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RUSSIA TO GET
THREE PROVINCES
Rumor That Her Peace Propo
sitions Are Result of Bribes.
JAPAN AGAINST EVACUATION
Eillud Amiied it Our AllUudt-Horriblc
Torture, lad Oulniei I'poi Amerl
en Womei Have Midi Mil
tlonirlc, Bloedtblrity.
LONDON', fli'pt. 5. Today' dis
patches from Shanghai and Tien Tain
refer to the hopeless confusion and
inlmiamisettieiit of th Chinese tele
g'.iph system, which may probably ac
count In part for the delay In getting
from I' kin.
Anthr reason fr the delay doubt
less N the anxiety of the Chinese au
I h rl t to pr'wur" tit" evacuation of
th capital. No effort la being spared
to bring thla about.
Their lVa la that ahuhl the f 'reign
ministers In Pekln he allowed fr-c turn
mur.lcatltin with their governments tho
full extent of i-ntnplli Ity of the Oil-n-m?
government In the antl-Jrelgn
outrage would be revealed and would
l"duce th nlllea to remain until retrl
htitl in had hitn exacted.
All trlritrama have t he conveyed
by cornier from Tsl Nnn Fu to Pekln
and probably nil cipher, dlspatchc
h.iv been stopped.
Actordltig to Shanghai advice, LI
Hunt: Chni.g wired the Chine minis-
t.T In London. Sir Chili Sh-n Ioh F nif
I.uh. aa follow:
"Our 8t. Pt-tprahurir mlnlater has w
auiidJ IUila to leave Pekln. Tou
air uicleaa If you ennmrt prauade Eng
land."
Tt U aaai-rtd that Earl LI haa prom
la'd Huwla thr XIanchurlan province!
If ah atrurra the withdrawal of the
allied forcea from Pokln and favorable
lettOi terma frtm the powrra.
Hoth the mpreaa dowaRT and LI
Hunu Chang are aald to be lavishing
monev to attain these ohjecta.
There la no Un yt of any dtvla
Ion on the rwirt 'if the n'wer reRard
Ina: the HuHKlan propoaala. Japanese
paper unreservedly condemn the Idea
of evaruatlng Pekln and hint that there
la a aerret compact between Germany
and Ttuaola to the dttrlim-nt of Great
Prim In and Japan.
The Moacow rorrroitondent of the
Standnrd. referring to the horrible ac
eounta of Rusnlnn brutality at niiiiro-
veatchenak after the bombardment
fay:
"It la rumored that the Coaancka mer
cilessly butchered men. women and
children In the vlllnRea on Amur river
and llung their corpaea Into the atrenm,
Theae atorlea are confirmed by an of
ficial order Juxt laaued. The mnaaa
crea. which are described aa caUBed by
exnaperatlon agnlnat the Hoxers, the
government ordera toppel, and threat
ena the utmost aeverlty of martial law
for any future violence to unarmed.
peaceful Chinamen."
WASHINGTON. Sept. 4.-A very In
teresting dlapntch waa received today
at tho war department from General
Chaffee. It describes the military sit
uation na eminently satisfactory and
would have been of greater value but
for the omtaion common to all of the
other ofllilnl dispatches from China,
namely, the date line.
However, taking Into consideration
the fact that a cablegram waa receiv
ed by the atate department today, d'atcd
five dnya ago. from Minister Conger,
the conclusion waa reached that Gen
eral Chaffee' dispatch also was sent
from Tekln about August 29 or 30.
General Chaffee aska a very Import
ant question aa to the withdrawal of
the American troops. The answer of
the question, It la aald, might have
been found In the atate department's
answer to the Russian evacuation prop-
oaltlon. But that answer, or rather a
synopsis of It, was not cabled to Gen
eral Chaffee until the 30th. and tt Is
assumed that allowing for the same
time In transmittal as was consumed
by General Chaffee's dispatch reoelved
today, the synopsis has Just reached
him.
It Is stated that no order had been
sent to General Chaffee to leave Pe
JUST RECEIVED
Our own Importation direct from Hong Kong
50 Rolls New
Stronger than
Cnll and
CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON
kln as the result of any recent devel
opments. In fact, It would sewn that
the war department Is not able to In
struct hlrn more siclnca!ly on thla
point until a decision of the powers
relative to general evacuation Is
know ri.
It was slated at th war department
that our iltlon was unchanged; If
ltu;mtt withdraw her troops then Gen
eral Chaffee will do the same. Mean
while It is gathered that conditions In
China are still disordered and foreign
life and property are still unsafe.
IircrcLIN. Hept. 4. An official dla
pntch from Taku announces the receipt
of a telegram from Pekln dated Au
gust 25, saying th German troops have
taken p"sslon of a hill within the
Imperial City. The dispatch says that
2,000 additional Italian troops have
reached Taku.
Nf;W YOftK. Kept. 4. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
Kxplanatlons of the American circu
lar note which have been cabled, here
from Washington have caused general
astonlahment. Whatever the state de
partment may have meant to convey.
Downing atfect understood the 1'nlted
Stale government f be supporting
HiiHsIa' triM"iJ for immediate retire
ment from Pekln.
The LrltM) foreign office has received
two dlsngivcible surprise In the lust
wcik. It was Jtiatly annoyed at find
Ing that Hiisflu. after all her d-clara-lions
of affection for the Inumatlcinitl
concert, had calmly given orders for
the retirement of the Ilussfan troopa
snd legation without even waiting to
hAir what 'he other powers thought of
the mov.tnent. P-ut the attitude of the
t'nlted Slate waa almost equally dls
concerting. The Prltleh government
thought It was entitled to rely on Amer
ican support In the end vor to settle
the Chinese question ffectually.
The Drltlsh official view Is that this
retirement from Pekln Is only ad van
tugeou for Russia, which kills three
bird with one stone. In the first place
,he has her rronps free for use where
she wants them Just now, namely In
Manchuria: aecond. she limits the ex
penditure of money which. In the pres
ent condition of her finances. Is highly
desirable: third, she prevents the pos
slhle removal of the Chinese seat of
government from Pekln where, for rea
son of her own, she particularly desires
that It should remain. Rut tn general
non-Itusstan Interests believe the with
drawal la a mlatake since the Chinese
will simply believe the powers are
afraid of thein.
There will be no reorganization, no
permanent safety for foreigners and no
guarantee of "an open door." If great
Britain, In her effort to secure a dura
ble settlement once for all. could rely
on solid American backing, she could
put herself at the head of at least four
lowers and so defeat the Russian pro
Ject. Were England nd America unit
ed on this point Japan very probably
would Join them: but without tl3 I'nlt
ed States the combination would fall
through and England's efforts to ar
range the Eastern question without
partitioning China or without leaving
that empire In a condition to Invite fu
ture Intervention may- have to be
abandoned.
English statesmen thought that they
had a right to count on American aid
In pursuing an unselfish policy which
is for the common benefit of the civil
ised world, and they will be deeply dis
appointed to find that they are mistak
en and that American regard for the
'open door" and Chinese Integrity is
limited to words. The moment the
ITnlted States Is asked to accept some
amount of responsibility It hastily ef
faces itself and executes a precipitate
retreat.
Active communications are now pas
sing between London and Washington
and London and Pektr. The final de
cision of thi Rrltlsh government can be
easily predicted. Unless some prospect
s held out of active support of the non-
retirement policy by the Vnited States
it Is probable the Russian example will
eventually be Imitated by all the other
powers. France In any case will follow
Russ'n. Germany may do the same,
thoush with great reluctance, sooner
than separat? from her Eastern and
Western neighbors. England under
these circumstances will naturally feel
that she Is not called upon to Incur the
risks and burdens of a winter occupa
tion of Pekln and will also withdraw,
after a vigorous protest, and attempt to
convince the allied governments of the
grievous mistake that Is being made.
It should be recalled that with Taku
harbor closed by Ice and Russia holding
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BRYAN TALKS OF
HIS OAT FARJI
With Senator Weiiington Opens
Campaign in Maryland.
SPOKE FROM CAR PLATFORA'
Wcllloxtoi Tclli Why He Tuned Dcmocritlc
-Gritted With t Volutin of HIiki
ts Wile Hi Midi Sharp
Retort.
CUMBERLAND, Md.. Sept. 4.-The
opening of the Democratic campaign
for the states of Maryland and West
Virginia at this place tonight was ren
dered memorable by the appearance on
the platform of the Democratic nation
al standard bearer, Hon. William J,
Rryan, and Culted fitaUs Senator Geo.
Wellington, who as .-it-tied as a Re
publican.
uotn these distinguihlied gentlemen
were In good voice and tyth spoke with
their accustomed force. Wellington's
speech marked hs formal renunciation
of party ties on account of the is
sues growing out of the war with Spain
lie had for this reason prepared a
speech with care and he read It from
typewritten manuscHpt. Bryan spoke
without notes.
The Journey of the presld ntlal can
dldate acrotis the state was not devoid,
of labor for him, for though he left
the train but once on the Journey, he
made a number of brief addresses from
the rear platform. During the day
Bryan's attention was called to an ex
tract from a New Tork Republican
new spaper saying that Bryan had made
more money out of the oatcrop raised
on his farm this season than the en
tire farm had cost him. putting the
result at $1,400 on 130 acres of land
Commenting upon this statement Bry
an said:
"The entire farm contains only thir
ty acres and cost me nearly 14.000, al
though the land is not worth that
much today. Instead of having 120
acres In oats, I had only 5 acres In
oata. and the oats have not yet been
threshed. They will hardly yield 40
bushels to the acre."
Senator Wellington made the first
speech of the evening. He was listen
ed to with Interest and was frequently
applauded, although at times there were
very pronounced hisses. The Maryland
senator lost no time In declaring his
opposition to the present administration
and his determination to support Mr.
Bryan.
He had taken this rosltion, he eaid,
because of his views upon the Spanish
war and Its consequences and because
of his opposition to Imperialism.
At the mention of the-probability of
Bryan's election, the hisses which had
for a time been growing In volume be
came ferocious. The senator stopped
In his speech and said:
"Did you ever hear thit there were
three things that hiss now and then?
The first Is a serpent, the second a
goose and the third a fool." This sally
brought out a roar of applause which
was followed by a still larger volume
of hisses.
UTAH REPUBLICANS.
Affirm That Gold Production and Sales
of Our Products Abroad Sup
ply Enough Currency.
PROVO. Utah. Sept. 4. The Repub
lican platform adopted today says on
the'money question:
"e believe and affirni that the un
precedented production of gold
throughout the world and the marvel
ous foreign sales of our products of
the neid. farm and shop have so ln
cre;vsed the available supply of mon
ey In the United States that for the
present there Is no question of cur
rency to be considered by our citizens.
We are confirmed In this position by
the acts and words of the Democratic
party and Its standard bearer."
"The following nominations were
made:
For congressman, George Sutherland.
For governor. Heber M. Wells, (re
nominated). For supreme Judge. G. W. Bartch.
For secretary of state. J. T. Ham
mond (renominated).
For attorney-general. M. A. Breeden.
For superintendent of public Instruc
tion. A. C. Nelson.
For treasurer. J. D. Dixon.
For auditor. C S. Tlngey.
RUSSIAN COURT SCANDALS.
Czar Threatens to Banish His Aunt
From Court Because of Her
Gambling.
NEW TORK, Sept. 4. A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from Berlin
says:
A very serious quarrel has broken
out between the czar and his aunt, the
grand duchess of Vladimir, which has
had the result of causing her husband,
the grand duke, to tender the resigna
tion of his ofllce as commander of the
metropolitan military district of St.
Petersburg and of the Imperial guard.
The whole trouble, which has not
only set all Russian society by the
ears, but has also perturbed several
foreign courts including that of Em
peror William, is due to a question of
baccarat and roulette.
Last spring, the czar, alarmed by the
extraordinary Increase of the scandals
at court, tn society, In the army and
even among the high clergy, due u)
hiirh pUy. laaued an edict strictly for
bidding baccarat or roulette.
This ukase followed almost immedi
ately the startling discovery made by
Nicholas that the chapter of one of
the principal churches of the metrop
olis had pawned the church plate snd
J.-wel to pay gambling del.t con
tracted at baccarat and roulette.
Hy the army and clenry the emier
or' commands have been obeyed, and
baccarat ha been stopped at the
yacht and other leading clubs. Hut
society has treated the Imperial edict
with something very much akin to de
rision and largely owing to the attitude
adopted by the gmnd durhes of Vlad
imir. Th latter, a Cerman princess by
birth and the only fonlgn lady who has
declined to change the faith In which j
she was reared for that of her husband
on marriage to a Russian duke. Is
passionately addicted to games of this
character. To her ts due the Intro
duction of the roulette table as an ar
ticle of furniture in the salon of nv-st of
the palaces and mansions of St. Peters
burg, and the edict of her nephew In
no way modified her openly proclaimed
determination to visit do house and to
attend no entertainment where roulette
and baccarat were not provided for ber
amusniiiit.
On discovering the manner In which
his orders were defied and the part
which the grand duchess has played In
the matter, the czar .ntlmatd to her
that unless she set an example of obed
ience to bis request he would deluc
tantly b- compelled to visit her with a
public token of his displeasure by ban
ishing her for a time from court and
depriving her of the use of the imperial
liveries and Imperial honors.
STRANGE MILITARY ORDER.
French Colonel Declares Suicides Are
Deserters.
NEW TORK. Sept. 4. A dispatch to
the Herald from Pans says:
A curious order of the day has been
issued by Colonel Clamorgan of the
Second regiment of marines. It runs as
follows:
'A soldier of the regiment committed
suicide some days ago at Kerhum. A
sergeant committed suicide this morn
ing in the barracks.
"It is better that their names should
not be mentioned. These two deaths
are a source or prorouna regret as
would be the desertion or crime of a
comrade.
Suicide for a soldier Is desertion.
It is a flight toward a country from
which nobody returns.
Suicide is a crime. It Is the aban
donment of one's post and flight before
the enemy.
'For this reason It Is a painful but a
Just custom that all military honors
are not rendered to suicides.
'A soldier who believes In God and
who loves his country would have no
temptation to commit suicide. Let us
therefore be true believers and patriots
in order that a noble hope may sustain
us durirg life and that all of us sons
of France'and soldiers first of all may
know how to ke?p our blood for the
defence of the fatherland."
VERMONT ELECTIONS.
Local Issues Cause a Decrease in the
Republican Vote.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Ver
mont, Sept. 4. Stale Issues, of which
that of local option was the most Im
portant, caused a 20 per cent decrease
In the Republican vote today In the
state election, and a large proportion
of that loss went to tne Democratic
party. The Republicans of course car
ried the state by an Immense margin.
It Is likely to fall at least 10,000
under the vote of 1SS6, but at the same
time It Is probably about 5,000 ahead
of the gubernatorial vote of two years
ago.
The vote for governor In 160 cities
and towns, out of 246 in the state,
gives Stlckney (Rep.). 36,671: Senter
iDem.). 13.667: others. 112i. The same
cities and towns In 1S96 gave Gnut I
(Rep.). 40.664: Jackson (Dem.). 11.91.:
all others 1264. If the same ratio shcul'"
be maintained In the remaining towns
the Republican majority will be about
29.000.
CROSSED IN A BALLOON.
French Aeronaut Passed Over the
English Channel In Four Hours.
NEW YORK. Sept. 4.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Paris says:
M. Jacques Faure, treasurer of the
Aero Club, has successfully crossed the
English channel In a balloon.
He It ft the Crystal Palace. London,
at S o'clock, Saturday night, and ar
rived at Alette. Fas de Calais, at 3
'clock yesterday morning.
The crossing of the channel occupied
four hours. During this time the aer
onaut kept his balloon at a height of
w metres.
REBELLION CRUSHED.
Aspirant for Shah's Throne Thrown
Into a Dungeon.
CHICAGO. Sept. 4. A dispatch to the
Record from Moscow says:
A report comes from Teheran that
after a desperate fight All Mahomet
Bey, the rebel who at the head of a
few hundred followers has been trying
to get possession of the Persian throne,
has been defeated by the Cossacks has
tily summoned to oppose his march on
the capital and has been thrown Into an
underground dungeon. When captured
he emphatically denied that he had har
bored any intention of usurping the
Shah's throne.
PROHIBITIONISTS AT SEATTLE.
SEATTLE. Sept. 4.-The Prohibition
state convention was held here today.
R. E. Dunlap was nominated for gov
ernor and C. T. Hall for lieutenant-
governor. I. A. Adams, of North Yaki
ma, and Guy Posson, of Seattle, were
nominated for congress.
SEWALL DYING.
BATH, Maine, Sept. 4.-The physi
cians attending Arthur Sewall say he
continues to grow weaker. The Indica
tions are that he will not live out the
night
CAUGHT BETWEEN
GIANT ICEBERGS
Horrible Fate of Party Near
Great Muir Glacier.
CHILD CARRIED OUT TO SEA
Ciuoe Wh Ground to Splinter, fcy M,l
el Ice Lirje si a Steanuhlp Tw
Small Children Dropped loto
the Water. ;
SKAGWAT, Aug. 2, via Seattle, Sept.
4. New of an awful death that befell
three Indian children a few days ago
at the mouth of Glacier bay, leading t
the Great Muir glacier, Is brought by
T. J. Munley.
A party of six Indians in a canoe,
two bucks and a squaw and three chil
dren, were caught between two gi
gantic Icebergs while on their way
across the water. Glacier each as
high above the water as a huge steam
ship ground the canoe to splinters.
The older Indians escaped on one cf
the Icebergs and were rescued, but two
of the little ones dropped Into the wa
ter. The other child got upon a berg,
by herself and was supposed to have
been carried out to sea.
POOR PROSPECT OF FUSION.
Division Among Idaho Populists Pre
vents Agreement With Demo
crats. BOISE. TrlA Rent i Tt,. Tnr,..1l.t.
and Democrats seem to be In a dead-
iocs, lonignt mere does not seem to
be any prospect of reaching an agree
ment The Populists are divided among
themselves and no arrangements can be
reacnea. ia lemocrats appear to be
willing to make a deal but the project
1 blocked hv th nonnta'a Hltrlalnn
the Populists' ranks. They are still la-
lAjrniK, uui mere is manifestly less
hopefulness amonsr thoso who finva
worked for fusion.
NEW TORK REPUBLICANS.
Adopted Their Platform at Saratoga
Yesterday.
SARATOGA. N. Y.. Sept 4.-The pre
liminary work of the Republican state
convention was completed today with
tne adoption or the platform. There
only remains the formal naming of can
didates, and these have already been
agreed upon.
The ticket will be headed by Ben
jamin B. Odell. cf Newburgb, for gov
ernor, and Timothy L. Woodruff for
lieutenant-governor. All the rest of the
present state officers will be renominat
ed by acclamation.
BOERS HOLD A PASS.
Fire Upon British With Long Toms
Continuously All Day.
CROCODILE RIVER VALLEY,
Transvaal. Sunday. September 2. Gen
Buller today reconnoltered the
r rr posmon in me mountains over
looking Lydenburg. General Botha and
2.000 burghers had previously ' the
forces holding the pass. The Boers
opened with three Long Toms and fired
continuously all day long.. The British,
had few casualties.
WHEAT MARKET.
PORTLAND, Sept. 4. Wheat. Walla
Walla. 56c 57c; Valley and bluestem,
59c 60c.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 4. Wheat.
December, 109; cash, 105.
CHICAGO. Sept. 4.-Wheat, October,
opening, 74; closing. 74H. 74.
LIVERPOOL. Sept. 4. Wheat, Sep
tember, Bs. ll'sd.
ARNOLD HELD.
English Lawyer at San Francisco Must
Return to London.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.-Judge De
Haven In the United States circuit
court today held Julian B. Arnold, tho
English lawyer, son of Edwin Arnold,
accused of embezzling funds of his
clients, for extradition.
PLAGUE INCREASING.
One Hundred and Three Cases Under
Observation at Glasgow.
GLASGOW, Sept. 4. A bulletin Issued
by the medical officers of Glasgow this
morning, shows that an additional
plague case has been reported. The
total is now 13. doubtful cases 3, under
observation 103.
GENEROUS GIFT TO COLLEGE.
Rockefeller Presents 1 130,000 to a Ne
gro School at Atlanta.
ATLANTA. Ga., Sept. 4.-John D.
Rockefeller has made Shellman semi
nary, a negro college of this city, a
present of JISO.OOO.
METAL MARKET.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4. Silver, 62; leal,
brokers, 4; exchange, iiVA.