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TUh MORNING ASTOltlAN THUltSDA, JUNE HI, 1(H. BT0U2 CLOSES AT TP. M. EXCEPT SATURDAY. Ldlss' Vests Low Neck and Sleeveless Q(J Doys' Hose Extra Heavy Fast Black Ribbed 4 . Cotton Hose, sizes 7 to 10 17 lO itfC Ladles' Hisses and Children's Sun Bonnets, all sizes and colors, at Headquarter for Dry Good HAVING HOT OLD TIME IN MONTANA Democratic State Convention Is " Shot All to Pieces." FACTIONS ARE AT IT AGAIN Clark ana Daly Crowd, Filling to Agree, Hold io Separate Coaveatloaf Coa testing Delegation to isa. aas City. BCTTK. Mont.. June 20. There will be contesting delegations claiming ad mission from Montana at the demo cratic national convention in Kansas City. The democratic state convention was called to meet iere at noon. An hour before that time the state central com mittee met to make arrangements. The friends of Senator Clark on the com mittee, including those who held prox ies, were in the majority. Chairman W. M. Cockrill of the state committee refused to recognise the proxies and appointed in the places of the absen tees men knowa to be favorable to Daly. The scene In the room at this time was very wild. A number of deputy sheriffs, under the leadership of Cn-der-Sheri.T Murphy, attempted to eject the Clark people. For awhile it looked Jlke an incipient riot. The Clark people finally withdrew. ' Chairman Cockrill was deposed by a vote of the committee and John S. Xelll was elected. The delegates then assembled at the Auditorium, which Cockrill had selected as the place of meeting. They found the doors barred and the place In charge of a number of deputy sheriffs acting under the direc tion of the Daly people. The Clark delegates then went to the Grand Opera House, where the convention was called to order shortly after 5 o'clock. E. C. Day, -who voted for Clark, was made temporary chairman. After the ap pointment of the usual committees the convention adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow. Tin Daly people, representing nine counties three of them regular and the others contested met In the Audi torium at the same hour, and State Senator H. L. Myers, who voted against Senator Clark in the legislature, was made temporary chairman. After the armolntment of the usual committees the convention adjourned until 8 o'clock tonight. HAWAIIAN REPUBLIC GONE. Jfow Fully Under Laws. United States CHICAGO, June 20. A special to the Record from Honolulu, June 12 (via San Francisco), says: Agents of the postofilce, the custom house and the Internal revenue have everything in readiness for the change of the government of the Hawaiian Islands, which occurs tomorrow night at midnight. At that hour the govern ment of the Republic of Ha all passes fMMl LtXjUU Is due to an acid poison which gains rtrans to carry off and keep the system olvent, purifying properties, attacks the disease in the right way, and in the right place the blood and quickly neutralizes the acid and dissolves all poisonous deposits, stimulates and reinforces the overworked, worn-out organs, ana clears the system Of ail unhealthy accumulations, o. o. o. cures permanently ana morougmy, ana Jteeps the blood In a pure, healthy state. Mr. J. O. Malley, lJ W. 15th street, Indianapolis, Jnd., for eighteen months m so terribly sOicted sjrtth Rhumatum he wa unable to feed or dreas himself, bpctors said his case was hopeless. He had tried fifty-two prescriptions that friends had given him, without the slightest relief. A few bottles of tV. 8. 8. cured him permanently, and be has never had rheumatic pain since. This was five years ago. We will send free our special book on Rheumatism,, which should be in the hands of ererysufferer from this torturing disease. Our physicians have made blood and skin disease a life stdy, end will give yon any information or advice wanted, so write them fully and freely about your case. We make 19c on the Lower Columbia. away forevjr and the laws and customs of the United States take Its place. Bert M. Thomas, the representative of the Internal revenue department, has In some respects the hardest and In some respects the eashst Job of the three. He has to Introduce an entirely new system starting in from the be ginning, but he hai no old customs or irtjudices to encounter. Every dea'.er has to take out a license and give bonds and open the accounts required to be kept by the internal revenue de partment. The wholesale dealers are co-operating with him and he expects to have everything In readiness by midnight of June 18. W. S. Chance and Andrew Smith are here representing the customs depart ment. Their work Is a task involving an endless amount of detail. The Ha waii custom service was a simple af fair. There were Just five schedules of articles, thsse free by civil code, those free by treaty, those dutiable at 10 per cent ad valorem, those dutiable at 13 per cent and those dutiable at 23 per cent. From the postofnoe department, Mes srs. Flint and Hall are here to start the new system. The Hawaiian system was closely allied to the American system also. There will be no radical changes here. Hawaiian stamps carry a letter If it is deposited In the post office before midnight on June 23, but not if it is deposited after that Governor Dole has been busy the last few days deciding on his appointments, but none of them have been announced, nor will they be until June 16. The plans for the Inauguration ceremonies are nearly compl ?t3d. and they will In clude a very elaborate programme. The first democratic territorial con vention ever held In Hawaii assembled last r.lght in the drill shed. It elected delegates to the national democratic convention at Kansas City. The dele gates are Prince David Kawananakoa. Charles T. Wilder, W. N. Cornwdl, W. S. Withers. John D. Holt and John H. Wise. Prince Kawananakoa is a ne phew of the late queen dowager, Kap iolanl, and with his brother. Prince Cupid Kalantanaole, inherited her es- tate. Charles T. Wilder has been Ha- waii&n consul-general at San Francisco for several years. W. N. Cornwell was , ... . , . ... . , , . in the cabinet of Llliuokalanl. John D. noil is a part Hawaiian, wno is at the head of a large business house. John H. Wise is a part Hawaiian, a gradu ate of Oberlin College. W. S. Withers is a comparative new-comer in the islands, and is at the head of the Hono- lulu Stock Yards Company. The dele- gates were Instructed for Bryan. A permanent organization of the party was effected with Colonel C. J. Mc Carthy as chairman of the territorial central committee, and Charles L. Rhodes as secretary. One of the last acts of the govern ment of Hawaii was to destroy 3,230 tins of confiscated opium that has been captured In the hands of smugglers during the last several years, and has been kept In a vault In the custom house ever since. It was destroyed by taking It out three miles on the high seas, opening the tins and throwing them Into the ocean. KILLED BY A LIVE WIRE. Prominent Kansan Instantly Killed In Galena. GALENA, KANS., June 20.-City Marshal Parker was instantly killed last night by touching a live wire which had fallen across the sidewalk. nn Vil access to the blood through failure of the proper clear of all morbid, effete matter. This poison uuuugu me gcucrai urtuuuun is aeposuea in me joints, muscles ana nerves, causing the most intense paiu. Rheumatism may attack with such suddenness and severity as to make within a few days a healthy, active person helpless and bed-ridden, with distorted limbs and shattered nerves ; or it may be slow in developing, with slight wandering pains, just severe enough to make one feel uncomfortable ; the ten dency In such cases is to grow worse, and finally become chronic. Like other blood diseases, Rheumatism is often inherited, and exposure to damp or cold, want of proper food, insufficient clothing, or anything calculated to impair the health, will frequently cause it to develop in early life, but more often not until middle age or later. In whatever form, whether acute or chronic, tnCTnl:i Rheumatism Is Strictly a Blood Disease, . and no liniment or other external treatment can reach the trouble. Neither do the preparations of potash and mercury, and the various mineral salts, which the doctors always prescribe, cure Rheumatism, but ruin the digestion and break down the constitution. A remedy which builds up the general health and at the same time rids the system of the poison is the only safe and certain cure for Rheumatism. S. S. S.. made of roots, herbs and barks of wonderful no charge whatever for this service. Address, SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. ROOSEVELT FOR VICE-PRESIDENT (Continued from First rage.) extend the same system to North Carolina and MlasourlT "Has It suddenly come to pass that the democratic party, which today alms, whenever it acquires power, to continue In otttce by crushing out hon est elections and popular rule: has it Indeed, come to pass, I say. that that nartv Is the chosen protector of liberty? If It were so. the outlook would be black, indeed. No, The party of Lincoln may be best trusted now. as In the past, to be true even as he was true, to the rights of man and to human freedom, whether within the borders of the I nlted Mates or In the Island which have come beneath our flag. The liberators may be trusted to watch over the liberated. We who freed Cuba will keep the pledge we made to her and will guide her along the road to independence and stab.e government until she is ready to settle her own future by the free expression of her people's will. e will be faith ful to the trust Imposed upon u., and if anong those to whom this grrat work is confided In Cuba, or elsewhere, wrong-doers shall be found, men not only bad In morals, but dead to their duty as Americans and false to the honor of our name, we will punish these basest of criminals to the extent of the law. "For the Islands of Hawaii and Porto Rico, the political problem has been solved, and by Republican legislation they have been given self-government and are peaceful and prosperous under the rule of the I nlled Mates. "In the Philippines we were met by rebellion, fomented by a self-seeking adventurer and usurper. The duty of the president was to repress that re bellion, to see that the authority of the United States as rightfully based am! righteous In Manila as In Philadelphia was acknowledged and obeyed. That harsh and painful duty President Me Klnley has performed firmly and Just, ly.eager to resort to gentle measures whenever possible, unyielding when treachery and violence made force necessary. I'nllke the opponents of ex parslon, we do not regurd the soldiers of Otis. Lawton and MacArthur as "an enemy's camp." In our eyes they are the soldiers of the I nlted States;- they are our army and we believe In th-m and will sustain them. "Even now the Democrats are plan ning, If they got control of the House to cut off appropriations for the army and thus compel the withdrawal of our troops from the Philippines. The re suit would be to force the retirement of such soldiers as would remain in Manila, and their retreat would be the signal for the massacre and plunder of the great body of peaceful Inhabitants of the islands, who have trusted to us to protect and guard them. Such an event would be an infamy. Is thj government, is the House, to be given over to a party capable of such policy? Shall they not be Intrusted to the party which shall sustain the army ana punish the brigands and guerrll las. wno, under pretense of war, are now adding so freely to the list of crimes committed in the name of liberty, by usurpers and pretenders, and who, buoyed up by Democratic prom ises, keep up a highwayman's warfare In hope of Democratic success in No vember? "It Is for the American people to decide this question. Our position Is plain. The restoration of peace and order now so nearly reached in the Philippines, shall be completed. Civil government shall be established, and the people advanced as rapidly as pos sible along the road to entire freedom and self-government under our flag. k We shall not abandon one tAjik Wa will neither surrender nor retreat. We '" not write failure across this page "l u"r. mory. we win ao our duty our run duty, to the people Philippines, and strive by ev-ry cf the means ! to give them freedom contentment and prosperity. "We have no belief in (he old slave holders' doctrine that the constitution of its own force marches into evfry newly acquired territory, and this dec trine, wh eh we cast out In lsW we yL . -In ," I , " ' " . , systena or become part of our body politic. We do mean that they shall, under cur teaching, learn to gover.i themselves, and remain under our Tag with the largest possibl.; measure of home rule. We make no hypocritical pretenses of being Interested In the Philippines solely on account of others. While we regard the welfare of those people as a sacred trust, we regard the welfare of the American people first. We see our duty to ourselves as well as to others. "We believe In trade expansion. By every legitimate means within the province of government and legislation, we mean to stimulate the expansion of our trade and to open new markets. Greatest of all markets Is China. Our trade is growing by leaps and bounds. Manila, the prize of the war, gives m inestimable advantages In developing that trade. It is the corner stone . of our Eastern policy, and the brilliant diplomacy of John Hay, In securing from all nations a guarantee of our treaty rights and of the open door in China, rests upon It. We ask the American people whether they will throw away these new markets and widening opportunities for trade and commerce, by putting in power the Democratic party, who seek under Distorts Muscles, Shatters Nerves, Stiffens Joints. cover of a newly discovered affection for the rights of man to give up these Islands of the east and make Dewey' victory fruitless? The choice lies be tween this Democratic policy of relwat and the Republican policy which would hold the Islands, give them freedom and prosperity nd enlarge those grtat opportunities for oursvlvea and our posterity. The democratic attitude toward tn Philippines rests wholly upon the prop osition that the American people have neither the capacity nor the honesty to deal rightly with these Islands. They assume that we shall fall. They full down and worship a Chinese halt- breed whose name they had never heard threw years ago. and they slan der and cry down and doubt the honor of American soldiers and sailor, of admirals and generals, and public men who have gone in and out before us during n entire life time. We nr.' true to our own. e have no distrust of the honor, the humanity, the rapac Ity of the American people. To feel or do otherw lm is to doubt ourselves, our government and our clvilixntion. We take Issue wlih the- IVmoornts. who would cast off the Philippine hecauae the American people cannot be trusted with them, and we declare that the American people can be trusted to dead justly, wisely and generously with these distant Islands, and will lift them uo to a higher prcperlty. a broader freedom and a nobler civilisation than they have ever known. We have not falltd elsewhere. We shall not fall here. "Those are the questions we present to the American people In resard to the Philippine. Do they want such a humlliiting change there as lVmocratlc victory would bring? Do they want an even more radical change at honv Suppose the candidate of the democrats. the Populists, the foes of expansion the dissatisfied and the envious, should come Into power, what kind of an Ad ministration would he give us? What would his Cabinet be. Think what an electric spark of confidence would run through every business. Interest In th.? country when such a Cabinet was an nounced as we can readily Imagine he would make. More Imimrtant still, we ask the American people whether they w ill put In the White House the hero of uncounted platforms, the prodlgil spendthrift of words, the champion of free silver, the opponent of expansion, the at-snilnnt of the courts; or whether they will retain In the Presidency the union soldier, the leader of the House of Representatives, the trained states man whj has borne victoriously the heavy burdens of the lust four years: the champion of protection and solid money: the fearless supporter of law and order wherever the liag iloats? "Now, at the dawn of a new centtff y, with new policies and new opportuni ties opening before us. In the bright sunshine cf prosperity, we again ask the American people to entrust us with their future. We have profound fulth with the people. We d not distrust their capacity of mertlng the new re sponsibilities, even as they met the old, and we shall await with conildence, under the leadership of Wllllum Me Klnley, the verdict of November. THE PLATFORM. "The republicans of the L'nlted States, through their chosen representative, met in national convention, looking back upon an unsurpassed record of achievement and looking forward Into a great field of duty and opportunity, and appealing to the judgment of their countrymen, make these dfclarathiis: "The expectations in which the Amer ican people, turning from the demo cratic party, entrusted the power of the L'nlted States four years ago to a re publican chief magistrate and a repub lican congress, have been met and sat isfied. When the people then assembled at the polls, after a term of democrat ic legislation nnd administration, busi ness was dead. Industry paralyzed and the national credit disastrously Im paired. The country's capital was hid den away and Its labor distressed and unemployed. "The democrats hail no other plan with which u Improve the ruinous conditions which they had thems.-lves produced, than to coin silver at the ratio of IS to I. The republican party, denouncing this plan as sure to produce conditions even worse thun those from which relief w.is sought, promised to restore prosperity by means of two legislative measures a protective tar Ifi and .1 law making gold the stand ard of value. "The people, by gnat majorities, is sued to the republican party a com mission to enact these laws. This com mission has been executed, and the re publican pledge Is redeemed, and pros perity more general and more abund ant than we have ever known has followed these enactments. WHAT REPUBLICANS HAVE DONE, "There Is no longer any controversy as to the value of any government ob ligations. Every American dollar Is a good dollar or its equivalent, and Amer ican credit stands higher than that of any nation. Capital is fully employed, and everywhere labor Is profitably oc cupied. No single fact can more strikingly tell the story of what repub lican government means to the country than this that while during the who e period of !8 years, from 1S01 to 1M7, there wus an excess of exports over Im ports of only 33,02X,4i7. There haa been In the short three years of the present republican administration an 'excess of experts over Imports In the enormous mini of l,483,7aS,0I9, and while the American people, sustained by this republican legislation, have been achieving these splendid triumphs In their trade and commerce, they have conducted and in victory concluded, a war for liberty and human rights. ''No thought of national aggrandise ment tarnished the high purpose with which American standards were unfurl ed. Jt was a war unsought and pa tiently rcMcted, but when It came the American government was ready. Its fleets were cleared for action. Its arm ies were In the field and the quick and signal triumph of its forces on land and sea bore equal tribute to the cour age of American soldiers and sailors, and to the foresight of republican statesmanship. To ten millions of the human race tlKfre was given "a new birth of freedom," and to the American people a new and noble respnHibillty. M'ICINLEY'S ADMINISTRATION. "We Indorse the administration of William McKlnley. Its acts have been established In wisdom and In patriot Ism, and at home and abroad it has distinctly elevated and extended the In-llu'-nee of the American nation. Walk ing untried paths and facing unfore seen responsibilities, President McKln ley has be?n, in every situation, the true American patriot and upright statesman, clear in vision, strong In Judgment, firm In action, always in spiring and deserving jn confidence df his countryman. ' CURRENCY QUESTION. "We renew our allegiance to the principle of the gold standard, and de clare our confidence In the wisdom of the legislation-of theTlfty-slxth congress.- by which the parity of alj of our money and the stability of our currency on a gold basis has been se emed. We recogalze that interest rates are a potent factor In production anJ business capacity, and for the pur pose of further equalising and of fur ther lowering the rate or inicttsi ws favor such monetary legislation a will enable the varying needs of the season and of all sev'.ln to be properly met in order that tradn may 0 evenly sustained, labor steadily employed and coimnrrc enlarged. The volume of momy In circulation was never so great per capita aa It Is today. W declare our steadfast opHsltlon to the five and unlimited coinage or silver. No measure to that end could t con sidered which was without the support of the leading commercial countries of the world. "However firmly fpubllcari legisla tion may tm to have secured the country nguiut the perd of base ant discredited currency, the election of a democratic president toiild not fall tJ Impair the country credit and to bring omt ie)i'f Into iuc.t:ton the In- teniluti of the American peopl to maintain upon the gold standard the purity of tiieir money circulation. The democratic party must be convinced that the American people will never tolerate the Chicago platform. We rec oitnUed the necessity and propriety of (hi honest co-oKra(loii of capl(al to meet new buslii-s conditions and es pecially to extend our rapidly Increas ing foreign trade, but we condemn all conspiracies and combinations Intitul ed to restrict business, to cuate mo. nopotles. to limit production or to con tr I price, and favor such Icglhlatlon a will effectually restrain nnd nrevent all such abures, protrct and promote competition and secure the rights of producers, laborer and all who are.en gilded In Industry and commerce, PROTECT AMERICAN LAUOR. "We renew our faith In the policy of protection to American labor. In that policy our Industrie have be-n established, diversified and maintained. Ity protecting the home, (he competi tion has been stimulated and produc tion cheapened. Opportunity to the Inventive genius of our eoplo has been secured and wants In every department of lalMr maintained at hl(tt tale, higher now than ever before, alw iy dlstlniiuishinK our working people In their better condition of life from these of any conuetlng country. "In the further Interest of American woikmen. we favor .1 more effective re striction of the Immigration of cheap labor from foreign lands, the extension of cppcr(uitltlc cf rducadon for or children, to raise the age limit for child labor, the protection of free labor as niialnsl contract, convict labor and an effective system of lubor Insurance, ItUlLD AMERICAN SHIPS. "Our present dependence on foreign shipping fir nln'-teiith of lur fotvlgn carrying Is a great loss to the Industry of this country. It la also a serious dunmge to our trade, for Its sudden withdrawal In the event of European war would seriously 1 ripple our ex pandlng commerce. The natl nal de fense and naval efllclency of this county, moreover, supply a compelling reason for leKislutlon which will en able us to recover our former place ami ng the tra le-carrylng fleet of the world. TREATMENT OF VETERANS. "The Nation ow a debt of pro found grutltude to the soldiers nnd sail ors who have fought Its buttle and I: Is the governme.it' duty to provide ii:r the survivor and for the wld ows and orphans of thiwe who have fallen In their country' ars. The M'iislon Inw founded on this Just sen tlment should be liberal and should be loyally administered, ami preference should be glvm wherever practicable with respect to employment In the I uMlc service to solditrs and sailor and to their widow and orphans. "We commend the policy of the r publican party in maintaining the rltl clency .of the civil service. The ad' siiauon niu ncien wisely 111 i s eftoi: to secure for public service In t ubn, Porto Rico. Hawaii and the Phil lpplns only those whos- lltm-hs hu tn dctei minted by training und ex perli-iice. We believe that employment in in punilc service In these territor ies should be conllni-d rs far us possible to their Inhabitants. PROM M ICS TO REDUCE WAR TAX. "The Dlngl-y act, um-nded to pro vide sulllclent revenue for the conduct of the war, has 1:0 ell perfected Its work that It has been i-kmsIIiI to re dure the war debt in the sum of Ho,. OoO.iWO. 80 ample are the govt rnment's revenues and so great is the pub;lc con fideiuv In the Integrity of its obllua, tlon that Its newly-funded 2 per cent bonds s-ll at a premium. The country Ih now justified In expecting and it will be the policy uf the repu oilcan parly to brlnir about a reduction of the wur taxes, PROTECTED ISTHMIAN CANAL. we favor the -.(instruction, owner ship, control and urotectlon of mi Isthmian cunal by tho government of win 1. n net Htat.'S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE in me interest of our expanding commerce, we recommend that con gress create a department of commerce und industries In charge of a secretary nun u 'ai in ine tuoin.'t. xne 1 'lilted Stute consular system Hiiouiu oe reorgunissed under the su pervision of tills new department nn. on such a basis of appolntm-.-nt and tenure, as will render It still more ser viceable to the Nation's Increasing 11 aii'. ve congtutuiute the women of America upon their splendid record of puonc service in the volunteer aid as sociation and as nor- in mmi. una hospital during the recent campaigns 01 our urmies m Eastern and Western inuies, and we appreciate their faith ful co-operation In all works of idu- cuuon nnu industry. PEACE CONFERENCE. we commend the part taken by 001 (ioveriuneni in ine peace conference at The Hague. We assert our steal fast adherence to the policy announced In the Monro doctrine. The provis ions of Tho Hague conference were widely regarded when President Mc Klrley tendered his friendly olllcos In the Interest of peace between 'lix-at Rritnin and the South African Repub lics. While the American government must continue the policy prescribed by Washington, alllrmed by every succeed Inif pieaiilent, and Imposed upon us by The Hague treu'y of nonintervention In European controversies, tho Ameri can people earnestly hope that a way may soon be found, honorable alike to both contending parties, to terminate the strife between them. PHILIPPINE QUESTION, "In accepting, by tho treaty of Paris, the responsibility of our victories In the f ranlah war, the president and the senate won the undoubted approval of tho American people. No other course was poB.slble than to destroy Spain's sovereignty throughout the West In dies and In tho Philippine Islands. "That course created our responsi bility before the world, and, with the unorganized population whim our in tervention had freed from Spain, to provide for the maintenance of law and order and for the establishment of good government and for the per formance of International obligations. Our authority could not be lee than our responsibility, and wherever sover eign right were extended It became the high duty of the rfovernmont to maintain It authority to put down armed Insurrection and to confer the blessing of liberty and civilisation on all the reacued peoples, "The larget measure uf self-government consistent with their welfare and our duties shall l secured to them by law. To Cuba, Independence and Kclf-goveriimont wer assured In th same voice by which war wa declared, and to tho' letter till pledge shall b jeiforniel. "The republican party, upon It his tory and upon this declaration of It pilnclple and policleo, confidently In voke the t'oiislip'rute and approving Judgment of the American people," (iORY TALl-S OF RIOT AND DI-ATIl (Continued from First Tag.) folk navy yard will bo sent to China at once. Twenty-eight private, com mand 'd by two ergianls and two cor- poral. received order today to pro ceed Imiiimllnlely to the Washington marine barracks, there to Join the fourth battalion of marines, which 1 under order to proceed to Han Fran Cisco overland to embark thence for China. It It expected that more melt will be drafted from the battalion sta tinned at this yard for service In Chi n" water. NEW YORK. June 50.-A special to the Tribune from Washington sty: tleneral MncArthur ha not yet re ported hi selection of the two addl tli. mil regiment to be sent to Tl n Tsin on the transport Wnrrvn and 8her man, but the authorities at the war de partment think that one of thorn will b. the Fourteenth or the Twentieth Infantry. The other. It I thought, will bo the Twcnty-Hfond Infantry. Tho Sixth cavalry, now In the Cavlte prov ince, will be distributed In the country formerly protected by thu Ninth and Twenty-Second Infantry. Chagrin I expressed that Oenoral MueArthur cannot turt the Ninth rgl merit before next Sunday, and that tho United Slate must be represented al together by naval force until (he last day of June at least. Of the 3s) muii comprising the crew of the Newark. H were at PeUln. lot wer with Cap tain McCallu In tho International col umn, and as nearly one hundred are non-combatants In the flre-rooin force of that vessel, there remained only 160 fighting men to guard the ship. Per haps that fait would explain why, according to report from Taku, the Newark landed no men to assault th fort on Sunday morning. Tho Oregon will not reach Taku for at least a week or 10 day, aa she will be compelled to pr?rd cautiously on account of her draught. The Irl from Manila will carry no men but I sent solely to furnish supplies to the Meet. The gunboat Princeton and Mariet ta will probably start from Cavlte on Wednesday to Join Admlrnl Kempff. The Zaflro, which Admiral lewey pur. clus.-d at flong Kong In April, 1SKS, Is simply a Meet tender with little cnpucl ty for carrying m mi or stores, but might be useful a a disputi h boat that can bo ordered t- Taku as a goner, til utility transport. The order of Colonel I.lscum, of tho Ninth Infantry, direct him to prone 1 to Pekln for the relief and protection of the American legation, and to take subsequent orders from Minister Con ger. I'.eyond thl he has the fullest dis cretion and will be governed by circum stance as he finds them. He is ex pectud t confer with the Amerlcun ai'.'iilrul on reaching Taku, whoso us rlHtance he will have, if he need It, for lauding hi expedition. It Is also thought that Colonel Llscum will not hesitate to act concurrently with other forces which he llnds at Tien Tsln and which, like his own, are bound for the same destlnutl.Mj. ' If the Princeton and the Marietta Join Admiral Kempff, us seems probable now, he will have at his command a more numerous and effect I vo Meet of gunboats, adapted to service on the Pel Ho river as far up as Tien Tsln, than any of the other naval powers there represented. SAN FRANCISCO. June 20,-Mrs. A. P. Lowrle, a Presbyterlnn missionary who ha been stationed at Pao Ting Fu for the last six year, arrived here on the Doric She reports that on the night of May 18 many natlvn Chris tians, principally women and children, were murdered by the lingers while fleeing from Pao Ting toward Tien Tsln. This wa about 10 mile from Mrs. Lowrle' station, which was not disturbed. The native Christians had been attacked on May 15, but success fully repulsed tho horde of murderers, but In trying to reach Tbrn Tsln, the following night, were overtaken and murdered, and the Boxers then re turned to Pao Ting and burned all the houses of their, victims. NEW YORK, June 20,-In the cur rent Issue of the Independent will ap pear nn article by Charles Dcnby, ex minister to China, In which ho says: While contemplating the existing dis turbances, It muRt be remembered that almost always there are riots or In clplent Insurrections In China. They are caused by populer discontent, which Is produced by deluge,, famines and short crops. The government is held reHponslblo for these misfortunes, and, In order to effect It Injuriously, the simplest and most effective method to pursue Is to attack the Christian con verts and foreigners. By the treaties the converts to Christianity must bo protected, and the foreign powers do not fall to go to their assistance when ever they are attacked. In 1897, Germany landed marine and took possession of the province of Shan Tung, Russia, which had promlsud to protect China against all hr enemies. followed suit by taking Tallen Wart and Port Arthur. Franc elie( a tract of country near Tmiuuln. Eng. land, of course, wlitl always prooL lug that she aa opposed to the dis memberment of China, proeeodi'd b so 1 10 about 4V0 mile around Hone Kong, and the Croat fortress of Wei Ilnl Wei, At thl time England Is rais ing and drilling a regiment of Cbln-se enlisted In that territory. Italy demanded a great concession but was put off with Hie right to work oine mine, There aeeina to prevail among 1 ho powerful tuitions something iHo our senatorial tnurtosy at Washington. It Is understood that no great nation shall Interfere with another great nation while It Is preying uini a weak and do. fonceliaa nation, Each nation there fore take t turn In despoiling u weak iHglihor. II I scarcely to lie doubted that. If Russia were to take Manchuria, Eng land would lake the Yang Tse valley. Oerninny, central China and France, the two province of which Canton U the chief city. What Japan would do la prnblomatlcal-polhly she might claim tht province which are noaret to Formosa, inrludlng the thriving town of Amoy and Fu Chow, and poaalbly she might fight. The attitude of th varloti iniwrr In such an rmrgrncy can only be judged of from the past. No nation, not even our own, ha ob Jolted to the Mime of Chines terrl tory by tho European power, Just aa no nation raised It voice when Eng. lrt,"l " meneed It war on the South African republic. Diplomat, all over the world shook their head, and Hp-rawer many wonts of muttere,! dlnoon tent, but International courtesy smoth ered all criticism, After thl Is all ld. there Is really somewhere In our nature a .sympathy with the oppressed and against th wrong doer. Is it inprorr to say that this f.wllng will go out against tho empress? The foreigner r,,Mm lnAt ho favoring the lloxer. A no. body doubts her luteiiK,.nce u 1 hard to Deiicve that she Is fostering an or gnnliailon whose deprvdation may cost her her empire, Prudmce, common sense, honesty, nil demand that she shall under! tin. foreigner uxuln.t (h at tack of the lloxer. If the rmpress Is antagonising prog, ress. If she I falling to prote.-j foreign er, she I pursuing a mistaken policy. All and every possible m-tliod h.uld be adopted to -cure to foreigner who are lawfully In China under the treat le. absolute prMdon. The writer went na far a anybody ever went In that direction when he asked on sev eral occasion authority from hi gov ernment in procure still in hombaM any lown In which a riot against for eigner occurred. Amid all the snmke and riot and sen sational rcMrt. om th,, rrt,!, the empress has -Ued Into her shrlv oiled but strong hands the reins of gov ernment In order to prevent the parti tlon among the EuroH-an melon of the empire f China, if she actom pllidie thl supreme ..M1 America will applaud her, because ihi people of this country are Unanimously oppose,! to tho dismemberment of China. AMNESTY FOR FILIPINOS, 1 resident x Proclamation to Ho llshed In Woshlngi'in and Manila To lay, Pub- MANILA, June M.-O. n ral MncAr thur will tomorrow formally nnnmino President McKlnley'g order of amnesty. Huencamlnn, Puterno and other promi nent Filipino lend-rs are greatly pleas ed, a they believe that under amnesty they can bring about the surrender of Agulnuldo who. they declare, I -eft l and willing to consld -r the pcu"e plat form adopted by the Filipino lender, with a few Insignificant exceptions, WASHINGTON, Jun 20.rflomdnry Hoot snld tonight Hint the ext of thu amnesty proclamn'lon would be pub llshel tomorrow In Manila and Wash ington simultaneously. The pro damn Hon gives free pardon to all Filipino h) have participated 'n the rebellion against the United Stales, the only con lltlnn being Hint they fnko the onth of allegiance and acknowledge the sovereignty of the United States, It exclude no onp excirnt those who have vl dated the laws of war. The procla mation, the seerelary said, will speak for t"f nnd will go Into eff-ct Inime dlatdy. The time, considering tho f.icllltje.i for communication in the Island for acceptance of the amnesty proclama tion by thosi still In ndiellloii, 1 lim ited, being only 30 or 60 days. The Issuance of the amnesty procla mation will murk a distinct advance In tho progress of the nrms of tho United States In the restoration of order In the Philippines. A POLITICAL CRIMiS. Murderers From Ireland Refused Ad mission Into the United State. WASHINGTON. Juno 2o.-ABHlHtnnt Secretary Taylor today rendered a de cision ndverso to the appeal of Jntncg FltzharrlH nnd Joseph Mullen, from tho decision of the immigration olllclnls of New York, who held them for deporta tion on tho ground that, having been convicted, of felony In connection with the murder of Lord Cnvendlah nnd Thomas Henry Burke In Phoenix Park, JJubllnY'ln'ISM, they' cannot be permit-' ted to land In llil country under our Immigration law. Tnylor holds thut the crime was an ordinary murder and ennnot be classed as a political crime.