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V JJW AAJ J i X1 A JXtJK JS J?.l l PART TWO RAGE5--H TO-20 ?s3as$is3$s3tts$w3raiesj ASf. JW.. iyrvmprrv VOL. XIX. PORTLAND, 0&EGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1900. NO. 80. Wm. Gadsby THE HOUSEPURNISHER Cor. Washington and First Sts. The largest complete housefurnlshing establish' ment In Oregon. Everything In stock to furnish throughout. Cottage Dining-Rooni Suit This complete ash iilnlng-room suit, consisting of one sideboard with bevel-plale mirror, six dining chain and one six-foot extension table Special for cash, this week, $20.00. r Special Sale,.. Of Tapestry Brussels Carpet Genuine 8-wire goods Made, laid and lined for 75c per yard ontinues Steel Ranges, guaranteed for 15 years $28.50 Wm. Gadsby, The Housefurhisher COR. FIRST AND WASHINGTON ;One more week of our...' Great Reduction ale Don't miss the opportunity to get garments made to order for cost of materia! and ; making. Your choice of light, "medium or heavy weights. An endless variety to select "from, and satis faction guaranteed in all cases. All work made inthis city by best Jour. 'tailors. . Garments to order in a day. if required. Samples mailed. Garments expressed. ARMIES Of WORMS How They Spring Into Being and Eat the Crops. ARMY WORM AND THE CUTWORM Active In. Many Section of Oreson end Waaalaxton West of tao Cascade Mountains. The pest which has been "working ho end of damage to growing: crops in several sections of the state during- the past week or two Is now generally defined as the army worm. Its mode of operation and the general destruction which, follows its appearance are practically the same In every quarter. The same pest infested a few parts of the state four or five years ago, and great damage resulted. This year, however, the worm appears to be a rank expansionist, and is capturing a large amount of territory, to the terror of Its Inhabitants. The former reign of j me pest ranged irorn ju to xs unye, wuiuu ravages. In Whatcom County 'What Is called the old-fashioned cutworm Is in evidence Instead of the army worm, but is doing equal damage, completely devouring gardens and devastating orchards. The extermination of the army worm Is a problem that baffles the oldest and wisest heads. "Their visits are so seldom that they receive no attention in the in terval. The State Agricultural College at Corvallls recommends a spray of Paris green, claiming this to be a remedy used for al troubles of this nature. Some dig trenches around the" garden plat and put In it poisoned cabbage leaves, which proves suite effective. In the case of fruit trees, a strip of. tar around the base of the tree is said to keep'-tho worm down. Scheme to Kill tne Worms. OREGON CTTY, July 23. August Kel lemeir, of Wlisonville, is meeting with success In a plan to keep the cutworms from devastating his five-acre potato field. At Intervals of every three hours he drives around the margin of the field with a 10-foot roller, which kills all the worms on the road to his potato vines. The worms make slow headway in the deep dust, and are effectually caught In the regular trips of the roller. Paris Green Steele Exhausted. OLYMPIA. July 28. The army worm Is devastating the gardens of this vi cinity. Even potatoes and other root crops are being entirely "consumed. The supply of Paris green .has been ex- CHINESE ASSURANCE Governor YuarV Declares Min isters Were Alive Tuesday. RECEIVING FOOD AND PROTECTION The 5rr, 'Which Wm Sent Vr Con sul Fowler, Does ifcot Allay ' Suspicions. vTOTABHirNGTON. July a-The Secretary of State has received the following dis patch from Mr. Fowlet the American. Consul at' Che Foo, dated at midnight on the 28th: Thls morning, by. request of the alllad Admirals, I wired the Governor (supposed to I be the Governor of Shan. Tung) their wish to get news from the Ministers them selves. The Governor now replies: ""Have received today edict from Em peror saying that the Ministers are welL They are sending provisions to the lega tions. Am confident Ministers out of dis tress, arid request you (Fowler) transmit this preliminary announcement to Admi rals. YUAN. Governor.' " A later dispatch from Fowler, dated 1 that the whole world demands a direct message from the besieged Legatloners, allow them to communicate with their government? Why not furnish direct and unequivocal evidences of the safety of the 'Ministers, instead of this repetition of an assurance which the world hesitates to accept? The failure to pursue the direct method which must he available tends almost Ir resistibly to the suspicion that something has happened in Pekin which the Chinese Government desires to conceal from tUa powers; that It Is afraid to allow "the true story to. be revealed until term have been made with the powers which are waiting 'at the gates of the -empire. Jut what that something' is furnishes a fruit lul theme for speculation, but no satis factory conclusion can be reached until the forces enter Pekin or the Legatloners are known to bo safe. SITUATION IN MANCHURIA. Russian Forces in Doily Increasing Danger. CHICAGO. July 28. A dispatch to the Record from Moscow says: News reaching Vladlvostock shows that General Goringross' Manchurian railway guards are In dally increasing danger. At bay in their position between Kelln and Harbin,. the little band Is still awaiting General TschltsphangofTs relief force. Chinese are overflowing from Mongolia into Northern Manchuria, in the neigh borhdod of 'Margin and Burdo Tsun. In Mongolia a- force of 15,000 natives sur- KAISER'S RASH TALK German Press Condemns the Emperor's Statements. ORIGINAL CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE William Disappointed at the Atti tude of the United States For eign Ofilce Statement. BERLIN, July 28. Emperor William's address to the soldiers comprising the China expedition forms the subject of general discussion today. The Emper or's instructions to spare no Chinese and make no prisoners are condemned by nearly everybody one meets, and also by the press. The Lokal Anzelger pre tends that the Emperor did not mean what his words Implied; hut that .he merely wished to caution tho members of the expedition that they would meet a foe who dqes not spare and makes no prisoners. But nearly all the other pa pers, commenting upon the Emperor's speech, strongly argue against it, the Tageblatt. In a specially caustic man- ANTI-CHRISTIAN CARTOONS WHICH INFLAMED CHINESE BOXERS. 3. . I' ir t k- t r ' ' 11 ' " i I'll mmm .j ii i ii i ii. i wi i ! iqmaxymmmammm 8.m ,m t ' ' ' ' ' - ' fi If Foreigners carrying Christianity to the door of Confucius, who will have nothing of it. Missionaries Represented as gouging out the eyos of a Chinese Convert "The beating of the foreign devils and the burning of the Christian Books." gives reason for belief that its present visit will soon end. Some confound the pest with th'e cut worm, but It is of a much darker hue. The army worm's color Is grayish brown, and It varies in length from one or two Inches. In its fully developed state it is a gray moth about an Inch long. The eggs hatch in a very short time after being deposited in the ground. They num ber millions, and warm weatherlsospe cially favorable to their propagation. The vermin, confines its attack to grow ing vegetation, and seems unable to ap pease its appetite. By night, as well as by day, It carries on its deadly opera tions. Daylight finds Its efforts directed at the. root of the plant or tree, while the night hours are employed to remove the foliage. They leave no leaves on any stalk set upon, and a clover field, after their visit, presents a view much like a stubble field. Bo far. their attacks have largely been upon clover fields and veg etable plats, but within the past few days a disposition to ravage fruit trees has been shown. Dnmace in Different Sections. . Vegetable gardens have suffered most In and around Portland. Potatoes fare the worst of all vegetables. The tops first disappear, to be followed by the tubers In the ground. Along the Columbia River and in the farming country tributary to, Portland, the potato crop has suffered' heavily. In Clackamas County the dam age is considerable, and covers fruit, gar- 108 Third Street, near Washington Cawstgw & Company. Heating and Ventilating Contractors Estimates Furnished on Steam and Hot Water Heating, Dealers in En gines, Boilers, MachlnerysSuppIies 48 and 50 first St., Near Pine TeSSK:&T. .. PORTED, 0REG0.1 Tne Army Worm. The imaco or1 miller, the pupa or worm and the larya or ciysalls. hausted, and there seems to be nothing to do to exterminate the pests until they finish their career in the natural way. Work of the Cat "Worm. ALBANY, July 28. Experts here declare the much-talked-of- worm which is de stroying vegetables to be the genuine cut worm. It Is prolific and terrific, but takes as a rule 20 days to gorge Itself. Concdera&le damage ii. toeing done by it to vegetables. CIVIC FEDERATION. Members of the Executive Council Appointed. Aaron Jones, Edward A. Kelly, Cyrus G Luce. Franklin MacVeagh, W. A. McCor- kle. E. B. Martlndale, E. P. Ripley ,Frank A. M., 27th, to the State Department, Is as follows: "Another telegram from the Governor: 'Have received imperial edict 24th, saying various Ministers, except German, are well, and some days ago had provided provisions to the Legations. Am satis fied Ministers out of distress. " 'YUAN, Governor " Secretary Hay also has received a cahle- ygram from united States Consul Mc- Wade at Canton, stating that Viceroy Tak assures him that the Ministers were all alive and well July 24. Coming from three separate direc tions, assurance that the foreign Min isters at Pekin are alive and well July 24 had a tendency to dissipate the pessimistic view which the State Department has been taking for the last few days as to the situation In Pekin. It Is true that a comparison of . the various edicts and statements bearing on this subject appear to demonstrate the fact that they all come from one fountain-head, either Yuan Shi Ki or LI Hung Chang. But the persistence with which these stories of the safety of the Ministers are circulated undoubtedly is shaking the belief of thosevwho hereto fore have been satisfied that all of the Ministers in Pekin were dead. Minister Wu. the Chlneso Minister, came to the State Department early, expressly tp deliver an edict received by him to Secretary Hay. It is stmUar in form to the edict published yesterday In London. CHICAGO, July 28. The committee on organization of the National Civic Feder-, atlon announces the executive council or governing body for that organization. This council will act until the first annual meeting, and Is as follows: A. C. Bartlett, P. L Bonebrake, James H. Bowman, D. Russell Brown, J. W. Cutrer, Edward F. Dunne, James P. Eagle, James H. Eckels, William D. Foulke, Harry A. Garfield. Samuel Gom pers, Frank W. Gunsaulus, William R. Harper. Abram S. Hewitt, Frederick W Holla, William Wirthowe. Clark Howell, Samuel Insull, Theodore C Search, Willis J. Abott, William F. King, Edward Rbse-1 Tho Minister says that the only differ- watcr, Jqnn Ireland, jeremian w. jemcsii ences are those Involved In separate of translations. Mr. Wu's translation Sheng's dispatch Is as follows: Edict of 25th. of the sixth moon (cor ,Sar?,e,at' lh.ar,es,A; S,c,hle,reii!; Cfto .'.Ponding to July 24), states that fortu Sells. Albert Shaw John M. Stahl, Jay ately all Ministers, except Baron von L. Torrey. Charles F. Warwick .Booker Ketteler, are alive and -unharmed. They T. Washington, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, n nnff i. rmiirf , .Mt,Ma. j fruit and provisions by the government to show Its sympathy for them." rounded the Russian railway corps, but a Cossack column attacked the tribesmen and, after a fierce battle, routed them, killing 167. Dally skirmishes are reported between the restless tribesman in Man churia and the Russian railway guards. M. de Wltte, Russian Minister o( Fi nance, has received from M. Pokatllloff, director of the Russo-Chlnese Bank, who is supposed to have lost his life In tho Pekin massacre, a message dated Pekin. June 15. "The riots," says M. Pokatllloff, "began June 13, when the mob first burned the American church and then the Russian missionary station. Our situation is peril ous, and a disastrous crisis 13 near at hand. We are besieged and cut off from news from home. "M. de Glers has been requested by the Chinese authorities to countermand his appeal for Russian guards in Pekin. United States Minister Conger also has cabled for additional guards. Mr. Conger Is active and Ijrave, doing his utmost in protection of foreigners. LI Chan and Su Yupn, of the Tsung ii Yamun, have called at the American Legation and begged Mr. Conger to prevent interna tional detachments from entering Pekin, but the Minister refused to lend his in fluence to such a move, and the other Ministers Joined him in this refusal. "The anti-Christian societies are com mitting arson, robbery and murder and all manner of atrocities. Incendiaries among them have destroyed 3000 European houses in the Chinese quarter, besides 20 financial houses and numerous shops and warehouses. The houses of friendly Chi nese were pillaged and burned, and many Chinese servants of Europeans and native I Christians were killed." dens, corn and root crops. The worms were first observed In the clover fields, but with the harvest of this crop, made their way to other crops. Tho potato crop,vgenerally, has been, snared thus far, but where- a field has been .attacked. Its ruin has been complete. Apple- orchards around Marquam. Clackamas County, are Included In their territory, and it is feared the crop will.be a light one there, while otherwise it would have been a very heavy -one. The second growth of clover hay is suf ferlnc creatlr In Marion Countv. In a number of fields the grass is devoured ; Tjelow tho surface of. the ground. The worms are to be found In great numbers In the crop just harvested, and In many instances literally cover the floors of somo barns. Vegetables were passed nintil thii week, but are now subjected to heavy siege. Around Woodburn. prune trees have been divested of every bit of foliage. At Dayton, Yamhill County, the clover fields and potato fields have been- levied upon, and are meeting with, rapid de struction. The 'worms are also spreading to other veegtables. A vast- army of the worms has Just appeared at Greenleaf. on the Slus'aw, and the farmers are fearful lest the en tire vegetable crop be taken. At Alpha and Deadwood they have destroyed every thing, showing a preference for clover. From Coos County comes the report of entire Gelds, of clover being eaten by 'the army wprm. Dairying is the principal In dustry of the county, and 1b' therefore mainly affected. The butter output of the Coos Bay creamery has -fallen from 1200 to 800 pounds per day, and the sev eral creameries "on the Coqullle River are affected a3 greatly. Vegetable and root crops are also subjected to 'the attacks of the pes't. In the 'State of Washinfrtbn. - The army worm is also doing damage to crops In Washington. They were there even earllerthanln Oregon, and'in just as large numbers. Their ta'ctics are the same In both states, and tho damage to result from their work 'Is Incalculable. Clark County oarly1 showed the worm's Dudley G. Wooten. A National conference will be held on September 24, 25, 26 and 27 In Central Music Hall. Chicago, at which will be discussed imperialism, money and trusts. Arrangements are being made to secure the participation of the ablest oxponents of the different views of the subjects an nounced. No resolutions or action savor ing of a political character win be per mitted. The programme will be la charge of the bipartisan committees. Its second conference programme, de tails of which will be announced later, will bo "held in January, and will Include the subjects of taxation, industrial arbU tratlon -and municipal ownership. ' t Chlneie Prominent In the War News Kwtnc Hsu Eniperor of China. This Hal An Dowarer Empress. Pu Chun Present Emperor's heir. Prince Tuan Father of Pu Cbuo, and eelf-procloltted dictator. Li Hung Chang: Formerly Viceroy of Ktfani; Tuns Province, ordered to Pekin a deal with the powers. Talc-; Viceroy of Kwanj; Tuns. Chanff ChJ- Tunc Viceroy of Hankow. Kwcl Chun Viceroy of 8sechuan. Lltt Kan Tl-Vlceroy of-Nxnkln. Yu Lu Viceroy of Chi LI. Yuan Shi KI Viceroy of Bhan Tunx. Bhent Administrator of Telegraphs. Chang Yi Director of Mines. Hsu Chlng Chlen President of Chinese Eastern Hallway. Prince Ohlng Coynander of Pekin field 1 lorce. YunsLu-Commander.in-Chlef of North ern armies.' Nleh Chine General friendly to" foreign ers, who committed, suicide at Tien Tsln. Liu Lee Black Flag chief. Wang TPen Shao President of. Board of Revenue. Lung Tuh Slang General under Prince Tuan. Kapg Yu "Wei Exiled Chinese reformer Chao Shu Chlao Prominent member of 'Tseng U Yamun. Prince 14 Senior member, of Tsung 11 Yamur Wu Ting Fang Chinese Minister to the UnitedStates. Chi Chen Leh, Feng Lob Chinese Minis ter to England. Lu Hal Houan Chinese Minister to Ger many. , , . Tu Kunc Chinese Minister to France. If Mr. Wu had any doubt as to the safe ty of the Ministers It seems to have been dissipated by this edict. He labored earn estly with Secretary Hey to convince him that he was bound to accept this official declaration of the Chinese Government. He pointed out that this last declaration differed materially from most of the oth er statements that have emanated from Chinese sources in the Important fact that it (fid not represent merely the belief of a minor official or a viceroy: it was the solemn declaration of the Chinese Gov ernment. In making the statement touch ing the Ministers, the Chinese Government therefore assumed a serious responsibil ity to the world at large. He declared that It could not be conceived that such a responsibility would be lightly assumed, and therefore he, Mr. Wu, did not hesi tate to assert his positive personal con viction that the Ministers were alive oa T July 24. wneu uu attention was cniieu to mo apparent failure 'of Yuan Shi KI to accede to Consul Fowler's request that the allied Admirals be put Into commu nication with tho Ministers, Mr. Wu shrugged his shoulders In a deprecatory manner and merely replied that the Chi nese were so different from pther people that the usual tests could not be applied to them; It would, not be posslblo to pre dict what they would do under conditions that would be easily met by Europeans or Americans. It was possible, he added, 'that Yuan was really undertaking to do wbat the Admirals wished, only it would first be necessary for him to consult the Pekin authorities, -and that would take time. He could not 6ay when an answer might be expected to his last ressaga to Minister Conger. Special Commissioner Rockhlll called at the State Department this morning, and had a final conference with Secretary Hay respecting his mission to China. The . dispatches from Consul Fowler have raided anew the theory at the State Department which is being speculated upon. These assurances have been given In answer to the repeated and urgent demand of the -various Euro pean governments that they be placed in communication with the Ministers, and the last assurance" of Yuair was In an swer to the specific demand of the for eign Admirals for direct communication. Yuan's announcement that tho Imperial government at Pekin not only assert the s.ofety of the .Ministers, but declared that they have been provisioned. If accepted as true, indicates that the Ministers have been communicated with. The lnqulrv then naturally arises. Jf the MInitom have been provisioned, why does not the Chinese Governme'nt, knowing as it dees Eraptinea of Rnssi&n Bubble. NEW YORK, July 28. A dispatch to the Herald from Shanghai says: Twenty-five thousand Chinese are con centrated some distance from here. A competent military authority declares that precautions taken for defending Shanghai are insufficient. While the existing operations show the emptiness of the Russian bubble, they ! fully confirm all that has been foreseen of Japanese power. It is officially stated , that Russia can provide only 8500 men ' altogether, unless reinforced from Eu- ' rope. Officials of Central China, while strenu- ' ous in their efforts to preserve peace, are at the same time preparing for pos sible war by collecting arms and munl- ttons aijd strengthening the forts at Woo tthe Yangtse. Admiral Seymour cannot interfere while war has not been declared. News of the murder of missionaries is continuously arriving. Li linns' Chans' Blewansre. NEW YORK, July 23. The Tribune pub lishes the following dispatch from Li Hung Chang, dated Shanghai, July 27, and received at 1:15 this morning: "Pekin reports Ministers alive. Safety assured. Allied forces entrance Pekin unnecessary-" This dispatch was in answer to a messago sent three days ago to the Vice roy, asking for a statement as to the safety of foreigners In Pekin. Chaffee Dne at Takn. WASHINGTON, July 28. General Chaf fee, commander of our military forces In China, with the Sixth Cavalry, who left Chicago for the Orient several weeks ago, to assist In our military engagements there against the Boxers, will arrive in Taku today. The troops under his com mand will enter upon active service at once. France Receives Hopefnl Message. PARIS, July 28. The Chinese Minister at Paris, Yu Kung, has received the follow ing Imperial decree dated July 24: "The foreign Ministers are happily at present safe and sound, except Ketteler. We are having the foreign Legations sup plied with provisions and fruits, as a token of the interest we feel in them." Philippine Receipts. WASHINGTON., July 28. The Treasury receipts in the Philippine Islands during May, 1900, according to a statement made today by the division of Customs and In sular Affairs of the War Department, were 5703.326. Of this amount, $S28,S84 was credited to customs receipts; $33,066 to in ternal revenue receipts and $44,223 to mis cellaneous receipts. ner, reminding the Emperor that telling his soldiers to carry civilization Into China and In the same breath enjoining them to deal with ferocious ScBeyerity there do not tally. Besides, thepaper argues, the Emperor has no right to so Instruct the expedition, because the ex pedition will form part of a whole and be under the command of a chief of some other nationality, whose instructions solely they must obey. The paper main tains, that "the Emperor's behavior Is likely to split up the harmony of the powers, as doubtless some of the powers will not agree to the Emperor's instruc tions." Several papers draw a parallel between this latest speech by Emperor William and the one he delivered in 1S33, dedicat ing to the Redeemer the church at Jeru salem, on which occasion the Emperor preached the gospel of Christian long suffering toward all nations. The Cologne Volks Zeltung publishes statements to the effect that a Catholic missionary who has Just returned from China states that the Emperor is the prime instigator of the present war In China, citing a number of proofs thereof. One of the Emperor's chief advisors. Ad miral Pun Yuelln, published at his be hest the policy to be pursued until China should be ready for war with Europe, saying: "European Jealousy and inhar mony Is the advantage heaven sends China to prepare herself. When every thing is ready for war we shall revenge all past injuries at one blow." Tho idea of the United States acting as mediator between Europe and China has met -with most decided rejection here. Tha correspondent of the Associated Pres3 learns, despite the honeyed words accompanying the refusal, Germany In sists upon adequate redress for Baron von Ketteler's assassination and a guar antee for the permanent re-establishment of orderly conditions in China. Not before this Is done will Germany be ready to listen to diplomatic propositions about the status quo. The Associated Press correspondent learns that the sen timent in the highest German circles Is Indignation that, Instead of practical solidarity between all the powers, the tendency Is mors and moro plain that each Is again seeking selfish advantages, irrespective of outraged International rights. The feeling against the United States Is especially bitter. Emperor William having expected that the United States would steadfastly side with him in demanding adequate redress. The Foreign Office says all the details In connection with the advance upon Pekin have been left to the Admirals. The Foreign Office understands that the expedition against Q'ekln will move the middle of next week. The Foreign Office says the meaning of the Emperor's words, "no quarter," was to call attention to the fact that the Chinese began the war and were carry ing It on 'with- unparalleled cruelty. So the Emperor, as supreme military com mander, was explaining to his soldiers what they had to expect from the Chi nese. Asked whether the powers held a definite theory regarding the present status of the Chinese Government, a representative of the Foreign Office an swered: "We do not know with whom we have to deal, but we know whom we have to fight against." The British Charge d Affairs here. Lord Gough. answering a question put to him by the Associated Press correspondent, expressed the belief that the most recent reports from China slightly increase the prospect that the foreign Ministers at Pekin are still alive. Consul-General Guenther, of Frank-fort-on-the-Main, Is being savagely at tacked In the Agrarian press here for the character of his reports relative to the meat question, disproving the hy gienic pretense of the new meat law. The Deutsche Tages Zeltung demands that the German Government withdraw its exequateur from Mr. Guenther, add ing that "proofs of Mr. Guenther's ne farious work are to be found la the United States press." x John P. Sousa has arrived here for another nine days' concert at Kroll's Royal Opera-House. General Ludlow, with his aid de camp. Lieutenant Halstead Dorey, has arrived here for several weeks' study of tha , German general staff, with a view of a creation of a similar organization In the United States. General Ludlow says a bill will be prepared for Introduction in Congress, or else such an organization as the general staff will be ordered by the President.