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CHINA REQUESTS AN
LI HUNG CHANG CAN REACH PEKIN
Chinese Minister at Washington
Disorder, and That Peace Can Be Better Accom
plished Without Them.
ALL OF CHINESE TERRITORY STIRRED UP OV ER DIFFICULTIES
President McKlulcyAiki Admiral Kempll Why Ibe Guobsat Moaacacy Failed to Respond
Alter Being Flrtd I'poa From Ike Tiku Fori -No Astwer Han Vet Bcco
Received Admiral Seymour Believed to Have Been Captured
80,000 European Troopt la the Field.
LONDON. June 25. The British crui
ser Teirlble hug arrived ut ChK Koo
fMiin TakJ wlih the lutem news, un
follows:
KlKlil bundled Slklm and two hun
dred Wtliii fusiliers have effected a
Junction with the Alii' ihan. German
nnd liUHiIiin fcircn, which had I en
tut fit by thi? Chili'?, nine miles
fnuii Tl-u Tain. It wa prop"H'd to
deliver ai (iiiult upon the Chlnci-e
f r ai ri-i Txln last nltiht.
"Tin- f.r"liei otMrlul opinion here,"
jy u dispatch from HhanBtuit. "la In
clined ti the K-llf thM the worst hun
happened to the li-KutloiM at '-Vkln nnd
to Admiral yni)ur. The cr.tlre ah-c.-no
( reliable ri- v frvm the ruiltal
sectmi to luntlfy Hie worst conduc
tion which i an be iut upon It.
"Bud news tmiu-a from Yan Kung,
li. r unrest Is anil to be growing
hourly. VUn-'.y Liu Kin Ylh ha tele-lfniph-1
lh,' British nuthorltl thut he
litis orJ-riit "iv Chinese cruisers to
proceed Nan Kin."
The admiralty hu received tho fol
low lllt Jlnp.it-.-h front Uear-Admlrul
Uruce, Jutvd Tuku, via t'hee 'oo, June
it:
"The total force which left Tlc-n Tnln
with the -omnmi)iler-ln- hl' f for Pt-km.
ua nhout i'fW, coinpoaed of detach
liinit frni the allied hlp. No action
cofil.l Mfnty he token to reltwe the
i-oitiiiniit l T-ln-rhlef because It was on
ly known that he wan cut oft by Tien
Tln being; inv.xtnl. TU-n Tfln has
been flKhtlnii for Its lift? ever plnce.
It waii on receipt of th Information
thut the Chku-Kc ntlnlittry hn onlereJ
tiuliu for attacking Tien TMn; that
they were ravnitlnic Tong Ku nnd rein
forcing; Ti'ku. aa well o mining the
mouth "f the P.-I Ho; that It was
pioitiptly de'eriuln-d to felte Taku.
Fltice th. n every effort haa b'en niailc
to relieve Tleli rllt.
"I huve comimndjcred a amall coohI
Inte; rteanier for taklnt? troops ond alek
and wounded across the bay to Wei
Hal Wei, where I Intend nuking; a
te-npoiy base hospital and asylum for
refugees,"
A raroi'ul estimate of the numlcr
and nrmament of the Chinese troops
around Pekln puts the total at 3G0.0OO,
and It Ih calculated that these troops
posess 220 eveTi-centini',tre creu.sot
Ktins, IS Krupps, 150 Maxims.
Their supply of ammunition la prac
tically Inexhaustible, Extensive prep
aration by the allies and going forward,
The first rcKl-nont of British India, 10,-
j 0,0 men, embarked upon Calcutta yes
terday and S.U more marines received
orders to go out from English ports.
The Amur army corps ordered out by
Itussla, numberi 52,10i iiihii, with SI
guns. Japan propose landing 15,uo0
men on Chinese territory within a fort
night. WASHINGTON, June J5.-The Chi
nese minister has asked nn armistice
In the sending of American troops to
China, based on the assurances of Chi
nese viceroys that they can maintain
order. President McKlnley, while ex
pressing his gratification at these as
turances, has made It known to the
Chinese minister that the United States
cannot relax Its efforts to get troops
to points whore Its officials are consid
ered In danger.
The chl?f development today in the
Chinese situation was the effort of the
Chinese minister, Wu Ting Fang, to se
cure an armistice In the operation of
the American troops" until LI Hung
Chang could reach Pekln nnd bring
about a cessation of disorders. The
proposition Is rather a novel one, andj
Screens and Screen frames,
fire and Draught Screens....
A XEK CONSIGNMENT -11ST RECEIVED
FOLDING BEDS
MAiNTBlU BEDS
CHINA CLOSETS and
LIBRARY CASES
CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON
ARMISTICE UNTIL
Says Troops Are an Incentive to
Is biistd upon ri-prcKUititions of the
viceroys of Pnportant provinces of the
Yung T- KiuiiK valley that they can
nmlntuln order without the aide of
fe reign troop and that the pnaence
of foreigners would act inertly as an
Incentive to disorder! Minister Wu
brought these representations to ihe
attention of Sim-lary Hay; who ton-sulte-l
tb-j preiMent. The Utters' ut
ti.tlon, subHe'iuently conveyed to the
minister, was that while the assurances
of the viceroys for conllt.u-rd tiulet were
fully appi eclated the United States
could not bind H-lf to send Its forces
to points where dlsord.T Bftuully ex
isted and where the safety of our offl
cl.Us and titilens was endangered.
Secretary Long said when he left the
navy department for the day that noth
ing hid come from Admiral Kempft
on the casualties of the first engage
ment of American murines with th?
Chlin se, or on the outcome of the ut
ond engagement w hich was to have oc
curred jesterduy or Saturday.
The reported action of the gunboat
M..nocucy In fulling to respond after
b'-ing flred upon from the Taku forts
Is understood to have been received
with surprise by the president, who
requested an explanation of the mat.
ter which has not yet been furnished.
This was male known today to off
ret the published Intimations that the
Montcacy would 'not have failed to re
spond unless ordered to hold tire.
No word has been received at cither
the war or navy departments as to the
condition of affairs in China, Nor has
Admiral Heniey been heard from, and
It la not known whether he has sailed
on the Lrooklyn for Taku, or Is still
at Cavlte. The anxiously awaited list
of caxuulll.'s from Admiral KempM has
not appeared, nor has a word come as
to the result of the second engagement
at Tien Tsln.
The state department also Is without
anything to shed light on the situation,
except a dispatch frot.i United States
Consul Goodnow, at Shanghai, saying
that nothing reliable has been received
there as to the condition o.' affairs
at Pekln and elsewhere. This rather
detracts from the reassuring unofficial
press dispatches published this morn
ing. CHEE FOO, Tuesday evening. Ad
miral Kempft reports by a Japanese
torpedo boat that the combined forces
enteied Tien Tain June 23, sustaining
small loss. They started Sunday to
relieve the force which left Tien Tsin
June 10 and which is believed to be
eurrcunded near Pekln. According to
Japuneae reports Admiral Seymour has
been captured and the ministers have
left Pekln, guarJod by Chinese sol
diers. Their whereabouts are un
known. United States Consul John Fowler
has received from Admiral Kempft the
following:
"Only on.' communication from Pe
kln has rench-?J no since communi
cations were interrupted June 10. It
was daUd June 12. No news from the
ministers."
BERLIN, June 25. The Chinese min
ister here, Lu Han Houan, today said:
"The empress cannot be disposed. Chi
nese piety would not permit her de
thronement. But perhaps It would be
possible, through friendly means, to
Intimate to the old empress that she
should abdicate. An, experiment
could be made with the emperor, sur
rounding him with competent coun
sellors." NEW YORK, June 23.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from London, says:
"The Jlrlti'h Admiralty, b Ing cn-mci-he
j with red tape, do.a not give
out dlpat.-h n as i.rompt!y a the navy
department ut Washington, but It has
forifrm'-d the previous amounts of the
reptikf of the relief column which at-t'-niptcd
to nter Tl-n T.iln on Friday.
The Bulletin Is short and d.-prenslng.
The 'foreign settlement at Tl-n Tdn
was almost entlr-ly destroy? -J and thu
Europeuna w-rti fighting hard.
"TJI.ere Is nothing about a relief
column of F;ufs!uns and Amerbana
being cut to pieces, but the repuls Is
described an attended with some loss
Only one rumor has entered Taku from
Tien Tsin In five days, and not a word
has been received from the relief
columns which started for Pekln two
weeks ago, nor from the legation!
themselves.
"The foreign relief force may be de
scribed as a chain consisting mainly of
missing links. There is a mixed force
of between two thousand and three
thousand men at Taku, Including a
portion of Chinese regiments from Wei
Hal Wei. The column, with the Bu-
slan and American contingent of over
SwO men, must cut Its way through a
suix ri-jr Chinese force which Is said to
have CO guns, although this seems in
credible. The foreigners at Tk-n Tsin
are dearly 'n a desperate state, with
the garrison surrounded by a Chinese
horde and with ammunition and sup
plies running short.
"Si mewhere beyond Tien Tsin, either
on the way to Pekin or at that city, is
a mixed force of 2,300 men, with In
adequate supplies, ammunition and
food. At the legations are probably
from fifteen to twenty-two Europea is,
Japanese and Americans, refugees
being udded to this working official
furce, and the military and naval
guards number about 450 men.
"Every link in this chain of relief is
weak and detached, and there Is no
accurate Information from any station
except Taku. Men who have lived In
China, assert that the number of
foreigners at Tien Tsin Is large, blnce
the city has a Chinese population of
over a million, and a commerce of over
$15,000,000. Tien Tsin Is the chief dis
tributing center for trade in Nonhorn
China and Manchuria, and is the na
tural outlet for a half doxen of !he
most populous provinces. There are
four foreign banks, a large body of
Eugllsh. German, Russian, Japanese
Mid American merchants, and ' several
groups of missionary stations.
''The situation of the foreigners at
Tien Tsin Is regarded by former British
officials In China as deplorable, and
doubts are expressed resisting the
adequacy of the relief force which Is
available at Taku, unless Russia takes
decisive measures, as Indicated last
night in official communications from
the foreign office at St. Petersburg, for
the invasion of Chinese temtory by a
really formidable arcy. The European
and American fleets may be working
harmoniously uuder the leadership of
the senior Rear-Admiral at Taku. but
the suppression of anarchy in China
now requires the presence of a larger
army than any great power except
Russia can put Into the field without
delay.
NEW YORK, Jnne 25. A dispatch to
the Journal and Adverser from Che
Foo, says:
"The Chinese bombardment of Tien
Tsin set Are to the mission building
first. The fire spread to the native
city and destroyed everything. The at
tacking force, well supplied with
modern artillery, has been pressing the
small allied force very hard. Already
the dead number 160. Relief Is being
rushed from Taku, but the column will
have to fight Its way through the big
Chinese army.
"The British store ship Humber ar
rived at Che Foo bringing 30 refugees
from Tong Shan, Including Messrs.
Kinder and Parsons and Mrs. Parsons.
"Pel Tal Ho, (the great watering
plnce of Northern China where 200
prominent foreigners had their summer
homes) has been abandoned. The gov
erndV of Shan Tung Province, In which
Che Foo is situated, after conferring
with his subordinate Mandarins at
his Capital, Tslnanfu, decided not to
Join the rebels and Issued a proclama
tion decreeing that all Europeans and
Americans should be protected.
"Admiral Kempft held a conference
Sunday at the American consulate with
Consul Fowler and the captains of the
Nashville and the Yorktown. The local
governor of Che Foo was present and
promised there should be no uprising
here against the foreigners, and gave
other assurances which seemed all
right on the surface. The governor ex
prcsed confidence In the good will of
the American government toward
China, and said the feeling was recip
rocated. "Captain Edward Bayly, of the Bri
tish armored cruiser at Taku, signalled
the American captains yesterday:
"Thank God the Russians were here;
otherwise we would all have been mur
dered." CHICAGO, June 25. A special to the
Tribune from Vancouver, B. C. says:
The steamship Tartar arrived from
the Orient today with 400 Japanese im
migrants. It brings the following mall
advices:
"Liu Hslushun, the Empress Dowa
ger's secret emissary to Japan, was
shot In the abdomen as he stepped
ashore at Canton. At the Instant the
shot was fired the friends of the assail
sin threw Mexkan dollar among the
crowd of 3'i0 present. There was a
scramble f'r the money and the as.-aa-slu
and his friends escaped.
"Liu died of his wounds.
"Liu was formerly a favorite of LI
Hung Chang, and was In his train of
retainer?. Knowing he was hated, he
had twenty Chinese soldiers ace )in
f.any him wherever he went, who
cleared the crowd away from his chair
by fi.rce.
"Ten attempts have lately been made
on his life, and hla poiltbal haters have
finally finished him. When shot, Liu,
It Is said, waa en route to Japan on a
secret mission In connection with tne
Boxer uprising."
TROOPS ON THE MOVE,
Sixth Calvalry to be Recndted to Ita
Full War Ftrength.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 25. An or
der from Adjutant-General Corbln has
been received at the Presidio directing
that the trof.ps of the Sixth Cavalry
shall be recruited to their full war
strength. In view of the fact that this
organization was ordered recently to
proceed to Manila, and the order to
recruit to the limit Is sent some time
later, the opinion Is expressed that the
regiment Is to be sent to China Instead
of the Philippines. The recruits will be
selected from those now at the
Presidio.
BKYAN SPEAKS.
Chicago Platform Will Be Re-Af
firmed.
LINCOLN. Neb.. June 25. William
J. Bryan returned today from Wiscon
sin and Chicago. He will remain In
Lincoln until after the Democratic na
tionfil convention. Bryan wag asked
whether he could say anything In re
gard to the platform to be adopted at
Kansas City. He replied:
"No one can say what language will
be used in setting forth the party prin
ciples. But some Idea can be obtained
as to the general tenor of the platform
fram platforms adopted in the state
conventions. It's safe to assume that
the Kansas City platform will reaffirm
the Chicago Platform and will contain
nothing which can be construed as a
surrender or modification of the plat
form on old Issues. This much, is evi
dent from what has already taken
place."
"Is there any truth in the rumors
t'-at a vice-president will be chosen
whose views on the money question will
be attractive to those w ho opposed the
ticket in lS9o?"
"I do not care io discuss the vice
nrcsk'ency further than to say that J
assume that the candidats nominated
for vice-president will be In harmony
with the platform. No man worthy to
be considered 'or such an office would
accept the nomlnatln npon a platform
repugnant to his views on any import
ant Issue. There Is sometimes a Joint
debate between candidates on opposing
tickets, but not between candidates on
the same ticket."
BEARS SCORE A VICTORY.
Fall In Wheat of Two Cents a Bushe'
at Chicago.
CHICAGO. June Is.-It was a wild
day in wheat, a battle between the
bulls and the bears. In which the lat
ter, for the first time in weeks, icored
a victory.
July opened at 3714 to 864, sold be
tween SS1 and S3, closing 2c under
Saturday at S6. In the field the news
the bulls retained their old friend, the
Northwest wheat crop wreck. Mani
toba had rain, but Minnesota and the
Dakotas reported dry Bcorchlng weath
er, the kind that burns up vegetation
In short order.
PORTLAND. June 25,-Wheat. Walla
Walla and Valley, 60c.
TO FORM A NEW PARTY.
Anti-Expansionists Meet in New York
City for That Purpose.
NEW YORK, June 25. Some antl
Imperlallsts to the number of thirty-five
and coming from the principal cities
of the country met today. The meeting
was for the purpose of determining
what action the followers of this line
of national policy will take in the com
ing presidential campaign; and as a re
sult of the conference It Is probable
that a new party will De formed, mem
bers of which will vote Independently
of both republican and democratic par
ties. Ths resolutions passed Btate that
a call is to be issued "to the end that
we may carry into effect our con
demnation of the Imperialistic policy
of tha present administration."
CHOLERA RAGES IN BOMBAY.
Over Ten Thousand Deaths In One
Week.
' LONDON, June 25. The Governor of
Bombay wires that there were 10,377
d?aths from cholera out of 15,479 caaes
during tha week ending June 16. -
CUBAN TEACHERS COMING.
HAVANA. June 25 Three hundred
women teachers and 203 men sailed for
Boston on the Unltad States transports
Sedgwick and Crook today to attend
the summer Bchool there.
SHADY BID ON
LIGHT QUESTION
West, Shore Mills Company Rc
sorts to a New Dode.
'BOXER" M'GREGOR'S PAW
Would Pull a Cbtttout From tbc Fire (or
the Corporation, Bat the City Couicil
Rcfuttf to Permit Ibe Hold-Up -A
Case ol Moootneatal Nerve.
The city council met In special ses
sion last night to consider the munici
pal lighting matter. b",uno one had
un j thins; in the way of a reasonable-
proposition to offer, the council adjourn.
ed without taking action. It Is true that
W. F. McGregor, representing the As
toria Box Company, put in a bid, but
the figures submitted were no Induce
ment as. in the long run, they would
avail the city nothing rave to mulct
the taxpayers out of a few extra dol
lars. It was purely a question as to
whether the city should accept a
"hold-up" proposition for five years or
ten years, with the odds In favor of
McGregor and his "boxers." With
wise decision, the council declined to
be caught In a trap and practically
killed the McGregjr proposition by re
ferring it to the ways and means com
mittee which, by-th'i-way, has been
standing by the tax-payers through
out the pending lighting controversy.
As a matt?r of fact, it was believed
and generally understood among the
councilmen last night that McGreg
ors bid was nothing more nor less than
another bid from the West Shore Mills
Company. In the event that McGregor
received the contract It would be an
easy matter for him to enter Into an
agreement with the West Shore Mills
Company to furnish th lights called
for In the bids. Besides, under the
increas d rate submitted last night, Mr.
McGregor could easily realize a hand
some penny without turning a finger.
It would be merely a case of the
middleman's graft with a vengtnee.
McGregor's bid was to supply fifty
f.ve arc lights for one year of the ten
years' term for $7.35 per light. For the
remaining Mine years sixty lights were
to be serve! at the rate of J7.25. In
short, McGregor wanted a contract for
ten years at an average cost per light
much more than the West Shore Mills
Company, with all its effrontery, has
had the nerve to ask.
The matter of providing lights
throughout the city on the night of the
Fourth Is a simple one. If the city
council desires to have the city lighted
at that tims all that will be re
quired on their part Is to serve
notice on the West Shore Mills Com
pany to that effect The company, un
der thi terms of Its franchise, will be
compelled either to furnish the lights
called for or forfeit the franchise. As
to cost, the company cannot exact from
the city an amount in excess of the reg
ular commercial rates, and the city
certainly can submit, for one night, to
the extortion which private consum
ers ara compelled to meet 365 days In
the year.
Without a doubt the city should be
lighted on the Fourth and If it la not
the city council alone will be to blame.
BURGLARY AND ARSON.
Dastardly Crime in San Francisco
Story Discredited.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.-A burg
lar entered the residence of E. S. Ce
derberg In this city, while the family
were away, bound Mrs. Lillian Ross,
the nurse, to a bed on which a baby
was sleeping, robbed the house, poured
coal oil on the floor and, after igniting
tt. made his escape. The flames were?
discovered by neighbors Just in time to
prevent the cremation of the woman
and child. The robber secured 1120 in
gold and some Jewelry.
The fire marshal discredits the story
tcld by Mrs. Ross.
YAQUIS CONQUERED.
Nearly all Have Abandoned the War
- path.
PHOENIX. Ariz.. June 23. William
Gill, of Philadelphia, who la here from
a prospecting trip to Mexico, says the
Yaqul Indians have nearly all aban
doned the war path. Several hundred
are still hidden In the mountains, and
make an occasional descent on Isolated
ranches. Near Tomachio, on Friday
Inst, a large party raided a ranch and
killed two cowboys, wounded several
others and one woman. Thoy were
driven oft after a hard fight.
THriEE CENTS A JUILE.
0. it. & N. Co. to Inaugurate a New
fcchcduic After July 1st.
PORTLAND. June 23. Tho O. R. &
N. Co. announces that, beginning July
1, Its paenser rate In Oregon and
Washington will be three cents a mile.