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Seo that it in all right, Morn tho wnrin poohou mM in. Wo will fix wrytliing rilit for you, nt a rtaHonahlo COrt a 3 GOODS. lurer ol ym Reliable "La Belle Astoria" Cigar Scheme's Opera Star Scheme's Special And Oth.r Brand Custom Hou.e Broker. ASTORIA, ORE, W. F. A Co and Pacific Kxpren Co a. INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS OVER THE D1VIS0N OF SPOILS THREATEN EUROPE Russia Holds an Anglo-Chinese Railway and Germany Threatens to Patrol the Yang Tse LI HUNG CHANG NOW BELIEVED TO BE PLAYING FALSE JipiicM a.vtriaeal Holds Rack Troopi Btca.M .1 Cdstl .1 (urau.y tut ttmtlt , Tklnymci Anerlu.i Klllttf I. (be Uct Battle at Tla Til.-A.tlforelj. Move Ktal S.rt.dl.f All Over China-Brlllii Maaalactartri teporfcd I. Be Stlllni Aral I., Ine BoicrtCblacM Sarlfllal. Siberia. LONDON. July 19 While evidence ( cumulate dully thai China haa long brn irr)in a formidable military I'lKHiiimtion In anticipation of th. itmfnt conflict, and that the area off the rebellion la contlnuausly extending, hi riiKiny among the alll". la atlll ue plorahly lacking. "Tlit Kunnlans have refused Admlrul (yinour'a re'iutst to hand over th re stored Taku-'In Tln railway to the English company, and It la rumored tl at irniinny purpoaes taking a .erlou. : Imiepenrit nt step, namely, to patrol the Yang Te Klrrg with men-of-war. Such j a atep ould be gr-atly resented by j England, j 'Still more alarming new. haa been convycl to the Diilly Expreaa from 1 Tokio to the effet t that the apparent reluctance of Qerniany and Ruaela b ci t.fent to a Japan" commander for the army cirpa haa led the Jupttneee ,nt guc'ful retr?al of the foreigner, govrrnment to delay the forwarding of' ,( Ten Tain la alncereiy quiet and re in dlvlnlon already moblllaed. I admiring. The allied armiea are flght- The Standard In an aJarmlet editor- ' lal aya: "It la ua'deaa any longer to hide from umlvee the fart that China baa de clared war on clvllliatlon, and haa Iunged Into the conflict with rabid freniy. It la equally futile to dlacua. whlhi r hoatllltle. are being waged by i the Chinee government In which It la j evident that an admlnlatratlon of aom.i kind exlate. Tiieae unmlatakable evl- oi nee exeuipaung i-ewn govorn- i ment la promptly forth-coming, th. power, should treat China a. a bellig erent atat. and act accordingly." A similar line of comment la lakin by the other morning papers. All ap plaud the curse of Count Von Duelow, Clerman foreign secretary, In stopping Chinese telegrams. from the Chinese le gation In Herlln. and all urge the oth-r powers to follow Germany'a example. A special dispatch from Tien Tain dlMrlbutea the number of those killed at the capture of the native city aa follows; Uuslans. 100: Japanese, S7; HrltlKh. 40; Americana. I. The corresKndf nt who sends this a- serta that thousands of Chinese were Killed and that the fighting waa atlll going on when hla dispatch was sent. ST. PETERSBURG. July 18.-Roports have been rooelved by the Russian reneral staff from the Amur district, showing that the Chinese have made serious preparatlona there and are now concentrated on the railway line from Algun to Saghallen. They are well stipjlltd w'lth artillery, and have large quantities of munitions. ' HKRLIN. July IS. From two dis tinct sources, a correspondent of the Associated Pre today ascertained that Count Von Ruelow has finally succeeded In allaying the suspicions of Russia aroused by Emperor William's rrcent speeches and by other facta, and tbat an entente, regarding future ac tion In China has been reached by Rus sia, Germany and France. The foreign ae.-retary convince. Rua tla that Germany would in no wise In terfere with Ita plana In Manchuria and Northern China, as well as Corea, nnd that Germany harbor no detdre cf territorial aggrandisement. Rustla on her part agreea not to Interfere with Germany'.- trade in Russia's sphere of Influence in China after order has been established. The Impression In official circle, her. Is that the situation is growing stead liy worse, and that the antl-forelgn movement Is spreading. It la beileved that LI Hung Chang Ih playing false. Speaking about Chinese armaments, tne Kreus Zeltung says: "British manufacturers of arms ar. now engaged In selling weapon, to the Side Suscia VERANDA FIRNITIRE CHAIRS AND SETTEES A now line of these just received. Steamer Chairs, Folding Camp Chairs, Canvas and Hire Cots always cn Hand. CHARLES HEILBORN & SON Kiang With Men of War. 'Chinese, and htr. will continue to do an until the indignation of the world stops them." ; ' ' " VALLKJO, Cal., July 18. Commander Frsml. J. Drake, of Mare Inland, who bus Iwn In charge of the ordnance Kpailmcnt at that post for aome time, huit Lecii ordered t. China, huret ordPra wired at the station have been the cnute of gnat activity ui work on the varlou ships now there and i,Imj In other war-like preparations. jw YORK, July 18.-A dispatch to (ne Tribune from London aaye: Tim entire region of the Yangtee la i .ifiio ,,t unrert. Shamchal la raen- Bcej Wtn a native uprlalng, and the mr?rn provlncf i are In op-n revolt whatever may be the ultimate policy ()f ,n power, the Immediate effect of ng there for the prevention rf a maaaa- ere and the protection of foreign Inter eat through the Chinese empire. The retreat of the foreign contingent, to the coaat would be the Blgnal fur yel low trrrorlfim In every Quarter of th. aenhoard and the Interior. While the improvement in the altua- tlon at Tien Tain la considerable, the ndneae reb.-la are amartlng outalde the city, and there art jtrong reaaona for believing that lhUiullc or lne regular army la aaturated with the Boxers' arlrlt of hatred agalnat foreigners. It la a goad time for every body to kep co and to .void Intemperate lHngun?. by which the work of the al lied fcrcea In China will be immeaaura bly Increaaed. Civilized nations enn- not make war with Oriental savagery and barbarism. They cannot wage war on a mlasion of vengeance, but may en tor China aa reformatory agenta, with well-orderod work to be done In the In terest of civilization and humanity. Men af eound Judgment here nillrm that na mrlca could not mke war on Cuba In revenga for the destruction of the Maine, but only aa a moral agent pledged to redeem the Island from misrule, so also the clvlllaed world must cease breathing out threata of Are and slaughter, and recognise the obligation to create a new order rn Chlra, or else to stay out altogether. They also add that the n?w order cannot be brought nhout without a partition of territories The Shanghai correspondent of the Mill learna that Prince Chlng concoct ed a acheme to enable Sir Robert Hart to escape, disguised, from the British legation on July 4. Sir Robert, how ex ir. refused to desert the other In itiates of the legation, and he twice wrote to Prince Tuan asking him to pare the Uvea of all the foreigners, l'rlnce Tuan, however, did not make any , reply, nnd Sir Robert la believed to iava perlsh?d on the night of July t during the massacre. CHICAGO. July 18. "Facta, we must g. t fans. We cannot proceed except on facta. No national policy can be frmivid until the facta are ascertained. We have two versions! both alike, from Chinese aourcea; both on the face enually worthy of credence. One view Is that the legations, were massacred. I-nst night we wore told they survive. One may take his choice which to cred it." . Thus James Wilson, secretary of ag riculture in President McKtnley's cab inet, summed np America's necessity In the present stage of the Chinese crisis. He had been to Iowa to attend Sena tor Gear's funeral, and last night stopped at the Auditorium. "I do not think the president Intends a aeries of cabinet meetings, as he goes back to Canton soon," he contln- Sties w? VTUcre Is no THd of them. The (loop, already In China, or btlrg hur ried thither, will protably be adequate for the situation, at least until fact, awrfalned alter It. I can see no need now f(,r an extra sesxl n of congr?3, nor do I believe declaration of war Is n-ceary r exp?dl?nt. So 'far as w- know now, we are dealing with an Wixunectlon, not with a governm'-nt. I!os a declaration would operate to clone every port of China against us, to make universal what so tar is but local. "However, whtth-r the legation haa kn murdered or not. It Is most prob able that our missionaries and mer chant, buve been killed. And one fact la nbsolutely certain, that America henceforward wlil protect her citizens In every land cn the face of the earth. It our people' have been slaughtered by an armed rebellion, that is one thing. If by the participation of the government of China, that 1. another. We must And out the facts before pro ceeding on a supposition. But our gov ernment, when Italians were killed in New Orleans, gave money reparation. We will expect the Ilka from China. -' hat the upshot will be In China is n matter of opinion. We are not venge ful, we do not mean to slaughter- a million Innocent Chinamen. But we will demand that nev?r again shall con ditions be such that our merchants and mlioslonarlee can be cut oft by the wholisale. America will oppose Chlna'o partition. Of course, if all Europe set tles upon partition, we can not prevent it. I hope that Germapy,' Japan and America with Great Britain, will be able t prevent partition."- "Our wheat is going more and more to China. The day will come soon when all our surplus foodstuffs will go across the Pacific 'nstead of the At lantic. Our cotton trade with North ern Chin in the very Gulf of Pe Chi LI Is enormous. Moat Chinamen wear brown shewing and American cotton mukes the she?tlng. "The b?st condition for us Is perfect peace In China. We desire no terri tory there; only peace and permission to trade. I don't even think we shall want to salve our 'Injuries by a great Indemnity. We ought to demand, of course, that each family which has suffered should be compensated in mon ey by China so far as money can do It. Utit- that Is iwlvate reparation." NEW TORK. July l8.-A dispatch to the World from London quotes the Express Shanghai correspondent as cabling: 'Prince Tuan nai Issued an edict to rix a dflni!e date for a general rising. What the date is, I ,-annot ascertain, but it la .doubtless an early one, for Prince Tuan Is stated to have ordered all 'despatch In view of the arrival ef n.ire foreign troops. 1 , . , large body of Chinese tonight Is reported to be, moving from Hupe In the direction of Shanghai. The situa tion here grows more threatening ev ery day. The city is still without any means of defense, and all the forts are being held by Chinese." NEW YOVtv. July 18. A dispatch to the World from Tien Tsln, July 11, says: The Chinese made a determined at tack upon the railway station early this morning. The French troops were forced to give ground and the Japan ese gallantly charged in support of the French. The French casualty reach ,W; Japanese 60, including five officers killed; EnglUh and Indian. 0; Rus sians 20. The Americans were not en gaged ' at this point. It Is estimated that 300 Chinese were Killed. Th? 'yddlte guns aucceeded In draw ing the Chlneso shell-Are away from the outer town and toward other .post tiona. doing great damage In the native city. There la continual firing at all hours, and the passing of the wounded and burial parties through the streets gives them a gruesome appearance. , The Chinese attack spoiled the al lies' pjan of taking the eastern fort in the mornlnj. " ' Admiral Seymour's departure for Ta ku tonight leaves the Russian admiral and Fukushlma, the Japanese comman der, In command: Fukushlma has pre sented Major Waller with one of the guns taken on the 9th, CHICAGO. July 18. A dispatch to the F.ecord from Che Foo July 15, via Shanghai, July 18, says: A communication was received today by the Japanese consul from the Jap anese minister at Pekln, June 29. It said that all the ministers were In the British legation, short of food, hard pressed and unable to hold. out many days. This is significant, for It Is the latest dispatch from Pekin, except from those through Chinese sources, since Sir Rob. crt Hart's message of June 23, when the guns were trained on the legations. w VICTOPvIA, B. C. July 18.-The steam er Empress of India brings detailed ad vices of the fighting at Tien Tsin. Col onel SMir.amura, who commanded the Japanese troops at Tien Tsin prior to the rellof of that place, has forwarded to his government a detailed report of the Incidents from the time of the at tack, June 25. The report says in part: The Chinese advanced determinedly to the assault. There were some hun- Intls of them, and they were carry lng lighted torch's. They advanced in a series of rushen, and the Japanese allowtti them to get within cloee prox imity before they opened fire. Then, the Japanese fired several volleys from the Maxims and other small guns, and the Boxer., throwing away their torch es, fled. Afterwards during the night, the Chinese approach! In partle. of three or four only, but made no reso lut attack. They contented them- selves with endeavoring to sneak up an1 fire the outer buildings. On exam (nation, the bodies of the slain were found to be young men of 24 or 25, clad in aflk and carrying pouches with Mauser ammunition. 'About daybreak on th. 17th, some red bell. . approached, ..brandishing sa-rds. As soon as they got In rang?. two or three volleys were flrej ur.d they retired hastily. This was but an alvanee party, though, for to th? st ward was seen large fore with a number of large guns moving towards the native city. The allies watched them unllmberlns their big gans, and at 2.40 P. jr. the Chinese began a furi ous bombardment of the foreign con cessions. Man of the shells fell be tween the L'ritish and German con ceMlona. t'nder cover of the artillery fire the nr-aln body of the Chinese troops al vanced against fie railway station, but they were beaten back by the allies. The Germans guarding that part of the city were attacked by a large body of the Chinese, and would have been over powered had not the timely arrival of the Japanese saved them. They ad vanced with a ringing cheer, and the Chinese were routed. On the lSth , at 7 a. m., the Chinese troops, uniting their forces, attacked si multaneously from the north and south. The allies met and beat back each at tack. The Russian troops who were in advance crossed the river and attacked the. enemy from the front. They were followed by the English, German and Japanese. The Chinese were driven out of their position on the opposite side of the river. From the native city they continued the bombardment. Their shells were aimed mostly at the con spicuous buildings in the concessions, Gordon Hall and the Japanese Consu late. ' On the ISth., the enemy's attack- was directed from the left bank, A. before, their shells were aimed at theforefga concessions.' and they succeeded In set ting fire to the Specie Bank, which was burned to the ground. , On th. 2-d., the bombardment was re sumed. Shelling of the besieged con cessions , was continued. The Cossacks, who were patrolling, brought Intelli gence In the afternoon that a force of two or three thousand allies was ad vancing from Taku to relieve Tien Tsin. and had arrived within 16 mlit of Tien Tsln. There was great Joy when word was passed around of the approaching relief, and next morning the allied force, attacking from the east and south, drove off the enemy, and the firing ceased. Another report published in the press from Tien Tsin says that on June 22 the United States Consulate was burned during the bombardment. The Japanese papers also tell of the exploit of a young employee of a commercial house named Walte, who disguised himself a. a Boxer and accompanied by four Cossacks left the besieged city of Tien Tsin on June 19. After four days of narrow escapes and flight from pursuing Boxers, he and the Russians reached Taku. on the 23d., with thdr letters, which asked for reinforcements., SANTA ROSA, Cai.. July VS. Letters have been received here from Mrs. J. W. Eagsdule. wife of the United States consul at Tien Tsln, and from Mrs Lucy Drummond. The letters are un der date of June 14, and tell of critical conditions existing there at that time. Another letter from Mrs. Drummond at Shanghai tells of her safe arrival there with her husband and children, arid describes the hurried escape on June It from Tien Tsin on the last ar mored train that succeeded In leaving there. Neither of the letter, contain, any .Intimation as to the whereabout, of Consul Kagsdale and family, al though it is supposed they also left Tien Tsin with the other Americans. , Mrs. Ragsdale In her letter says: "All the mission churches In Tien Tsln (the Chinese city), two blocks from here, have been burned. They had been closed ever since the trouble began, and were turned over to the Chinese officials. The Chinese official seal had been placed on the doors to show that they were und?r Chinese protection. It points to a bad state of things, and proves how powerless they are to pro tect anything. "More than a week ago, a guard went from hera to meet and aid some Bel gian refugees to reach Tien Tsln. At several villages they were given tea and things to eat. The Boxers burn ed every one of the village, and killed every, man, woman and child they found, because they aided foreigners. "All Chinese from the highest to the lowest think 'Boxer' a spirit that can t.ot be . killed. That's the reason It', so hard for the Chinese officials to put them dowu. The soldiers will not fight them." OAKLAND, Cal.. July 18. In a letter from Shanghai, dated January 21, Bos- coe A. Goodsell, vice-president of th. (Continued on Fourth Page.) IDAHO DEMOCRATS HAVE A HOT TIME Dubois Men Scat Their Dele gation by a Vote of 122 to 110. J FUSION CAUCUS TO BE HELD ScpublUa. Ticket Wu Nominated at BoI$ aid lae Pbiladelptifi Platform tad Act. of Admlalstrstloo Af prv la Entirety. POCATELLO, Ida., July W.-Afur ft bitter contest lasting all the arternoou. the Democratic state convention iate this afternoon seated what u cai:,,l the Woods' delegation from ShohWie county (Coeur d'Alenes) by a vote of 122 to 110. This delegation Is oppod to Governor Steunenburg and it was supported by tho who favor the nom ination o' Fred T. Dubois for United State, senator. The governor opposed the nomination of any candidate for senator. Dubois was Joined In the nght by J. II. Hawley, also a candi date for senator. The result lndlca:es that Dubois will be nominated. A feature of the contest was the re leasing of some of the delegations from the unit rule placed on them bv their counties. Chairman Perky, a Hawley man, ruled that the delegates couli vote as they wished on the motion to absolve the vote which was practical ly the same as on a motion to seat the delegates. At the evening session W. it. Watt. of Blaine, was made permanent chair man. A conference committee of one from each county was named for fu sion caucus, and the committees of no- tiflcatin were appointed to notify the Populist, and Silver Republicans. The order of business provides that the committee on platform and resolu tions retort the first thing tomorrow, then the tomlnatlons will follow. Just at what point In the proceedings the -attempt of the Dubois own to force his nomination for the senate will Introduced has not leaked 'out. BOISE, Ida., July 18. The Republi can state convention today nominated the following ticket: Presidential electors. Senator George M. Parsons, of Lemhi; Judge W. B. Heyburn. J. W. Rowton, of Idaho county. :For congress, John T. Morrison, of Canyon. Suprem? court, Edgar C. Steele, of Latah. Governor. D. W. Standrod, of Ban nock. . ' Lieutenant-governor, A. A. Crane., of Kootenai. . Secretary of state, M. Pa trie, of Fre- montv Slate auditor, Harry J. Syma. of El more. Attorney-general, George E. Gray, of Oneida. . Treasurer, George W. Kesler, of Nea Perces county. Superintendent of public Instruction, Miss Jessie Reilly. of Blaine. Mine inspector. N. Robert Bell, of Custer. The platform renews allegiance to the principles of Republicanism and de clares Its unqualified approval of the national platform adopted at Philadel phia, its adherence to the principles represented by the official acts of the administration of William McKlnley and pledges Itself to the support of the same. COLLISION NEAR 'FRISCO. Norwegian Steamer Tellus Seriously Damaged by the Belgian King. SAN FRANCISCO. July 18.-The Brit ish steamer Belgian King, under char ter to the United States government from this city to Seattle, and the Nor wegian steamer Tellus from Comox, B. C, to this city, loaded with coal, col- . Uded head-on at 10:40 p. m. last night, 15 miles south of Point Arena. A dense fog prevailed at the time. The Tellus is badly damaged and the Belgian King is leaking .lightly. When the collision occurred both ves sels were going at full speed astern. The Belgian King cut through the Tellus Into her forehold, cutting down several feet under the water line. When the Belgian King pulled out tho Tellus sheared off as though she was going to sink. Captain Peterson and crew took to the boats and went on board the Eelglan King which stood by. until 4:30 o'clock this morning. The crew of the Tellus tlen returned to their positions and got steam up. Tha Eelglan King fastened a line on tho Tellus and brought her back ' to this city. . The Tellus forehold is full of water, and the Belgian King has sev eral broken plates In her tow. WHEAT MARKET. PORTLAND. July 18 -Wbeat. Walla Walla, 56c & 57c; Valley, C5c; blue stem. C9c 60c.