Republicans a great deal
of hope in tho coming campaign. It is
belle-ved that the expansion, issue Is as
strong In Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming and
Montana as it is in Oregon and Washing
ton. The Democrats, who carried Wash
ington by 15,000 in 1898, have abandoned
all hopo .of that stata. The only hope
they have -of carrying either Montana,
Idaho, Colorado or Ttalh Is because thoj
states are large producers of silver, and
they believe that the mining interests are
tll uppermost
Montana, and Idaho.
, Tho Republicans believo that Montana
-B sure to 1 be carried by- the Republicans.
-owing to -the -differences in he Derao
"craUc partF. and the result of the -noto-
rUtus -scandals crowine out .of. the lee-
ilon of a Senator When the- Democrats
had control- The personal popularity of
Senator Carter is believed also to cut a
great figure in the campaign In that state,
and for that reason it is believed he will
bo returned. More than that, the Inter
ests of Montand are not wholly mineral.
"It is a largo agricultural state, and espe
cially interested in -catUe-raislng- and
wool-producing, both of which are pro
tected In the Republican tariff. Idaho Is
somewhat more doubtful, because the
mineral Interests there "predominate, but
at the same time there will be -very
strong efforts to re-elect Senator Shoup,
and tba probabilities are that the action
of the Democratic convention In Indors
ing Governor Steunenberg wll have some
weight in the canvass favorable to the
-eleotlon of Republican members of the
Legislature. Republicans here believe
-that in view of the fact that the Demo
crats have made an assault upon Steu
nenberg for upholding law and order,
coupled with the demonstration In their
efrprts lo "besmirch the .Republicans and
Gier?aMeifiarn, that -the people Tot Ida
ho are bound to Indorse "Stcunenbertr for
re-election. At. the same time, it Is
thought that this will not necessarily
carry through the Democratic and Fusion
Legislature, and that Shoup is very likp
ly to be returned. Colorado and Utah
are, of course, doubtful, anil it Is scarce
ly to bo expected that they can be car
ried for the Republicans unless there Is
a great revulsion of feeling
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FOUR CHILDREN PERISHED.
Home for .Friendless Children
In
Colorado Burned.
LEADYJLLE Coloi June 16,-FJre to
night destrojed the Home for Friendless
Children, a charitable institution main
tained by the citizens, Four children were
"burned to death. The building was a largo
wooden structure, and burned like tinder.
There were 40 children in the building,
and all but four were brought out in
safety and most of them with scarcely a
stHcn of clothing on. The four Utile
ones were found in one of the up-stalrs
rooms, and burned to an unrecogrrizabio
condition. Thus far the management of
the homo has been -unable to identify the
dead. : . w
A Photo-Eneravins Trout.
'CHICAGO. June IS Twelve of the 20
men indicted some time ago on a charge
of forming a trust to control the busi
ness of photo-engraving in Chicago have
been put on trial before Judge Hutchin
60h They" waived a Jury, and the evi
dence was heard by the court. 'Further
testimony will be heard next Monday.
Conspiracy to form an unlawful combina
tion in restraint of trade is the allega
tion. The organisation was to be known sb
the' Photo-Engraving Association of Chi
cago. The combination' was In direct vio
lation. It is alleged, of the spirit of the
antf-trust law. Assistant State' Attorney
Barnes sprang a surprise on the defense
when" "he produced a copy of the agree
ment, the original of which the defense
declared had been lost.
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TAKES A-HDREF0LV1EW
CBIXESB AMBASSADOR T?T BERMX'
VtlTVC T.TfiWT rt fl"BB YiirrT.-r
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He Says the Imperial Troops Could
Have Saprcssed the -Boxcra
IVIthoHt Asslrtaacc.
BERLIN. June It The cortespandtot'
here of the Associated Prs$iSiwtbelCbl-ti
nes .Ambassador .aivmrilh Mda--
Through an"lntenretor''he ealdfWt
"I "have had Ino news whatever from the
Chinese Government abputthe Boxer re
bellion. The""Boxers"are7a -mere rabDle,
robbers, thieves and rascals. v There aro
NEW VORKt NOf 1 DON'T '(BIFF!) THIfiK BLAM1!) YOU'LL (ZINGUI)
no scholars, mandarins or officials among
them. Tho reports that the Chinese sol-i
diers have attacked- the International
forces cannot possibly be true. The Em
press Dowager opposes the Boxers, and
the troops could not act against her. The
Boxers will soon be suppressed. They
would have been suppressed by the Chi
nese trocps without landing the Interna
tional farces; The embassies dould have
been protected by -guards of Chinese if
the embassies had asked for thexnJ'
The 'latest official German news from'
Tien Tsln, dated the 35Hj, Is viewed at the
rorejgn Office as corroborative of thb re
ports that the situation has intensified,
during the week. Tbe.Foreign Qfflce con-,
tlnues to believe that thft Chlnft OnvArrl-
jnent makes common canse with the Bpx
jers, put does not belie.vo ihe. government
iroops aiiayse.a iqe injerjiaiionai xorees,
a "that would he .loo. crazy a 'v enture."
The Intention hal been to close the Fu
sion of both houses of the Prussian .Diet
today, but owing- to the amazing revolt
against the government which baa broken
out in the Houo of Lords, which usually
works in full accord with the government,'
tnis nas now become impossible, Undtr
the leadership of Baron von Levebow,
who Is an ex-Reichstag President, the
Lords gave the government a distinct vote
of distrust In the matter of regulating the
Silesia rivers, where terrific floods are
customary. In the Lower House, the. Lib
erals, under Dr. Barth. tried mild ob
struction tactics against the passage -of
mo cepanment store-bill. The Jatterwilli
oome up again Monday, but it is question-)
ahle whether the bill will -pass now un
less tho obstruction tactics cease. How
ever, it is certain that the Diet will a'd-
Journ during the coming week.
Recently, the lower'femDloves-of th
Prussian railroads, although state - om-
ciaiB, nave shown an Inclination lo" affil
iate with the" Socialist party, and have
evinced lrr every way dissatisfaction with
their present salaries and condltlofs The
official Beri'ner CcrresDondenz tnflnv h.
lishes a formal -warning, threatening the
uisooeaients witn summary discharge.
Tho Emperor has awarded Mgr. Conried,
of New York, the Crown Ordpr nf fh
Third Class for merit in German- art in
America.- fc.
French 'T,onjng Grounil.
London Telegraph.
Is French losing ground abroad, that is
to say, is It being less spoken and read
by educated people on the Continent of
Europe and elsewhere than was formerly
the case? This1 is a question which has
from time to tirtle given rise to Interesting
discussion, and certain lamentations late
ly uttered by a Paris"an -review have
brought It once more rather- prominently'
to tho front.
There is no doubt that during recent
years It has met with formidable rivals.
The tongue of united Germany is more
studied than it was In the ojd days, and
various, enterprising nationalities of thp
smaller kind ere bestowinc more aiten-
-Uon on their own language and literature '
inan iney naa nad the oppcrtunity,.pf,.4o
ing for centuries,, A0. this rcaybe xeadily
admitted, and noihljjg could be. more
natural. The Immense facilities now, glv;
lng to traveling, the enormous expansion
of International trade, and the Impulse
which tho nationality movement has re
ceived, were all bound to lead to this
result.
Tacoraa'n Population. ' ,
TACOMA, Juno 16 The census has Just
been completed. According to the enum
erators estimate the population of thlg
city is 51,001 The ce-n 10 years ago
showed S6.000. - ,
Germany' Beet Snpir Trade.
Vice Consul G. H. Murphy.
Nearly one-fourth-of -all the sugar pro
duced is Germana beet sugar, which j
amounts to 1.700 000 tons annuallv. Of this
Gcrraan production more than one-half is
exported. anrwllnglrt j!cis -
tex
jaarkets. xiie -crowth of the .beet suear!
" - ". .... nviiU 3-
I industry In th'a UrJtd. States and, Xk
nerese oz rqqucuja in pther parts p.
iceonq .are aireacy causing anxiety x
Germany ,3 tt
. ,. , , SHORT OF SOLDIERS.
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The Anneal Conscription of France
, Sho-svs a Heavy FallteK Off. r
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' - Chicago .chroa4cle.
-Coatrary to general-ieXDectatlon- tha'
JL " B9a "upiversai lor
war talk which haa hes uplversal far
effectjOf Inducing .increasedaartlal ardor I
mobs citizens or. ine-xETench oapitaL
This-condition of affairs Is... doubtless
luTi? in w AW cau,seItts be- I the Vice-Presidency IHere-would Tabso
iieved to have disastrously aSsstpA Mn.' tfttau- -nnvhuv.. ...u... .. .."1 "
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ec-iptlon this year. The total number of
tyitscrijjis oravv" snows a reaucuon 01
nearly 15.TO0 as compared witli'last year.
nMirlv 15 mn nt rrnnn-rnl" nHli lie imt'
This noticeable drop has caused some un
easiness in France, and efforts are being"
made" to account for 1t'ih as satisfac-,
ttfry a'way as possible. ,
Tho fundamental cause of the diml-
nation is doubtless due to the. station-'
ary state of ine population, bu it is also
a fact that there was been a special cause
at work th'5.sear. ,The.medicaLcxamlna-.
tion of the conscripts has been far more
severe otf this occasion than for several
years past. In .lt$i General Mercler,
alarmed at the dwindling of the, annual
contingent, ordered, tho Military Medical
Boardir .the ConsejLlSj.de Revision, as hey
are. ttrmedjr-io .pas's .men, wha, thug
they would." no.Lbe At td makolacflve" E9I-.
diers, 'm'ht yet be utilized Xo dutiesj
tha do not involve actual fighting; Their'
Lpresance in the rant wpijld thus set free
a number of men. capable, of going- to the
front, but whose, occupation, would make
them noncombatante In the event "of war.
There have since been cornplalats that'
some of the men passed as the result of
General Morclei"s Instructions suffered In
their 'health-'ln corisequence '.of their In-,
corporation. - r
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Hudson Bny Dividend.
WEfNIPEG. Manitoba, Juno' 10. The
Hudson's Bay Company has' declared a
dividend to shareholders of 15 shillings
per share and a bonus of 10 shillings' per
sh.are., The dividend and bonus Is equal t
to &4 per cent en the capital Btqcko as
compared with 74 per cent ior.itbpnpre
vlous year.
In addition, the company has also set
aside 10,OvJ .for the emp'oyes benefit
fund, 40,000 to the insurance fund, 'and
carry forward f50,000, as compared with
4;0G0.'n tho previous" year.r7Xh1S is tho:
best showing ever made. " ' '
A Floating Island Lost.
Indianapolis Press.
A large 'floating is'dnd on the Mekong
or Cambodia River, In Slam," recently
slipped Its moorings and has riot been seen
or heard of since. There were a number
of treos three leet in diameter on the
island, and the 3and was under cultlva-,
tion. The owner has- been iuntlpg dill-1
gently or his proportyv-buthas- not been
able to hear any tidings -Qf-it..-Jt un
doubtedly wentTdcwn --the jiver with .a
freshet, and has either stranded or gone
to pieces.
"Uprising In Gambia Colony.
BATHURST, Gambia Colony, West-Africa,
June 16. A native rising has occurred
in tho Gambia, Colony, and two British
Commissioners and sit members of the po
lice have Seen Hilled at Eattrikanndl, on
the south ba.nk of Gambia Rlv er, by Mai
dingoes. The" party hid gone' fo Sann
kanndl to settlo a question of local ad
ministration, when tho MahdlngOes sud
denly attacked end murdered themi Cecil
SItwell, one of the murdered Commission
ers, was formerly an official ins the Wind
ward. Islands.
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Used Mnlla to Defraud!.
iDENYER. June 15 Mr and MfaLD,. A.
"Lewis and Mn. and Mrs. HarryRockwen,
who recentlybpened offices In this city
under the name of the Novelt Com
pany, and advertised extensively tne
"Hindoo gcod-luck box," were arrested
today by United Stafes MarshRl Balley
oirthe charga-bf hslng-lthfc.mails"to de
frHud, They wxre bound oven:for.hear
Tng. "They carnlr to Denver- from Hot
"Springs, Ark. .-,.-
The XargeSt "Tneyard.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Sunny Slope, Cal . enjoys the dlstlnc- 1
tion of being tlje largest: vineyard In the 1
world. It is- sltudred-ittrtd themost beau
tlfiil sinery 3f that favored "Ignd. two
nflles' f romBan Gabrt-iL OfU total of-3300
acres, "725 are doted'to grape vine, the 1
remarnder oejng dlsfributed'anlong orahge
trees (ofTvhch taere are 12,900, lemon and
1 oltvo trees. - '
'fi 1 IUC AC " HitlUI VARI
Oh NEW YORK
(Continued frcrx First Page.)
tor Galllnger. of New Hampshire, asd
QrjW3TcSia3v,Ji)f fowar.- i T 1 jk 1
The Oteeea'Delejca tion .
Oregon opened its headquarters at the
Bingham House this afternoon, although
thg. full delegation & nor expected before'
Monday. j(. That Oregon and Washington
delegations announced their determination
to stand by Bartiett Tripp. Wallace Mc
Camant, of the Oregon delegation. Is one
of the original Tripp" men, and probably
wiU place hjm in, nomination. f .,
-,-1 . Vioe-IraldeJatlRl-' Booas. t
' If It "were not Tor the "uncertainty ovor
.u.w.j bMj, iv icuct
the mQnotcny
COX-NUJCH tCfLTHIS FALUA
St Paul Pioneer Press.
I of. the Republican gathering In PhitadeH
1 jtiixu
"During' the day tho Vice-Presldenllall
questton"" seemed to revdlvo around New"
Toric 'The position of the state, with four;
men available for candidates, the Xeellng;
In some quarters thatfpolitlcal considera-j
tlons should give the second place on the
'ticket to the Empire State,. and the some-'
what-stralned relations between.-Senator
Hanna and Senator Piatt all served to.
turn attention fcVNew York. '
Tonight the situation in New York is
Just this: They want the Vice-Rresi-dency.
SenatorPlatt does- not wanu Bliss!
because-he believes "his selection- would be,'
a victery for Hanna In -New York. Bliss!
andvHannado-jnocwchtOdell. because-Jt
would fbeian abeolute surrender tOtPlatt.
nwuicf nuuusai vjurtiii, ruu 10 uui jut-.
ly J determined aboutOdeH, and the.de.te
'gatron "Sraay finallj:,et -around ivte. the
presentation: 'of -General -Francis Y;Green f
Meaawhllo, "the friends' of tne other
candidates hav e not been Inactive, The'
hardest' -kind of work Is- being donevfori
Representative Dolliver, -the Iowa caadl-i
date -w ho arrived this afternoon. The,
Iowa delegation Is here-, and- hasfdecldcd,
to present DollLvers name. La Fajctte1
"foungi editor -of the; Dea Moines Capital,
having-been selected to mfike the nominat-ing-
speechi . Mr. DolUver Is not talking.
Ho says that his- position is sucl that it.
'does 'not -Justify him in saying-anything
further than that ?he is, gratified at the'
cordiality with .which, his, friends asBupe
him of.-thelr support Mr-,-Burton,. .who!
heads tho Kansas delegation., says lb, at
the-suggestl&n o&-DoUleiiaa been, well
received -in that stale t- -. - - a
' Bliss talk- cohtimicsr In spUe- of the re-,
peated assertions of- Mr.Bllss himself,
supplemented by- the statement of Mr.
Harina that he would no -longer be con
sidered a. candidate: .Mr, Bllsa arrived,
today, and said that there was nothing to
add to "what he has -eald-before.
There has not been much said about Sen
ator Fairbanks today, though there. is
stl'Ina possibility thahe will be named.
The-Paciflc Coast is determined to make
Itself heard in the convention, California'
And tho .Mountain" states are keeping the
name of Irving M. Scott, "the builder of
tha Oregon," before the people, while the
Oregon and Washington men have not
abated their interest in. the candidacy .or
Bartlett Tripp. Senator Wolcott arrived
today, and immediately -announced himself
as favorable to the candidacy, of Irving.
Scott. 1
"Scott's candidacy would anneal to every1
Western roarI.M he said. "He Is a man of
great fore of character, and I believe
his nomination wouia aaa strengin 10 me
ticket."'
Th V!ee-Presldentlal boom of Senator
Elkins.. of West Virginia, was today!
sprung-upon politicians In this city by
Senatar Scott, of that state. Scott said
henad iWlred, the .West Yirglria delega
tion to corae to-Phlladelphla with flying
banners and an Elkins shout. He thinks
Elkins would makea strong candldateand
an excellent Vice-President.
- ijr "Women at- "Worlc t
tt t -fciien Foster has opened the
headquarters of the National "Woman's
-flV,Sufi Aoeiflrion ol whicfi she to
the preslolent Many handsonftly grrtvned .
women'-naVe -i-fslfed ""tHe headquarters. ;
They were much interested ana entnupi-
acUC JR-U were "" w-.w. --
was a great, difference' of opinion as to
who should bV vrce-Presldent. Mrs: WI1
!-,t-- R-Tavlbr. wlfSror the et-Governorirt
Itehtucky; has" "been selected anlhonorary
. 1 rr-iL-,v,-wfroYi. htrt whether orH
not-yie-will be.admllted to the floor Sec-.-.-"Tiirv
eould not say- The onli
mlnw who 'is sure "of a "seat on thel
floor Is" Mrs. Willldm Honry Jon. .0.
Salt Lake; Utah, who Is a regularly
e'Qted 3elegate. r
, J-DBAr-OF THE P.L.VTF pIL "
I
darflVd-'Sy POHrnVastrGeneraT
IV I
WASHINGTON, -June' 16-Shortly be--fore
noon Postmaster-GcneralTSmith. "ar
rived -at, the5 White" House .for consulta-
1 tion wifbr the President befor,fi- leaving
for Philadelphia. A draft of th nio.
JorsB. prepared by hlmwas snbmlttd taXrebel.
president McKlnley. The conferenceT 'To
i?a nftrsi, man threeTquarer o( an
S lufon or- the Whlt0 ouse
fauEly. swarmed todav wfth tiolltieian. tch
-had stopped, off in Washhigton pn their'
wayo tJftepuTSlican Natiqphl conven-
t""n'uBi iHnpns ,wn were jsca
.leparty leadersfhe Visitors, had little
dpportunlty to, converge with tie Presi
dent privately, and those wio did broach
the subject Of the Viee-PrMfnpncv &nt
no Intimation 'from "MrT McKtnley as to-
nis personal choice. If he has one.
Senator Carter introduced"" two of the
eroTrtaca delegates, F.-Sfcfblsh' and Tyler
Worten. - " T
t.-: 4 " 1' 1
r LtVED A STRENUOUe' LIFE.
-1 ' t- . r ,
Stejjhen Crane CroWded His evr
Years "With Larife.,E-cper'ieace.
. k Chicago;, Record. ,x
. Stephen Crane, thQ novelist, short-story
writer and newspaper correspondent. So
died recehtfy at Badenweller, d. small
rjealth resort a the JacTC Fores'f, llvod
a strenuous life. He" was young In years,
but ho had managed to crowd nto the 30
years of his existence more than most
.peopla experiencejjn a lifft'three times as
long. He had traveled, widely had seen
his own country north and south, east
and west, "and had" visited many foreign
countries. He nadrane through two wars
as a correspondent, and for years he had
exposed himself to 'all eorts of dangers,
not courting death, but. looking It square-,
ly In the ee.
During, the last 10 years- he had written
10 booksr besides a great number of news
paper articles; and there -are many who
hold that at least three rCf these books
will carry his name far Into the next
century. Ha was fortunate beyond, most
writers lnvthat he lived to enjoy all the
fruits of. fame. Perhaps It is fortunate,
tdo, that he did not live to see that fame
diminish, for to one of his spirit defeat
was more to be dreaded than death. "
.. There Is no ddubt but that Stephen
Crane's mission was "to wrlte, but as a
melanqh61y schoolboy he gave no promise
of developing hito a successful man. At
school he wasan Indifferent scholar,. and
at college he was much more Interested
In baseball than In books.' L remember
his lirst appearance at Syracuse Univer
sity He had. prev loisly -Deen a .student at
Lafayette, where, he had, been Ihlt'atefL
intq the Dejta- Upsllqn fraternity, and upon
his-rarrival In .Siracuse ho came, Imme
diately to the D. U, house In a-cab ana a
cloud of tobacco smoke. He was entirely
unknown, and of course he had te go
through' a searching" cross-exarnrnatioii.
which he 'did clamly, puffing the while at
a very black bricrwood pipe that looked
as i"f It had gone through several cam
paigns. '"The head coach of the -university
was the examiner
" "What can- you"do7"he asked.
"""Not much," replied Crane.1"
."Can ou row?" l
. "N.OP." ; r '
"Jump?" ". vr
- "Nop." , . . r., ,f
"Swim?" . !
."Nop." , v
"Throw tho hammer?"
' "Nop." w . -.- , v -
" "Play football?" - -
"A little." -' ,'
"Humph! A little. That won't do here.
Can you play baseball?' - -
The future novelist Smiled.
"Betcher life!" ho replied, with assur
ance. i
v'What can you play best?"
"Catcher."
"Put on j Our togs, then, and we'll havo
a scrub game "so that you can 'show off
your ability. '";'
i -A few minutes later Crane was engaged
In his favorite pastime. He was a slender,
wiry youth, under the average height,
'with a complexion almost ellow, and very
large and expressive eyes. That day he
.wore a, , crimson sweater, buff - colored
trousers end a pair of broken patent
leather shoes. His odd looks were a source
of good-natured chaff, but his playing; won
the admiration o even the seniors. He
was gritty as a grizzly cub, and stood
olose up to the plate like a professional.
The star pitcher was in the box. He wds
a large fellow, whq threw a very swift
ball; and Crane was so light that he
seemed to bound back at every catch. He
was by all odds the best player on the
nine, and to this day he Is considered
one of the best catchers the university
ever had. -
Outside of his skill at baseball. Crane s
college life was little else than a, failure.
He was not possessed of a strong-, indi
viduality. He was quiet, almost taciturn,
and simply unimpressive. . He had no na
tural taste for study, and never tried, to
cultlvato one. Hhr favorite study was
history andrhis reading In this branch -instructlon
-was considerable. Ha left the
university witnout a aesree, savbi t uuc
course- The real reason of his leaving- so
afiruptlyr t believe, was that Crane "held
rather unorthodox views concerning' cer
tain passages written by the Apostle Paul.
Put If he did not follow tho cut-and-dried
curriculum, Jils college days were not al
together' Toasted, for ho was slowly but
surely, working, toward a "predetermined
end." He studied men instead of "boolrs.
When he ought to have been at recitations
he was strolllp the streets looking at the
faces, that passed. His favorite haunt was
the- Central Hailroad station. It must not
be understood from, this that' Crane
scorned scholarship, aa has .been ("barged
bv soma of his 'critics. On tho contrary.
lie. had. a deep regard for trie learning. .
but he had. Insight enough to know tnat
muph of" what passed fdr learning was
mere-pretense. He sawtcleariy, ana guia
ed his-own life by that vision.
After-leaving the, university. Crane jed
a desultory life among the newspapers4ot
New York. As a reporter he was as
mucjlv a failure as were Robert Louie
Stevensdrt and Rudyard Kipling, and the
city editors groaned over his copy. During
h's novitiate he started "The Red Badge
of Courage." He lost one- position after
another on the daily-press, but he plugged
away on his story, polishing and better
ing it. He -sold If to a newspaper syndi
cate, and it attracted no attention, but
when it appeared between board covers
it hounded at once into success, a success
that has been. International. After this
success. Crape had no trouble In dispos
ing of everything he wrote. The "Red
Badge was. a story of a war Crane did
not see, but afjer he hadeeen two wars
that of the Turks and Greeks and our
late trouble with Spain that" which hp
wrote about them was less like the real
thing, than the picture.
Personally ..Stephen Crane was ;. of
the coolest and bravest men I have ever
known. He was. Jn a way, a fatalist,
and his favorite saying was that w'jat
is to "Be is not to be dodged, and let worry
go hang. Richard Harding Day's, said
that he was the, coolest man under fire
that he "had ever seen, and he cites, Crane's
description of tha marine signaling upder
Are. at Guantanamo as the best .piece, of
descriptive waiting done, during the vvar.
Crane often told the writer that It was
his, dearest wish to die ln.battIeMforInhIs
soul he nated the ordinary, and certainly
it is.Jme of, ih&Jlttl&Jrnnies'oflife that
aftpr facing all sorts of dangers by sea
and land he should pass away quietly and
conventionally to" a Germarf'ylllage.
; i-i .
A" Kentucty Raft Story-of Daniel
. - , , Boone.
John Fox. In-Scribners. -The
scholar -told some strong- stories
now that we were In a, region oC histori
cal interest where Bocno planted his first
fort and where Boonesborough once-stood.
but he always -prefaced his" talo with the j
overwhelming autnonty tnatf- -
"Hisfry eaysl" -
He declared that history said "that 'a
bull, seeing some cows across the river,
had;Jumped fcomrl'ia poiat-of a-high cliff
straight down into the river; had swum
across. .and fallen -dead as, he was climb-j
ingtne DanK x
He busted his heart," said the scholar.
-Oddly enough, solemn -Tim, -who had J
never cracked a smile, was the first to
"You see that cliff vanderr' said tha
scholar. "Well., hisfry say that Das'l
Boohe druv three Infans once jrtralsrht
Jver, that cliff down into- the river.'
x couia see tnat xim was loath to cast
discredit on the facts of history. If the
scholar had said one or even two Indiana,
I don't think Tim would have called a
halt: but foTDasdel, with only one load
In his gun-and It" not a Winchester to
drlvo three it was too mucht And yet
Tim never- smiled, and it was the first
time I heard him voluntarily open his lips.
"Well, hlsfrv Tnoiifi'hf- ft raM .
he said, ''out I reckon DanTwas in the
leaai The yell that went up routed the
scholar and stilled him. History said no
farther down- that stream, even when wo
TPere passing between tha majestic .din's
that Jn one place are spanned, by tho
third highest bridge In the world. There
a ferry was crossing the river, and old
Ben grew remlnisi-nM-" -aa ho hwn V
j-1 errj-maa back In tha mountains.
' I
A, Gron-ie Coeks..
Maurice Thompson in 'the Atlantic.
I had nearly lost hopo of bagging. ta
chicken and had turned a shoulder tq the
breeze,, when . something whistled, or
chirped, close behind me. At the same
time wings fluttered, and. upon turning.
I saw a cock grouse in the act of alight
ing Bside a tuft, of prairie grass nbt
more than six feet from rne. When he
struck the ground' he erected all of "his
feathers and looked at me wildly. l' had
twisted myself and was turned but half
around. I saw that ho was going to fly
rl "must shoot Instantly or not at alL
It "was an awkward situation. Then a
new feature was added. Flvlne llRe""a
xbullejt came another cock and struck the
nrst, wnereupon tne two fought like-savages,
tumbling on the grass, striking with
their wings; pecking, kicking, chattering.
Evidently they were bent upon killing
each other If- possible. I let drive an ar
row at them and missed. Shot again aad
knocked one over. The other flew away
In crazy haste. On my way back to camp
I passed through a Fcrub-oak grove on a
low; candy ridge lying at right angles to
the river, and In the-midst of it found a
pond literally swarming with ducks of dlt
ferent epecles. They must have sought
the sheltered place-to avoid the chill and
Yforry of the wind. It was deep water,
and the birds, kept well out from shore,
so I did not shoot, as every arrow would,
have been last. ,
,
The "Knn "Whq SIukh With. His Hand
Gerald Stanley Eee in the Atlantic
Syniposiuras on how-to reach the masses
are pitiless irony. There Is no need for
symposiums. It' is an open -secret. It
ortfe3vupan the" housetops. It calls above
tlroworia'hr the Sabbath bellii A church
that believes less than the -world believes
shall- loie its leadership in the world.
"Why should I pay pew rent,'.' says tho
(Man Who Sings With H's Hands, "to
men who do not believe In me-, to worship
w itn menwho do .not believe In me, a GofL
that dosnot believe In me?" If heaven
Itself .(represented as a rich and idle olace,
seats free- in the -evening) were opened to
the true laboring man, on the condition
that he should -despise his bands by hold
ing palms in them, he would find some
excuse for staying away. He feels in no
wiso different wjt,h regard to his present
life. VUnless your God," says the Man
Who Sings With His Hands, to thosa w ho
pity him and do him good "unless your
God is-a God I can worship In a factory,
he Is not a God I care to worship in a
church."
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race-goers occurred at Slough. Three, per
sons were killed. Sixteen passengers were
taken, to tbe hospital, more or les3 se
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