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Wo will fix everything riht for you, nt a mioonallo COHt. and Bacon and or All hinds "La Belle Astorli" Cigar Schelbe's Opera Star Scheme's Special And Other Brand Custom House Broker. ASTORIA, .OREGON Aieut W. F. ACo tod Paolflo Kxpreu Co i. STREETS OF CHINA'S RED WITH THE Russia Gives Japan a Free Hand to Go In Full Force and Protect Foreigners, and 20,000 Men Will Be Sent. THREE THOUSAND RUSSIANS Power Ciptar id Deilroy Tn Mlllloa Dollar Wirta ( Arm lid Ammualtloa Ocrniia Eaiptror Oilers Oat Taouuad Tieli lor Iki Reaca ol Air Forelf aer From PcklB Ho Hope That Aay Will Bt Saved -Dlitirlwace Said to Be Rapidly Spreadl! Southward. LONDON, July 7. The Rulun gov ernmnt announcea that It will give Japun frre bond to apply military force In China. The term of thla ion ent art summarized In the aubjolned dispatch from Bt. Petersburg, under dut of July a. under Inquiry from the Japanese cabinet regarding the dea patch of trop to China to rendT aid to foreigner In Pekln. The Russian governm.-ni declared May 27 1 thai It left the Japanese government full lib crty of action In thla 'connection. as the Toklo cabinet expressed Ita it a li nen to act In full agreement wlih the Other JWWrT It I In .xmsjquence of thla. no doubt, that Japan la preparing to embark M. 000 mow troop. Political considera tion that were thought to have '.wn Influencing the action of the power are thua laid aalde for the moment, at least, by the government supposed to have the clearest purpose respecting China' future. Japan'i tending troop can have lit tle bearing on the faln-f the foreign era In Pekln. Baron Hayaahl, the new Japanoae mlnlater. who atTlvd In Lon don Friday, aald that ten day would probably be mJlred for the carrying of troop to China. Hla dictated atatc mcnta contalnjd then cntencea: "If nil conditions Japan haa asked were conceded, I aee no reaaon why Jot an ohould not undertake the tuk of uppiilng the trouble. The power ar all agrved In wlhlng to put down the rebellion, but It doe not eeem that they are ngrwd on mean." From thla .authoritative utterance It I Inforr.sl that Japan demand condi tion and that the concert of the pow er I a little Jangled. The detail of further horror In Pe kin ore gathered by correspondent at Shanghai from Chln.'ne wurve. espec ially of daughter In the Chinese and Tartur city of thouiunJ of native VhrlMliwa. iw that tha capital reeks with coinage. The ruthles thirst for blood Is spreading In nil the northern provider; anil wherever there ore na tive Christians the rcene enacted in . . . . i the capital are reprouuoea in inmm-. ture. From these urovlnce nothing further come regarding the legation forces, except the rrpetltion that they are all dead. Tho Che Foo correspondent of the j tntruatloual column may be forced Express, telegraphing Thursday, says 1 from Tien Tsln. but that the interna . , , , ., ,,. I tlonal troops of colonies and trtaty th"re no longer any doubt that d.s- ... .. j ports will stand In grave danger of aster has overtaken a Hussion force of expul8,ODf In vlew of the fact that the 3,000 that left Tien Tsln for Pekln on Juno 11. A nothing ha been heard from them for twenty-four day It I assumed that they hove been overwhelmed. Another proclamation Issued by LI Hung Chang, direct that persons starting nn uprising shall be at once beheaded, and that those spreading false rumors haJl be severely punish ed. The latter phrase, In the Chinese sense, means slow strangulation by means of a wooden collar. Wholesale Screens and Screen frames, fire and Draught Screens.... A NEK CONSIGNMENT JUST RECEIVED FOLDING BEDS MANTEL BEDS CHINA CLOSETS otid LIBRARY CASES CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON CAPITAL CITY BLOOD OF THE SLAIN COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED execution are exiecttd to follow these I'toclamatloni. I'.KftLIX. July 7.-Einperor Wllllom ha teli grii.lud the cjimnunder of the Ceimun adron In Chlnte water, to the governor general uf Shan Tung to the viceroy and to other, offering a thousand taU to any one accomplish ing the deliverance of any foreigner of any nallouulity whatever, now rhut up li' P'.kln. LONDON, July tw-Ttiere la a mas of wild rumor from the For Kant. Though o contradictory on most points. It continue unanimous a to the consummation of the tragedy at Pekln. To consistent reports of the maisa ere of the white are now added to the additional horrors that savage soldiery butchered at the capital 6000 natives, Human Catholic convert. This come in a Bhanghul dispatch of July S. which only add to the report given by re lctable Chtnce who have arrived from Chain Fu, and who describe Pe kln aa an Inferno, the street Utterly running with blood. They confirm numerous atorle of execution and untold torture Inflict ed on Isolated foreigner and European soldier captured by the mob. The authority of Yung Lu, the Chinese Im perial treasurer, who advocated moder ation, whs completely effaced by Trluce Tunn Kang Yl and Tung Fuh Slan, who Issued fresh edict ordering the mcrciles extermination of all foreign er in the empire. In responke to inquiries cabled to Shanghai In regard to the situation at Pekln. the following cablegram hat been received from an authoritative quarter: "Shanghai, Thursday. July 5. Prepare to hear the worst." WASHINGTON. July S.-A dispatch haa been received at the Mate de partment from Consul-General Good- now at Shanghai, dated July S. In which he says the situation is serious and the Insurrectionary movement is spreading. If the allied forces, he said, should meet with reverse the Insurrection will certainly spread to omtral and to southern China, resulting In the ex pulsion and murder of foreigners In the interior anl the ruin of trade' A strong force, he says, is neces.-ary to check the viceroys In the north and to support the viceroy In the south. it Is understood that all consuls of the powers In China have sent Identical dispatches to their respective govern- LONDON, July 6.-The danger of a general revolt In China becomes more Pent and Europe is be- t irjf conironieu wim nti'iuij uiuruniiiB force with 'he fact that not merely the previous assurances of the viceroys have proved untrustworthy, their prom ises of protection for the white are hardly convincing. In the meanwhile, the hitherto un conquerable Jealousies of the European powers stay the hand of Japan, though It Is hoped an understanding will soon be reached. The foreign office here has received official dispatches from Toklo today, and the Associated Press understands that the Japanese govern ment Informed the foreign officers that In addition to forces already landed In China, Japan has 20,000 troops "mobll laed and ready for action at a mo- ment's notice when she rclve the mandate of the powprs. Great IJrltaln Is now awaiting answer from the chancelor to ll proposal. The Ifrltlsh cabinet had a long meet ing thl morning jnder the presidency of Lord Kallsbury, nnd fully consiK-r-ed the crisis. TIEN THIN. June 2S, U Che Foo, July I, nnd Hh'inghal, Jjly 3. Th" best Informed In TU-n Tsln consider the position of foreigners In Pekln a almost helpless. It Is hopeless to at tempt to force the war with the force available. Commands are willing to resort to d-irate mean, but to at tempt a forced march from Tien Tsln with the force at hand means cer tain rlaughter of the civilians left at Tien Tln. Enough soldiers are neces sary to defeat the Chinese army, main- tuln communication with the base of supplies and guard the hospital en route. The water supply 1 an Important problem in a country furnishing none except river well, which are being poisoned. The Chinese are committing terrible atrocltk upon the wounded. They are mutilating all the dead that fall into their hands. General Tung Fuh Biang. with 10,000 of the best dis ciplined troop In the Chinese army, Mahommedana, are marching from the southwest toward Pekln. The army thereabout numbers 50,000. The empres ha fled to her sum mer palace. The Mahommedan Boxers are lighting In Pekln. Ten regiment of General Nteh' command, north ef Tien Tsln, are reported to have desert ed and gone to pillaging the country. Residents declare that a Chinese com mune ha been inaugurated, and that peaceable Chinese have been the great est sufferers. The foreign soldier are burning the outskirts of Tien Tain to deprive the enemy of shelter, and the Boxers are destroying outlying villages for loot. The smoke of a hundred fire can be seen In every direction. Tien Tsln was not bombarded for the first time today for a fortnight. Fam ilies are returning to their homes for their possessions. The women and. children will be sent to Taku as soon aa travel I safe. No unfriendly Chi namen are visible In the streets. A few of the richest, with their families, are huddled in the outhouse for protec tion, badly frightened. Others conceal ed In various houses shoot at the Eu ropean on th street. -'.' j The Chinese dead about Tien Tain number thousands. Most of those who have been killed lie unbuned in the fields. The river of Taku Is full of floating bodies, and many have bfen washed under by the tide. Dogs are feeding on these bodies along the banks. The small American contingent ev erywhere distinguished themselves. Captain McCalla and Major Waller are at Tien Tsln. Their men are placed In the lead of every movement. By common consent, the British are close beside them. The foreigners In Tien Tsln declare, however, that they owe tl.eir lives to the Russians, without whom the smaller detachments must have been overwhelmed on that dark est Wednesday when the Chinese were pressing on every side and the brav est men were abandoning hope. The Russian commander. Colonel Wozack, arranged the main body, with the civ ilians, to make a sortie In the direc tion of Taku. He left 400 Russians to defend the city and engage the atten tion of the Chinese, the Intention be ing for them to ultimately sacrlilc themselves. The arrival of the Amer icans saved the day. Their arrival proved a complete surprise. Among the military evidences of Im mense Chinese preparation for war may be mentioned that arsenals and stores hitherto unknown have been discovered, with $10,000,000 worth of arms and am munition of the most modern type. These arms and ammunitions have been destroyed with three arsenals out side Tien Tsln. Several thousand troops under Gen eral Nleh are holding the native city five miles north of Tien Tsln. It Is rumored that 40,000 Chinese will attack the place at noon today, The troops are under arms, but the Chinese failed to materialtxe. AdmlraJ Seymour was wounded slightly recent ly by a spent ball, which struck him in the shoulder while In the house with Commander McCalla and Com mander Taussig. The hero of Tien Tsln Is Janies Watts, a young Englishman, perhaps the best rider In China, who, with three Cos sacks, ran the gauntlet to Taku with messages, charging through villages under fire repeatedly. Several foreign commanders have recommended the quartet be decorated. NEW YORK. July C-W. W. Rock hill, director of the bureau of Ameri can republics, who served In China as secretary of legation, when the late John Russel Young was there s minis ter, and who is a recognised authority in Chinese 'natters, spoke feelingly In Washington last nlg.it of the Indigni ties which foreigners In Pekln are re ported to have suffered after the cap ture. "This Is something new In the history of China," hp snld. ''Foreigners hsve never before been publicly executed, and we can oy analogy Imagine what has happened to foreign women and child ren in Pektn. We know that in the civil wars of China the greatest bar barity wa practiced, and It ha been the icno'l;dge of vhat mlnht be ex pected whl'.'h ha glwn rlxe to the cuh- tom of the conquered party putting to dath lt wonrn and children before surrendering. "No doubt the dipa'.ch tells but a small portion of the horrors of the spectHcW In Pekln. It was only a mat ter of time anyxay, and what followed wa the common practice of barburlc and half civilized nations. Had theie been merely Imprlaonnv-nt their condi tion would have been pitiable enough. Any one who has read of the capture and the tortures Imposed upon Lord Loch and Bir Harry Parkes In M). and who knjwi the Chinese prison have not been Improved In the last 40 year, can appreciate In part the suffer ings which the foreign resident in Pf kin must have endured in the last month. 'There I little use In trying to por tray what Indignities vere heaped upon the victim before death released them. Without question they were horrible be yond the Imagination of civilized man. Their captor add to .he cruelty of the American the demoniac ingenuity of a race that la almost civilized, a race which appropriate the art of white men without appreciation of them. "The tale which come from Pekln when entrance I gained by foreign troop will be one un.Kiualied In ihud-dcr-forcing quull'ies since the day of the Srpoy rebellion." NEW YORK, July S.-Accordlr-g to Sir. Tyson, secretary of Cyrus Field JuJson, of thl city. Mis Mary Condit Smith, a sister-in-law of Mr. Judson, ha been killed In the Pekln massacre. Mr. Tyson said that Mr. Judson had made frequent -Inquiries at the state department in Washington to learn whether or not Miss Smith was safe, and had received a reply to the effect that there wa no hope for her safety, as it was believed that a:l foreigner had been ' massacred, their heal cut off. stuck on the ends of long poles and paraded through the streets. Miss Smith had for some time been a guest of Minister Conger, and had been travelling with !.er sister, the wife of Lieutenant Key,- now stationed at Toklo, Japan. I The wife of Governor-General Wood, J of Havnna. It also a sister of. Miss, Smith. Their mother la Mrs. Condit Smith; of Washington. The late 'Jus tice Ffcld f'theuprenw court-was their guardian after .their father' death. - " - - t' ' : CHICAGO,1 July 6. A special to the Tines-Herald from Des Moines. Ia., says: A letter was received here today by Mrs. Ida H. Conger from her brother-in-law, Major E. H. Conger. United States minister to China. The letter was dated May 28, and Is as follows: ' The times grow more exciting ev ery day. The opposition t6 missiona ries and all foreigners Is worse than it has been for 20 years, hence I am un usually busy. The Woodwards, of Chi cago, are with us. They are here to stay until the middle of June. We are still in the city of Pekln, but hope to move up to the hills within 10 days. "I enclose pictures of the American legation. Including besides the minister, First Secretary Squires, of New York; Second SecrMary Bainbridge, of Coun cil Bluffs, and Interpreter Cheshire, formerly of Iowa, but who has been connected wi'h the legation for 20 years." BETHLEHEM THE CAPITAL. Kruger's Parlor Car Comes to a Stand There. LONDON. July 7. General Paget is moving toward the heart of the coun try hld by Dewet. Lord Roberts tele graphs the war office under late of Pretoria. July 6, as follows; "Paget engaged the enemy July S successfully at Penlzerfontelu. He drove them out of very strong positions across to Broenirfonteln where he bi vouacked for the night. He followed up the enemy on the afternoon if July 4 th." He reports that all Transvaal offi cials except the treasurer-general, who has gone to Vrede. are at Bethlehem, which has been proclaimed the capi tal. Steyn himself ia reported to have taken flight to the mountains. Buller reports the line to Heidelberg restored, thus conpletlng every communication between Pretoria and Natal. ASSASSIN FOUND GUILTY. Man Who Attempted to Kill Prince of Wales Sentenced to a Reformatory. BRUSSELS. July 6. The assize court today returned a verdict of guilty of attempt to kill the Prince of Wales, against Jean Haptlste Slpldo, who fired at the Prince In this city on April 4. The court considered that Slpldo act ed without discernment and sentenced hiin to a reformatory until he shall have attained ills majority. Meert, Penchot and Meirere, the In stigators of the attack upon the Prince, were acquitted on the ground that they considered the plot a Joke. WHEAT MARKET. PORTLAND. July 6. Wheat. Walla Walla and Valley, 55c 57; bluestem, 59c 60c. STEVENSON FOR VICE-PRESIDENT the Popular Favorite, But Positively Declined. ONLY ONE BALLOT REQUIRED Little Eathuilum la Democratic Coavtotloo for Towie, But Hill Received aa Ova tioa I'aptratleled la the History f Pirty Caaventloai. KANSAS CITY. July Thj Demo cratic national ticket was completed today by -he nomination of Adlal E. Stevenson for vice-preald?nt. The nomination was made on the first ballot, state after state Joining in the wild itramble to record ;heir support of the winning candidate. It wa not acccmpanled by any such frantic demonstration of npproval as had marked the proceeding at previous stages, although the result follo.vej a spirited and at time highly dramatic contst between the advocates of Ste venson. Towne, Hill and the lesser Can didates. The distinct triumph of the day In the way of a popular ovation was that accorded to Senator Hill, and Its spon taneity nnd its wild enthusia-'m was one of the most notable features the convention Jias produced. It was ac companied, too, by a remarkable scene when Hill earnestly protested to hla friend against being placed Sn nomi nation, and then finding his protest In vain, w hen ne strode to the platform, In tones which left no doubt of their sincerl'y, .and earnestly' besought the convention not to make him the nom inee. -r.The prot'eeamss pf today moved with greater briskness, than on the two' pre feeding days, for there were none of the tedious- vaits over the platform and committers. On the call for nom inations Alabama yielded to Minneso ta, and " the latter sta te presented Its young champion of silver republican ism and democracy Charles A. Towne. The mention of his name was the sig nal for a ilatterlng demonstration In his honor, and men and women Joined In the outburst. Far off In the corner cf the auditorium a young woman could be sten frantically waving in one hand a lithograph of the Minnesota and in the other the Stars and Stripes. On the floor Nebraska, Mlunnesota and one or two other delegations Joined In the demonstration, but it was noticeable that it did not evoke any widespread enthusiasm among those who were about to do the voting. Gradually eth er delegations began to rise, some of the New Yorkers getting to their feet and for a moment it looked as 'hough the convention might be carried off its feet. But against this was heard a counterstorm of protestation and dis cordant hisses. For ten minutes the demonstrations for Towne lusted with varying degr?es of intensity. Meantime attention was being di rected to an excited group, in frcnt of the New York section, with Hill as Its vortex, a struggling throng of dele gates. They pressed forward from all quarters of the hall urging him to per mit his name to be placed before the convention. Delaware yleldsd her place to New York and Senafor Grady, the silver tongued orator of New York, pushed through the aisles to the platform. "In behalf of the united Democracy of New York,"' shouted Grady, "I pre sent as a candidate for vice-president the name of David Bennett Hill." The effect was electrical, and a tidal wave of enthusiastic approval swept over the convention. Delegates stood ou their chaira and waved frantically. Flass and standards were again min gled In triumphant procession, while a roar as from Niagara rolled through the great structure. The audience saw Hill leave the New York delegation and oush through the throng to the olatform. They could see him apnea! to C.rady to withdraw, while Grady's answer was apparent from the pn ni h!" hd "d vance to the front of the platform to continue his nomination speech. When the demonstration had sab- , (Continued on Fourth Page.)