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J Ci PKndkA8T, ChM C let k I
ALLIES NEED
REINFORCEMENTS
Chinese Troops Are Surrounded
in the Imperial Palace.
TROUBLE FEARED AT CANTON
Jipancit Cavalry tin Led Pcltla la Pursuit
ol Empress Dowsjer sad Her 30,000
Troops Mors Troops Go
t. Shasfail.
LONDON. Auk. 21. Owing probably
to th r. kin wire bring rut, llltle new
of the conditions In the Chinese capital
tut. cm through thin morning. What
hrtM riai hcd Indn Indicate that the
slllc are In nc-d of reinforcement.
The ccihinnnder of the Kalian cruiser
rii iunwioa telegraph frm Tnku. ac
cording to the Rome correspond-nt of
the Dallv Moll, that wry urgent r
iti"ct fT coming from Pekln on
Saturday for Immediate dcspaUh of
f urt h-r Irootm. and lhat In answer to
tliise, 0 Lallan martm were wtit "iff
p. si hast.
H.-rloii. trnutih' In now threatened In
the neighborhood of Canton. The
Ann-rli unit at Pwatow. according to
the Pnllv Chronicle' Shanghai cr-r-ntioiulent.
have applied for a tnrshlp
In coniuence f rlou rioting, and
the H.mg Kong cn-'-spoiident of the
t i!) v Mull ty that a worship In on
the way there, now.
A Japanese wnmhlp ha left Yokoha
ma for Hhnnghal. according to the Dully
Mall, to land trooiMi and to protect
Jmnne fub)i-ct. The Dullv Mnll al
amiouin'cii that Ormany will send a
d'i' hm"nt to Bhanshul.
WASIIIXOTON'. Aug. 2o.-The Amorl
can rtply to China's InWt appeal for
rr.iaton 'of hoetllltlca. received today
fmm LI Hung Chang, haa not yet Im
made known, and It la likely that the
matter will be one of the main sub
ject for consideration at the cabinet
min ting tomorrow.
Put there la reason to believe that the
condition laid down In the American
note of August 12th have not been
complied with, and unleaa , untied
with the srovemment'a course must
pmcecd without reference to China's
aniH-al for a haJt In the pnx-eedlngs.
The dispatch of Auut 12th wild pe
clrtcally that the United Ptutes was
ready to enter Into an agre-ment be
tween the power and the Chinese gov
ernment for a cessation of hostilities
on the condition that the relief fcrces
should be permitted "to enter IVWIn
unmolested," and escort the lesntloners
therefrom under such circumstances as
the commanding general mUht lay
down.
But up to :he prem-nt time there Is
no evidence that the allied forces are
unmoleste) at Tekln or have received
the sanction 'of the Imperial govern
ment to convey the len.tloners to Tien
Tsln without further trouble and un
der conditions laid down by the com
manding general. On the contrary all
dispatches Indicate that the allies are
meeting with stubborn resistance, and
there Is entire lack of compliance
with the conditions laid down by the
Uiut-d States In Its dispatch of Au
gust 12th.
Aside from the fact that the condi
tions of Auvust 12 have not been com
plied with by China. It Is probable that
this government would desire to take
sulticlent time to learn whnt the other
powers Intend doing on the same line
as all are acting in unison. More
over there are some unexplained fea
tures of LI Hung Chang's application,
one of them being that while he aks
the allies to cease hostilities he gives
no assurance that he has power to
make the Chinese army and the re
bellious Poxers cense their hostilities.
The Japanese legation received a dis
patch stating that the Chinese troops
retreated on the loth within the lmp?r
lal palace and that they were surround
ed there with the Japanese military
whose headquarters are located In the
Japanese legation.
Admiral Remev also transmitted an
authentic report from Tekln on the
13th. saving:
"Troops moving on Imperial city."
These several dispatches from differ
ent sources establish cleatjy' that the
Imperial palace and grounds were un
ea Side Soecialties
VERANDA FURNITURE
CHAIRS AND SETTEES
A new line of these just reccivoil.
Steamer Chairs, Folding Camp Chairs, Canvas and
ftirc Ccts always cn Hand.
CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON
der seige. Hut not one of the dispatches
Is cb-ur a to how lut thl: condition
of affair existed. Today's dispatches
seem to Itiako Hear thut the eniperor
and enuir-ft dowager have made their
tseape from I'ekln and that about the
Wily present service of the lmp;rial pal
nee and grounds Is us an asylum In
which the demoralised Chinese soldiers
are making th' lr last stand.
The state department today Issued
the following statement:
"The acting secretary cf state, makes
public the receipt of a telegram today
from Cunsul-'Jen.' - dated
the 20th Inst., reporting a statement of
the governor of Hhan Tung, that the
empress left I'ekln on the 13th for HI
nan Fu In the province of Khen PI.
and that Princes Chlng and Tuan and
Viceroy Kan Yl are still at Pekln,
"Hlnan Fu appears to be another ver
sion of the name of the capital of Phen
81, where there Is an Imperial palace.
It I oiherwlse Hsl An. 81 An and 81
Ngati, stifllt Fu. denoting city, which
Is the scat of administration.
The slate department today made
public the fallowing:
"Che V-hj. Aug. 20. lSOfl.-Uagsdille re
ports Chinese troops surrounded In the
palace grounds. FOWLER."
linirsdule Is the consul at Tien Tsln.
The sta'e department Is In receipt
of a telegram from Levi 8. Cox, consul
of the I'nited States at Hankow, Chi
na, dated Shanghai. August 18, In
whli h he state that he has removed to
8rnngr,al. as have the other AmTI'-ans
who were Insllankow.
LONDON. Aug. 20.-The Japanese
cavalry has left I'ekln In pursuit of
the empress dowager and her court, ac
cor ling to telegrams from th? North,
received at Shanghai by Chinese olH
dais. '
This- dltatches aver that the em
press and her treasure train, iiniteeted
by troorw. have already arrived at
Wu Tul Pan. In Phnn SI province. The
field telegraph north of Yang Tsun is
Interrupted and nothing under Pokln
date appears to have reached Yang
Tsun since August 17. Heavy rains
have been falling In the province of Pe
Chi LI.
The landing of the British troops at
Fhanghal Is not causing excitement
among the natives. A detachment of
100 French marines landed there today,
A customs cruiser Is reported to have
a-one to Tien Tsln to take away the
foreigners rescued from Pekln.
Many Influential Chinese have in
terested themselves In the fate of a
Chinaman sentenced by an English
court at H:na Kong to six months' im
prisonment at hard labor because he
was a member of a triad society.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-The Japa
nese legation has received several Im
portant dispatches. One received today
from Toklo. dated August 19, says:
"After entry Into Pekln was effected
by the allied troops, the Chinese troops
on August 15 betook themselves to and
remained lit the Imperial palace. A
body of Japanese troops was told off
to guard the palace and there they
met with obstinate resistance by the
Chinese troop. Fighting Is still going
on. The hendonnrters of the Japanese
armv Is In the lecation. and the divis
ion Is mainly quartered In the villages
outside of An Ting Man."
Another telegram, dated the 19th,
gives the n port of the Japanese consul-general
at Shanghai, raying Sh?ng
credits the report that the empress dow
ager and probably also the emperor
hnd left Pekln. aa the privy council
crossed the Luken bridge on the 15th,
bearing the banner of the Imperial cor
tege. Also that Prince Chlng is still
In I'ekln, although Prince Tuan has
followed the empr'ss dovag?r.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.-The Chi
nese government, through LI Hung
Chang, has made application to the
i'nltnj States for the appointment of
Minister Conger, or some other Ameri
can cfbciul with authority to open ne
gotiations for the establishment of
peace and fixing definite terms for the
settlement of the present trouble.
The application came to the Chinese
minister today, and was taken by him
to the state department.
LI Hung Chang'g application for the
appointment of a peace commissioner
expresses willingness to conduct the
negotiations at a point desired by the
powers, nnd It Is expected that this
will be Pekln or Tien Tsln.
A similar application has been made
by Earl LI to all of the other powers
Interested.
His suggestion of Minister Conger
as the commissioner 19 based on the
Idea that as Minister Conger has been
rescued he haa now the opportunity to
TWO HUNDRED
HOUSES WRECKED
Two Destructive Tornadoes Ruin
Buildings and Crops.
CARS LIFTED FROM TRACK
Leu la Wlicontla Over $309,000 -Every
Ibloj Wrecked li the Storm's Pill
Peaces tsd Sljns Harfcd
Husdresi of Feet.
MILWAUKEE. Aug. 20.-A special
from Sheboygan. Wis., says:
A terrific wind storm struck this city
this afternoon. Eight large buildings
were completely wrecked and two hun
dred small houses blown down.
The loss will be more than 1300.000.
At noon It was as dark as night and
Intensely hot. A few moments before
1 o'clock the storm broke, increasing In
force until a tornado was blowing.
Person were thrown down and fences
and signs hurled hundreds of fet.
The storm was two mile wide and
wrecked everything In its path. All
was over in ten minutes.
That no or.c was killed seems al
most a miracle.
ST. PAUL. Ass. 20. A special to
the Dispatch tell of heavy damage to
property and crops in North Dakota
by severe electrical storms. At Nichol
son. Towel and other places, many
buildings were wrecked and cars lift
ed from the track by the fierce wind.
The rainfall was over two Inches.
SALMON PRICES FIXED.
Alaska Packers' Association Announces
Figures for Its 1900 Pack.
NEW TORK. Aug. 20.-Representa-tives
of the Alaskan Packers' Associa
tion have fixed prices on the 1900 t ack
of Alaska salmon as follows:
Horseshoe, a trial brand. $1.20. and
oiher table I1.12H. Against these fig
ures, however, a concession amounting
to 2"-4 cents per dozen Is made on all
rtralght lot of five hundred cases or
over of one brand which can be (-hipped
Immediately upon arrival at San
Francisco and on which the expense of
holding until the arrival of other brands
will be spared the association. The
buyer Is to be given the full benefit of
this saving, as all salmon In the quan
tity named will be killed, at 1.1714 for
Horseshoe, and $1.10 for other brands,
No prices have been named on sock
eye, medium red and pink salmon. It
Is said, owing to the poor reports as
to the pack made from the various can
nerles. Estimates as ,to the probable
shortage on the entire coast vary con
siderably, ranging from foo.ooo cases
to 1.0W.000 cases below the pack of ltst
year.
The actual shortage figures are. of
course, not available, the returns from
the various carmerles not being com
plete. COULD NOT BE BLUFFED.
Confederate General Proposes to Work
for National Unity Regardless
of Criticism.
ATLANTA. Aug. 20.-General J. B.
Gordon, commander-in-chief of the
United Confederate Veterans, has re
plied to a resolution recently adopted
by the camp of confederate veterans
of New Orleans, condemning the Blue
nnd Gray reunion at Atlanta, recom
mending that no more similar reunions
be held and protesting against Gen
eral Gordon accepting his Invitation to
the G. A. R, reunion at Chicago.
General Gordon says:
"My own conscience and my own
conception of dutynust be my guide
In the future as In the past. I must
be the judge now and hereafter of the
propriety of accepting Invitations from
any section of the country or from any
class of my fellcv countrymen.
"I shall continue the efforts which
I have made for thirty years In the
Interest of sectional harmony and
unity."
ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPPING.
Man and Woman Tried to Put a Weal
. thy Man in a Sanitarium.
ALBANY. N. Y.. Aug. 20. Henry W.
Heist, of Elmlra, and a woman nam
ed Mrs. Sigel, or this city, have been
arrested on a charge of kidnapping. It
is claimed that Heist Induced ex-Alderman
Ebel, a wealthy man, to go to a
hotel here, and preparations were being
made to remove him to a sanitarium
at Elmlra. The woman Is said to have
been a former employe of Mr. Ebel.
Heist finally Informed the police and
the arrests followed.
EARTHQUAKE AT DAWSON.
Mountain Split in Two and Stream
Changed Its Course.
CHICAGO. Aug. 20. A special to the
Record, from Vancouver, C, $ays:
The steamer Cutch which has arrived
from Kkngway brought news that an
earthquake- on August 10 shook Hkag
way for seventy seconds and was even
more severely felt in Dawson. All the
way d'uvn the river the shock was ap
parent and at several Maces was par
ticularly defined. At Dawson two small
government buildings In course of con
struction were toppled over. Arrivals
from the Btewart river, half way down
the Yukon to Dawson, say the mruntaln
there was split In two. One stream was
dammed up partially by fallen rock and
It turned Into the newly formed canon
at the mountain. Five miles of this
stream and two mile, of the second
tributary of the Btewart were left dry.
SMALL WHEAT YIELD.
r
Indiana ProJucj This Year Little
More Than Enough for Seeding.
CHICAGO. Aug. 20.-A special to the
Times-Henld from Wr abash, Ind., says:
Reliable grain dealers from all parts
of the state have collected statistics
showing the total yield of wheat in
Indiana for the pnfient year Is the
smallest for many years, and not ex
ceeding S.ooo.000 bushels against from
23,000.000 to 40,000.000 for several years
In Succession prior to ISM. The crop Is
a practical failure, there being but lit
tle more than enough grain raised for
seeding, and leaving a shortage of 1,
000,000 bushels.
M'KINLEY ATTENDS G. A.' R.
Will Make
No Lengthy
Chicago.
Speeches In
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-Presld?nt
and Mrs. McKlnley will leave Washing
ton Friday afternoon to attend the an
nual encampment of the G. A. R
It was statd here today that Presi
dent McKlnley intends to deliver no
set or lengthy speeches while In Chi
cago attending the G. A. R. encamp
ment. Chief Detective Colleran said today
that all distinguished guests Aill be
amply protected at the G. A. R. en
campment MINERS SHOT BY HOLDUPS.
Two Were Killed at Florence. Colo
rado.
DENVER. Aug. 20. A special to the
News, from Florence. Colo says:
George Bonash and Joe Juhasx. min
ers, were shot by holdups at Brook-
side, a coal-mining town, five miles
from here. Bonash being Instantly
killed and Juhasx fatally, wounded. O.
A. Havens and Joseph Graham have
been arrested on suspicion. "
FOUR DEATHS FROM HEAT.
Cincinnati and Chicago Still
From the Hot Weather.
Suffer
CINCINNATI. Aug. 20. The mercury
touched 93 today. There were two
deaths from heat and ten prostrations.
CHICAGO. Aug. 20. The intense
heat today resulted in a number of
prostrations and tw-o deaths.
ANOTHER GUST OF WIND.
Bryan Has Completed His Topeka
Speech to the Fopullsts.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Aug. 20.-Bryan has
practically completed his Topeka speech
today. The speech will be only about
half the length of his Indianapolis
speech, and It will be a reply both to
the Populist nomination and the mone
tary league endorsement.
NEW TURKISH MINISTER.
Head of the Cipher Bureau of the For
eign Office Will Come to America.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 20 -Schelb
Bey, head of the cipher bureau of the
foreign ofFce. haa been appointed Turk
ish minister to the United States la
place of AH Forroush Bey. recalled.
STILL ONE HUNDRED DEGREES.
Temperature Reached 113 Degrees
Kansas Yesterday.
in
ABILENE. Kas.. Aug. 20. This was
the eleventh day of one hundred degree
weather and the temperature rose to
113 with hot winds.
Pastures and corn are badly burned.
WON CHAMPIONSHIP CUP.
Kansas City Firemen Will Bring It
Kome From Paris.
PARIS. Aug. 20.-The Kansas City
firemen, in a class created at the ex
position for paid firemen, won the
world's championship cup.
STEWART FOR M'KINLEY.
Famous Silver Senator Will Unite With
the Great Malorlty.
NEW YORK. Aug. 20. Senator Wm.
Stewart, of Nevada, called at Republi
can headquarters today and said he had
decided to vote for President McKln
ley. METAL MARKET.
NEW YORK. Aug. 20. Silver,
lead, biokers. 4; exchange, 425.
WILL BRING WHEAT
BY ITS OWN LINE
0. R. & N. Will Run Down North
Side of Columbia.
COLUMBIA TO BE BRIDGED
Right el Wy Secured From Portland to
tbe River's Mouth via Vancouver
I. R. N.. Co. Will
Sill Out.
PORTLAND. Aug. 20. The Oregon
Ian tomorrow will say:
"It Is considered by many as quite
certain that the purchase of the prop
erty of the Ilwaco Railway and Navi
gation Company by the O. R. & N. will
be consummated In the near future and
that a railroad will be built by the
O. R. N. from Frankfort, a point
93 miles below Portland on the Wash
ington shore, to Ilwaco. This will give
the O. K. & N. Co. control of Pea
side travel between Portland and North
Beach.
"Behind this Is the prospect of the
O. R. & N. Co. building a railroad
from Portland to Frankfort. It Is
known that L. Gerllnger. a Vancouver
brewer, has secured the right of way
for a railroad down the Washington
shore of the Columbia and that a sur
vey of this line has been made this
summer.
"It Is surmised that the survey has
been made in the interest of the O. R.
& N., and that It Is probable that if
at any time the O. R. & N. Is forced
to haul wheat to the mouth of the
river, tt will, by building this road
and a bridge across the Columbia, be
able to do so over Its own line."
DE WET NEAR PRETORIA.
Fought Yesterday With the British
Forces Under General Mahon.
LONDON. Aug. 21. A special dls
ftom Pretoria announces that General
De Wet bivouacked five miles from the
city and General Mahon was briskly en
gaging him yesterday (Monday) morn
ing. LONDON. Aug. 21. A dispatch
haa received the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts:
"Ian Hamilton captured two Krupp
guns at Ollphant's Nek. August 17.
Three British were wounded.
"Hamilton enggaed the Boers all
day August 19 at Roodekopjea and
Crocodile river. There were few cas
ualties. "Rundle reports that 6S4 Boers Bui
rendered In the Harrismlth district, on
August 19."
BRYAN CAUSES A BOYCOTT.
Grand Army Posts Refuse to
Send
Delegates to the Encampment Be
cause He Was Invited.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20.-James
Morrison, state department commander
of the G. A. R.. announced today that
but three of the thlrty-slx posts In
this city, with a membership of 7,000. '
will send delegations to the national
encampment In Chicago next week.
Commander Morrison stated that this
act Is the result of tlw Invitation ex
tended to William J. Bryan to attend
the encampment.
"It is customary," said Morrison, "to
invite the president, but never a can
didate, and old soldiers express indig
nation because they objpet to politics
being injected Into the encamnm-nt.
The delegation from this city will con
sist of about 150 men."
MONUMENT TO FLOYD.
Cornerstone Laid at Sioux City, Iowa.
Yesterday.
SIOUX CITY. Ia.. Aug. 20.-The cor
nerstone of a monument to Sergeant
Chaa. Floyd, of the Lewi and Clark
expedition, was laid today.
ANOTHER LYNCHER SENTENCED.
The Fourth Who Will Go to the Peni
tentiary for Life.
PALESTINE. Tex.. Aug. 20. Walter
Wilkerson was today convicted of par
ticipation in Humphrey's lynching In
May. 18S9, and was sentenced to the
penitentiary for life. Three others have
been sentenced for the same offense.
WHEAT MARKET.
PORTLAND, Aug. 20.-Wheat. Wa:ia
Walla. 54c! Valley. 54c 33c; blueatem,
See's 37c.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20. Wheat,
December, 10S; cah. 10214.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. Wn.-at, Septem
ber, opened. 727s. closed, 72V4; barley,
feeding. 37; malting, 41. 43; flax. No.
1 Northwestern. 13S.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 20. Wheat. Sep
tember. 5s. 11V4-1.