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Newspaper Page Text, ,. :i' T.icnl'r.; inn li H 'A fa it ki i! ASTORIA. OREGON, VV SDN EHDAY. AIGLSX 22, 1900. NO. 45 VOL. Lil. fill M" rU i n7 i 1 i WE HAVE GOT THOSE COLE'S AIR TIGHT HEATERS... ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. mw hp Because We Buy AND PAY in We am oiler Hiirprinin lurn'ms in Frcdi Fruits: Crawford lVnclie, (Iruj-fH, Avn, Jiurtli tt 1'cnrH, I'runi'H, Melons, etc. Coll'ec;, 'IVuH mid (iciu ral (iroei'rit'H, Frcuh MeuU, liny, Feed, do. I ASK FOR OUR PRICES UK THIXK U CAN ROSS, HIGG1NS G CO. f r- r" SUMMER BASEBALL GOODS, HAMMOCKS, FISHING TACKLE BIRD CAGES, CROQUET SETS, CAMERAS, Etc., Etc. GRIFFIN ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD? IF HO FOK DOORS, WINDOWS, BRICK. LIME, HARDWARE, PAINT, ETC., AT THE LOWEST PRICES CALL ON- Foard 6k Stokes Cortipaiiy CLATSOP MILL CO.: ASTORIA, ORE. fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber Boxes, Sash otid Doors, Shingles otid Mouldings PORTLAND, ORE., FRONT Eiironetn plan. Son to 1,M ner dav. American plan, $1.00 to g'2.00 pcf day. C. J. TRBNCHARD, Commission. Brokers, " - Insurance and Shipping:. Atnt W. F. ACOh and Paclflo Eiprtu Co a. 'El AGAIN " up win 1 yiy f ' Large Quantities CAS!!... EXAMINE OiR STOCK j ItEASB YOU " GOODS. & REED 9 AND MORRISON STS. OSCAR ANDERSON, Manngor. J. C. PF.NDKOA8T, Chief Clerk AMERICAN SCALED PEKIN'S WALL WITH ROPE BY WHICH OTHERS ASCENDED Pour Thousand Armed Native Christians Helped Allies Capture Pekin and Had Supplied Legations With Ammunition. FOREIGN ENVOYS ARE NOW PROCEEDING TO TIEN TSIN Troop. Entered Forelgi Setllemeil Tnreur.li Canal-Slrcet FlfHtlnj Continues Empreii With Orcit Trenur. Ssrrouaded by Japaneae Cinlry - ChlneK General S.yi Forelji D.'vll. Art Fw li Number lod Dtpeid t'poa Chinese Produc Hoot -America Refuaei lo Coaalder Peace Nejollalloni. LONDON. Auk. 22-In Ih news that lO'iich'-a London thla morning, direct fiiiin 'hlra, there ta nothing to confirm lh report that the empnus d'iwcr Inia been run to earth. The fon-lgn envova, according to tli Shanghai cor respondent 'if the Ially Kxprins. tirv proceeding to Tien Tsln. Stnwt fight Inir. Imwever. continues. Considerable iirsliitarice In th rupture nf tin rlty nf I'cHin m render.! by 4.i armed native Christiana. The l ciittoner were enabled to hold out by pun having ammunition from Chlmse. Tht, An.'Tlran action In refusing to 0-al ttlih LI Hijnn f'hnntf In hl rwn-'c tiroiioltiin 'lirctn wlih tinnnliitoim nt tjp.vul ut tln hnn.tM (if :tw I'l'Tnlnn lmi"ti. WAIIlNr.ToN. Ati. U.-Tli.- i-ubl- I n.-i pin trxiiiv triii-ii aMv open ! lh ronnM-Milon "( th mim''n!min ! iniftli im KTi ttlnif tiut of the cnii'urp of I'-kln nml ho wur in f'Mnn. i'n 1 HI (fil.iv'n .-Kon tlw ribnotbliTif 'iu-n-j tlor. him bi-rn th nMv of MlnUicr . foi.a.T nnl the b-KHtlonMn nt fvkln. I Now. hnwivor. that hna svn pIiip to I iirobl.Miin of n mort Inirlrnte nn'l fur- nmrlilncrf-hnracli-p. tonchln I h exlut nc of th i'hlnK mtilre nnI tht imrt whlrh :ht Ami-rlrnn ovTrtmcnt In lo tnkij In the rwmntry'tlnn i. that ronrlrv. The r.irctlna' todnr wa dpvnt4 en-tir.-v to trn rini' situation. P-v-.riil oui'(rii vvrt awiliinr att'-ntlon. Th first of thm vhi the ai.illrft lion of 14 Hun "han fur the on i'lntmnt if Minister Conner or om oihr romnilnnloniT to tieg-otlntc for the ratlon of hoKtllltliD. The li-lnlon arrived at t-i reject the atn.!. an,l a fulv of thin chnmrler will be eent to M'riter Wu to b fomardod lo LI llnnir ChJn. The movln eue for thU nrtlon In that thli irnvernmeiit la at Preent von' touch In the dark a to whether thre In anv xlxtln rwernment In Phlna. With the ratiltnl In the handa nf the nl'b-n. the emtieror and emn'ca dr.iv-nr-r fualtlve. 1n hldlnar and the en tire governmental fabric faraivs'd. there la no evidence of anv authority 'eri'iiit. to conduct n'-fo'latlon and pciire ri'aulta which will be final and binding. It va muted bv eoblnet tn-ni-b-i h5t the Chlnew emablNhmont In atead of belnir a l'velmn apneara to be an normou leadl.-ea afTair w Ith out knowledire of what la for Ita bat pool and without the nowep to enforce lt lthea with lt r-cornlied ruler In I laht. tin rne peoma to know If nny liodv l dlri'dln Ita affalra. A "hln.i In an atmoiute mnnrrhv without anv executive branch, the em peror and emni-'ss dowaver are all pow erful, on l nrnctlc illv. thev are the cm ilre of China, t'njer the present re mmkr.b'e rortdltl.ina. the 1'nlted StatcH will net with .xtreme caution In whot ever atetm It mav take toward the ho I'ltlon of penllne .irohletna. In the meantime there In reaaon to be'l-ve that the I'nT.ed States and all other powt-ra '.nteret-M will kwo their armed force on the around ao that mli r mnv be maintained and at leaM n aembinnoe of atnble government hroiurht out of the exl!liiK chaos. The renly of thla Kovernmeiit to the nnpeftl of the viceroy of Nankin' and Hupnn that no Iniliniltied be offered to th e"peror and empress dowaeer Ih formal acknowledgement of the receipt of th eommunlcatlon. with sat Isfae'orv n'"''rnnce that no Indignities would be offered the prana of their rnatestlP". Thla replv Is couehed In the polite IniiKiiaire of diplomacy, but It Is tinder atoofl that It dots not In any way com mit the rowrnment to refrain from Im pmlnar on the erereror and emnresa downarer nny penalty that tmbseiiuenr lv mlcht be decided upon In ee It Is proved that thev were Indirectly re nn'TioWe for the recent atrocities. There ave now In China, the Ninth In fantry, elitht ompanles of the Four teenth Infnntrv, hntterv V of the Fifth artll'nry. elitht troops of the Sixth cavalry and four companies of the Fif teenth Infnntrv. the latter hiuinsf re cently arrived There are at aea. destined for China, four bntterka of the Third arttll-rv. Company K. of the engineers, four troops of the Third cavalry, elfht troopa of the First cavalry and eight troopa of the Ninth cavalry. Hesldes these, there sailed on the Sherman today four companies each of the Stcond. Fifth and Klehth Infantry. Some troops at aea ahould reach Taku within a week or ten days. (Ccpvrlirhted. lOflfl, Associated Press.) TFIvlN, Auk. 14. via Che F.x. Auff. 21. The American and Russian flairs were planted on the ent wall of Pe kin at 11 o'clock thla mornlnfr. Tndlan troopa entered the British legation at ide Sued VERANDA FURNITURE CHAIRS AND SETTEES A new line of these just received. Steamer Chairs, Folding Camp Chairs, Canvas and Wire Cots always cn Hand. CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON 1. and the Americana at J. There waa a Joyful reception from the a!l. The i-Uiurlutcel tenants could have lasted but little loniter. They had only three d.iva' rations. The Chinese had been attiu'kliiK furiously for two daya. Four thousand shells f.-ll In the Kent ion dur Inr the sieife. Hlxty-flve men were killed, and one hundrd and fcixty Wounded. The Japanese began the battle be fore d.'ivllk'ht nnd they are still flgtit Inif about the north wall. wh-re a part of thefhlne-e are defending thlmir In I cltv. The Jatmnese cUHltiea have not vet been anc.-rtained. Th" Huaainna had five killed and twelve wi.unded. The Americana and ltrltlsh had few wounded. The t.lan won to make a general at tack tomorrow, and troop were arriv ing at camp, five mile east, all night. They were completely exhausted and slept In the cornflelda In the rain. The gi-nerttls. however, alarmed at the s lunda of a heavy attack on the lega tions, pushed forward Independently, the ltrltlsh. Americana and French on the left of the river and the Kuaslana and Jananeae on the rleht. IteRlnnlrig at 2 o'clock thla moriilnd the Japanese diverted the brunt ft the resistance to the northern cltv. their artillery engaging the Chinese heavily there. The Americana and British met but little resistance until they entered the cltv. where there iu street fighting. Kelllv'a battery attempting to breach an inner wall. The troopa finally en tered th? foreign settlement through a, canal. Company E. Fourteenth United States Infantry, planted Ita flag on the outer wall. Musician Tltua scaling the wall with a roie. by means of which others climbed to tb top. The Chinese had continually violated the armistice. SHANGHAI. Aug. 21.-Ths foreign ollletils learn here that the telegraph from Tien Tsln haa been cut. The position of the allies is uncertain, and a large bo.lv of Chinese troops has tak en the field. ' WASHINGTON. Aug. Il.-The cabi net today dr-cided to rHect the latest apnea! from Ll Hung Chang for a ces sation of hostilities. The reply will be communicated at once to the Chinese government with a atatement of the reasons 'for the ac tum of the government. The relet t Inn is biKfd on the non compliance of the Chinese government with the specific provisions of the dec lnratlon of the 1'nlted States under date of August 12. The state department has received a itlspntch from Consul Fowler, at Che Foo. but It develops technical features, and for this" reason It will not be giv en out. It ("heds no new light on the situation at Hekln. An anneal was to day received from the viceroys of Nan kin and Hunan asking that no personal Indignities be shown the emperor and empress dowager and renewing assur ances of friendship and maintaining viulet In China if this Is observed. The communication from the viceroys came through Minister Wu and was delivered bv him to Mr. Adee this morning. It Is understood that the powers have already considered this uuestlon and there appears to be no disposition to give the emperor and empress dowager affront. Enrl M Hung Chang has signified his Intention of having Shanghai for Pe kin as soon as he receives the reply of the powers to his request of yesterday for peace. WASHINGTON. Aug. 21 The state del artm?rt makes public the following extracts from a eablegrnm received laM nltht '-om Minister Conger: ' 1'nlted States Legation. Pokin (un dated), via Che Foo. Aug. 20. Secre tary of State, Washington: Paved; relief arrive,! today. Entered city with little trouble. Do not yet know where imperial family Is. Except deiths al ready reported, all Americans alive and well. Dsperate efforts made last night to exterminate us. Mitchell, an Ameri can soldier, nnd a Russian and Japa nese wounded. German kllled. Advise Woodward. Chicago. Conger. Des Moines: Sims. Council Muffs: Conger. Pasadena: Porter. Paris. "(Cy Fowler. Che Foil.) CONGER." WASHINGTON. Aug. 21. The Japa nese legation has received a dispatch from the Japanese consul at Amoy say ing that Chlntse mobs continue to work devastation In that neighborhood and have destroyed several chapels. PARIS. Aug. 21. The Temps pub lishes a dispatch from Shanghai of to- alties day's date saying It la report-d th'-re that the dowager empr-rsa lied from Pekln with treasure ammritlng to t).'.WiH tads, and that she is sur lounded by Japanese cavalry. LONDON, Aug. 21. Thi following dispatch has been recilved from Kear Admlral Lruce: 'Taku, Aug. 1 (Sunday). The al lies are reported to nave entered the aicri;d city of IVkln August 17." WASHINGTON. Aur. 21.-The gov ernment has received tl'ive confir mation from oltl.'lal Chines aourcea of tha departure of the emperor and impress dowager from Pekln. Th-y went westward, but the point at which they ere now located was not given. HONG KONO. Aug. 21. A prominent reformer has obtained trim the Ya mun runners a letter from General Yung Lu. commind-r-ln-chef of the Northern army, to General Tung Fu SUn. commanding the Kan Pu troopa, saving: "It la not convenient to accomplish my secret ordera." and proceeding: "The foreign devlla. couatlng their superior strength ;n warships and guns, have dared to exert all th'-ir power to rob and Insult us. but their populations are small and en'.lrdy dependent on the Chinese productlwis. China now possesses cannon and rifles and plenty of well-trained troopa. "I don't fear the foreigners. In the cae of Pan Mun I refused Italy with the result that nothing was takn. It Is evident the for'lgn devils are cow ards. I and Frinrv Tuan recently ob tained the help of millions of IJoxera. pnssfsxlng magnificent boldness. I swear to murd-.-r all the foreigners with the assistance of the Boxers who are supplied with arms." General Tung Fu Flan In his reply, which was alsi obtained, says he is of tre same opinion, and places the Kan Su troops at General Yung Lu'fc dlscosal. NEW TORK. Aug. 21. A dispatch to the Herall from Pekln Friday. August 17. via Shanghai, rays: Contrary to the agreement of the al lied commander, the Russians ad vanced and occupied the first door of the east gate earlv In the morning of the Hth. but failed to force the second door. At two o'clock In the afternoon of the Hth. the Rritlsh and Americans en tered the gate near the legations and met with only slight resistance. The Jaranese met more opposition at the upper east gate all day. At midnight on the Hth. they blew up the gate and entered the city. Many Chin ese were killed. The people In the legation were well but somewhat starved. Minister Cong?r ald: "They tried to annihilate us the day before you got In. Prince Ching. pres ident of the Tsung LI Yamun. sent word that his officers had received or ders to cease firing on us under pain of death. "At 7 o'clock In -the evening of the same dav. the Chinese opened fire and this continued all day. "If the relieving column had not ar rived when it did we should probably have succumbed. "The Americans loirt seven marines killed and 13 wounded and one child dead. "The whole movement Is purely a irovernmental one. The Roxers are on ly a pretend, having no guns. "The confidential advisor of the em TMvsa wis the leader of the Imperial tr.ps here. "Tn II dovs over 20o0 shells fell among its." NFW YORK. Aug. 21. A dispatch to the Herald from Berlin says: For the Inst dav or two, rumors have bren current In the press of a conflict between Count Von Bulow and the kals'r and the military party regard ing China. Dr. Theo. Rarth. a well-known mem ber of the r?tchstag. who Is known to be In tbe confidence of the foreign sec retary, publishes an article In Die Na tion In which he declires that Count Von Ruin could not regard the ap pointment of Count Von Waldersee as a purely military question. He had probably given his consent to It. but Its premature announcement to the press before he had finished negotiations with foreign cablnetj. was sprung up on him by the military party, anxious to brine about a fait ac?.wipll. Dr. 'tarth declares th? tr?atment of the Wnldorsoe oiiestlon causes anxiety, as it looks as If military influences were at work on the foreign office. NKW YORK Aug. 21. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: Neivs with reference to Pekin contin ues both scanty and contradictory. There is still confusion as to the pre cise date of the allied forces' entry, whether it happened on the 14th or the 1"tb. What 's more Immrtant for ornc ticil purposes, the uncertainty continues to prevail as to the oroceedinga of the empress dowagr. The Chinese minis ter hre states that he has received a telegram from Pekln. which shows that th empress together with the emperor left the capital some days before the arrival of the allied forces. No official news, however, has reached the Chin ese legation here since -he receipt of the telegram from Pekln announcing the entry of th foreign troops on the 15th. Rorlln. like London and Wash ington, Is supplied with both versions of the Imperial movements, while a dis patch has been received from LI Unrig Chang announcing that the court has gone westward. The German consul of Che Foo tel egraphs that the bombardment of the palace Is still going on. and that the empress Is believed to be within the walls of the Forbidden City. With regard to the suggested peace negotiations, nothing Is af present de cided at the foreign office. LI Hung Chang's application to Washington has not yet been officially communicated to Downing street, which has only Just despatch?d to the Rrltish consul at Shanghai Lord Salisbury's reply to Li's previous sugestlon of an armistice. In tl Is message the Rrltish foreign secre-tnr- Snvs that no negotiations can be Initiated till the legation staffs and other foreigners are safelv delivered at Tien Tsln without opposition from the Chinese troops. The opinion of those "uallfied to express an opinion Is that Great Pritnln would very readily sup port the proposition for opening nego tiations for a definite settlement as soon as possible, especially to the Unit ed States. England herself ha noth ing to gain by the Chinese Imbroglio not even In the Yangtse region, where It Is clear that she might easily drift (Continued on fourth page.) LOVES TO POSE AS A MARTYR Prominent Filipirfo Goes to Jail Voluntarily Every Night. MUCH PLOTTING GOING ON Prtu Ccaionblp Hit Heretofore Forblddea Publicalloa ( Palerno'l Vi;arle Batncatnlno li Aldiof Ameri ca! Autnoritlei. (Copyrighted. VSiO, Associated Prtaa.) MANILA. July 13. The recent politi cal vagarl- In Manila of Don Pedro 1'aterno. a prominent insurgent, have received but Utile comment in the local hi nti.h prewa bc-cause the press cnsor prohibited the publication both here and In tne Cnited States of this man's strange doings. Paterno's liberation from Jail for the purpose of working on the peace prop'witlons b--gun by Don Felipe Luem amino, his Immediate pub lication of a most remarkable docu ment in favor of Philippine Indepenl ence, his subsequent re-lncarceratlon and the fact that he then took the oath of allegiance to the L'nited Sta:es and waa freed but declined to accept his liberty, electing to remain In )ail and pose as a martyr, read more like an act from a comedy than the truthful rec ords of a week's political happenings In Manila. Paterno cam to Manila ab-Hit three months ago from Vifcan. He fays he surrendered, but the army reports ay he was captured. In Manila ha was placed In the Anda street Jail, along with Buencamlno and other politlca.1 prisoners. While there he meditated political coups, studied English and was well lodged and fed at government ex pense. When General Otis was leaving Ma nila he liberated Buencamlno with the understanding that he use his Influence with the Filipino people toward bring ing about peace. Buencamlno worked away on these lines alone until about the middle of June, when he realized that Paterno's influence would be a good thing to have on his (Buenca mlno's) side of the undertaking; go per mission was obtained from General MacArthur for Paterno to leave the Jail every day in order to more easily con fer and work with Buencamlno. Pa terno returned to the'Jail to sleep night ly, and it was understood between Gen eral MacArthur and himself that his efforts and attitude must primarily embrace the recognition of the sover eignty of the United States In the Phil ippines. With General MacArthurs permission there occurred, June 21. the locally famous meeting in Paterno's house where about two hundred well-known revolutionists met to discuss the terms of an honorable and dignified pace with the American army. Thirty of the two hundred men present were liberat ed from the Anda street Jail purposely to attend the meeting, and, afnr a s,tormy and spicy session, they re solved that peace could be obtained on eight certain bases, which, that same evening, were handed to General Mac Arthur. The next morning the gener al was stricken with a local fever which prevented his attending to his official duties for nearly a week. This delay in the proceedings was seized upon by the Filipino enemies of Buencamino's plans (there were American enemies to the peace scheme a well, but these latter were passive)to start an anti peace campaign In the country with the Idea of forestalling the good that the Manila group hoped to accomplish. During the delay caused by the American general's Illness. Paterno sprang his coup d'etat tn the form of a most remarkable and Impertinent docu ment, without r?ason without sequence, without head or tail, which began with a 'mutation from a plan of Philip pine government and ended with quo tations from European statesmen like Gladstone, Von Moltke, etc. Paterno's Plan was nothing less than a seditious plea for Philippine Independence, and it had a disquieting effect on the people. It was published simultaneously In all of Manila's Spanish papers, a method of publicity which insured Its spread throughout the entire archipelago. In this document Paterno set forth what he and his followers graciously would deign to accept from the 1'nlted States In exchange for a cessation of hostilities by the Filipinos. He con ceded the changing of the name "Fil ipino Republic" to that of "Free Phil ippine State" ns a sop to the American national pride: he demanded the admis sion, on a basis of equality, of Filipinos Into the American army, navy and con sular corps: he demanded the recogni tion of the Filipino Hag. but saw no ob jection to the Stars and Stripes Hying bv its side. After many printed col umns of rules for our future restric tion and guidance in Philippine affairs by which he practically limited our power and control to the protection of the International relations of the "Fr?e Philippine State." Paterno remarked that when the United States had con ceded the foregoing he opined there would be peace. He also announced a meeting In his home for the following Sunday to discuss his new programme As soon as the real nature and sig nificance of Taterno's utterances were made known to the military authorities they forebade the meeting In question and Paterno was sent back to the Anda street lail and kept Incommunicado. The Filipino people Jump at conclu sions. They do not always read care fully and reason clearly, and Paterno worded his document In such a way that the common people at once con cluded that the United States had con ceded tc the Filipino people a l that Paterno had asked for, and Paterno's stoch as the man who had obtained these remarkably favorable concessions from the common enemy, boomed ac cordingly. On the streets natives talk ed volubly of the new "concessions" and said thev had alwavs known they could bring the Yaukses to terms even tually. Anl during these days there waa much talk of uprisings In Manila, ex plosive bombs wore found In the street, houses were fired. General Estrella and General Rlcarte were captured In Ma nila, each boldly admitting they were her; to take part In an uprising, anl ftlcarte's followers) pn.s d pi' tun a f Agulmildo among the crowd at thu Tondo market, whispering mysteriously that the time ha I com". Hut the ex citement about an uprising dleii down, and Paterno t'ok the oath of allegUnco ti the United Htatc hef.,re the provost marshal cf Manila, Colonel Wllliston, and waa given complete lllwrty. Hut complete lllierty did not suit Paterno; as long Ha he was In Jail he could pou before the people aa a martvr In the cauae of Independence, and to do this Is part of his scheme. So now he vol untarily returns to Jail every night, saying he will not leave Anda street until every political Filipino prisoner under American durance has first been set free. The prompt action by the American military authorities stopped the spread ' of the Paterno propaganda, but they were too late to stop among the natives the feelings of exultation and conse quent depression resulting from their interpretation of the Paterno document, and to give Paterno an excellent chance to pise as a martyr for his country'a welfare. ' Notwithstanding the Paterno fiare-urj Buencamlno has persistently and qui etly gone ahead with his worlj: he has received from General MacArthur the latter's answer to the peace proposi tions approved by the Filipinos at the meeting held June 21, and has em bodied these, together wfth the terms of the ninety-day amnesty and some r' marks of his own. In a pamphlet which Is being distributed to th Fili pinos, and many Americans hope for a successful outcome to these, peace prop ositions. But. the Idea has Its Filipino en.-mk- nnl but thive days ngo they showed their hand by sutdenly rausirg to disappear the truty messenger whom Dueneamlno intended should convey these proposals of peace and amnesty to Don Emlllo Agulnaldo. In whatever corner of the woods that gen tleman might be found. . POPS WANT A VICE-PRESIDENT. Stevenson's Friends Are Working Hard to Have the Populists Agree Upon Him. CHICAGO. Aug. 21.-The latest re rorts received here Indicate that the Populist national committee, which Is to meet in this city on the 2Sth. may not be as harmonious as was nrrdleted when the executive committee was In session here early In the month. The meeting Is called for the purpose of selecting a candidate for the vice presidency. When Mr. Towne declin ed the nomination of the Populists It was generally supposed Mr. Stevenson would receive the Populist endorsa nvnt by general consent. The corres pondence which has taken place be tween members of the national com mittee since the executive committee meeting makes It plain that this result, while apparently sttll probable, will not be accomplished without a strug gle. Indeed. It Is understood that many of the leaders of the party are strong ly urging that the committee shall name an independent candidate. Those who take this position include a ma jority of the officers of the national committee, among them being Chair man Butler and Treasurer Washburne. w ho are pronounced In their views. Vice-Chairman Edmlston Is also said to Incline towards the or-iwi that wis dom demands that the Populists have a candidate of their own In the field. Secretary Edgerton Is credited with be ing the only officer of the organisa tion who is friendly to the Indorsement of Mr. Stevenson's candidacy. Mr. Stevenson's friends claim that Edgerton Is working effectively In their behalf. The best canvass of the com mittee thev have been able to make causes them to feel hopeful of the re sult. Still those now committed to the course are considerably below a majority In members. " Senator Butler and others who agree with him contend It would be suicidal for their party not to have a candi date of their political faith in the field. They also hold that unless there is a Populist candidate for second place, many Populists wilt be driven from Mr. Bryan. The national committee has full pow er to. act with the Instructions of the Sioux Falls convention, and It is pre sumed its decision, when made, will be final. BRITISH CAPTAIN ARRESTED. R. A. Batchelor, of the Ship Cedarbank, Now at Portland. PORTLAND. Aug. 21. Captain Rob ert A. Batchelor. of th-j British ship Cedarbank. was arrested this afternoon aa the result of a damage suit for J5.000 filed against hlni in the state circuit court by Peter Grant, sailor boarding house keeper. The action Is the outcome of the rcctnt arrect of Grant on tlv1 charge of unlawfully boarding the ship Cedar batik. on a complaint sworn to by the master of the vessel. Captain Eaten eler afterward admitted In court that Grant was not the mat; who boarded Ms fhip .nd the latter w.n discharged. BRYAN WILL GO TO CHICAGO. Will Speak on the Same Platform With Governor Roosevelt. CHICAGO. Aug, 21. It was an nounced at the Democratic headquar ters todav that William J. Bryan would be in Chicago on Labor day after all and speak at a picnic to be held in connection with, the Labor day cele bration. If this program is adhered to It will result In Governor Roosevelt and Colonel Brvan speaking on th? same platform. BIG RUSSIAN LOAN. Will Borrow 300,000.000 Roubles Frjm the United States. LONDON. Aug. 21. It Is reported that Russia has completed negotia tions for a loan of 3u0.0o0.000 roubits In the United States. HANNA OPENS CAMPAIGN. Republicans Hs.d a P"!!r t Ahn.-y Park. New Jersey. NEW YORK Aug. 21. Senator Han no nimimiun rf the Republican nation al committee, opened the campaign for the Republicans in rsew jersey at as bury Park tonight.