VOL Lil.
ASTOttIA, OliKGON. FRIDAY, HEPIEMKKK 7, 1900.
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GERMANY POLITELY
REFUSES TO LEAVE
France and Japan are Willing
to Withdraw Troops.
THE OREGON IS AT SHANGHAI
Distrust of LI IInri Cbaaf Dcepeat-First
Battalloa .( Ocrnsi Troops His
Leaded it Snisjlul-Eo-laid
Uadeclded.
LONDON. Bc.t. 7.-arrnany' polite
refusal to withdraw from Pekln In
rotnmented upon with kern satisfaction
In London, and the hop I rxpresned
that Lord llbury will how similar
(1 ruin
The Itrltlnh reply baa not yet
formulated. Lord .'nllsbury desires to
"mull with hi roll ague and ha, no
tified the foreign ofTl.'e of his iiti-iitl-n
to ret.irn to I-ond n from the continent
early next wk. Th to l little doubt,
however, that Germany's reply i the
outcome of discussion curried on lur
Ing the last few (lion between Euro
Pnn cabinets ;ind that a cmipromlse
policy of maintaining the occupation
of the capital but withdrawing the
muter part of th trout to Ti n Twin
will tie found t have met with (jer.fral
incurrence.
From .tihiiniihHl It is rumored that
Japan hni notified the iiower of her
wHIInnwss to wlthlraw her troops
inovlded nc,"im guard U left for the
legation and on condition that China
formally requts evacuation nml opens
gcnuln negotiations for peace.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 6 The laust
expression a to the attitude of the
pnAem on the evacuation of TVkln
cornea from the Unltd State, ambas
sador at Paris. OeneraJ Porter, who has
advised the authrl:l hert that the
attitude of the French government la
favorable to th. position taken by Rus
sia. Almi-st simultaneously with this dis
patch fr-m General Porter came an
other from the American charge d'
affair, at Berlin, giving the attitude
of Germany on Russia's pmponal. This
In substance state that Germany,
while anxious to avoid any friction be
tween th? power,, regrl the condition
at Tekln such as to require the contin
ued present of German forcHi there.
Thesv two highly important commu
nications bring the Chinese negotia
tion to a very advanced state. It Is
generally accepted that Oennany's at
titude In favor of remaining at Pekln
will be concurred In by Italy and Aus
tria, as those two countries act with
Germany In political questions of a
general nature,
SHANGHAI. Sept. .-Tue first bat
talion of German troops landed hero to
day from the steamer Ratavia. The
foreign consuls and detachments of
French and Russian troop, received
them and escorted them to camp.
laiance on th? scen-i Is attributed to
the wlshc of A'Jmlrul Ilemey, who has
full authority for the disposition of the
vessel), of his fleet to meet Oil possible
emcrg( ncles.
M-ff i OKK, rVpt i-K dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
Opinion gains ground that no more
rowers, not even Framv, will return
un alHrmatlve reply to the Russian
proportion. f)n the other hand It l
also 1 bought that none of them will
care to send a decided negative, and
efforts ar now help mad; either to
find a middle eounw or Induce Russia to
withdraw her suggestion. Prevalent
oplr.l m Iter? certainly Is that Great
Hritaln ought to retain her troop. In
Pekln If any two powers will support
her In doing so.
Distrust of LI Hung Chang deepens,
and It is now accepted that the Rus
sian scheme was arranged after consul
tation with him. On this point an In
teresting statement was made yester
day by thi Chinese minister, who Is a
strong adherent of Karl LI and was
oitco his personal secretary. Askeil
whether he hid received a telegram
lrom LI Hung Chang urging him to
persuade Kngtand to accede to the Rus
slan rropwdl. the minister repllid In
the afrmatlve.
Russia." he continued, "has offered
at the Instigation of LI Hung Chang to
remove hr fovea from the capital and
has thereby token the firt step toward
g'-ivral peate. I do not bell, ve Rus
sia's move has a double meaning, as
persistently suggeated. and I certainly
m un.it!- to confirm !n any degree the
tetxirt that the car has been propitiat
ed by a promise of Manchuria. You
may discredit it entirely."
Asked If he had succeeded In per
suading England, the minister replied:
'I am dolnij all I posslblv can.
hae sent a powerful memorial" to Lord
Salisbury an I am anxiously awaiting
his reply. Si much depend upon It
fiat America and Germany are hanging
on the decision.
"Speaking unofficially for a moment.
I cannot but think that Great Britain.
withdrawal or promise of withdrawal
w-ould pave the way to a speedy settle'
mcnt. The Chinese people generally
are most anxious for peace. They are
sick of war and would welcome any
negotiations which would have a. a
concluslcn a mutual commercial basis
on more permanent lines than have
heretofore been established between the
two countries. ...
"Earl LI. whatever you may a.aert to
the contrary, Is pro-Furopean and not
pro-Russian. Mireovr. he Is not phil
nnthroplcally Inclined and does not seek
for peace and reorganization of the
western commercial dealings becauFe It
would benoPt China. He la progressive
and In this la dlometrically opposed to
Princ Tuan."
To the further nuftston whether the
?hlne.5 government still existed as an
agent of authority, the minister ans
wered-
"Yes, In Its entirety. It has only
chanprd Its seat as It did In 1S60 and
'aken ur a temporary residence In Shan
St. Earl LI is working In full sympathy
with Die emperor and privy council
who with the empress and viceroys con
stitute the government. All are bent
on peace."
ROOSEVELT GIVES
AN OBJECT LESSON
about a startling chang,?.
"There Is a good deal of work to be
done there along that line, and the com
mission to revise the laws will have no
time to spare to turn In their report by
April 1," said he.
"The civil code now In force is ad-
mlrolilir (J .1, . , ..1 .vUllni nrn Jlllnna
ShOW'S Five Of Our TyrantS tO and shou!d, In my opinion, be allowed
to stand to h considerable extent, but
a Detroit Audience.
the system of procedure is entirely Im
practicable and should be abolished as
soon as legislation cao do it. The
whole system I. crude and generations
behind the times."
When asked concerning the future
government of the Mand under the
Foraker law, the major said he could
not make prellctions In that direction,
"That I a question which can only
be answered a It work, itself out," he
said.
"I will ay, though, that I do not be
lieve the upper and lower bouse y.
tern will be a succea.. The lower house,
which 'will be composed of thirty-five
members elected directly by the people,
will probably prove a failure. That de-
It n I In. . 1 . T I . . .1 J
., ... wv.rvii jnni uuara carriea ,h election. There . h...
armory tonight, was all that the gov- 50.000 eligible voter, m th. i,,anH a.
TEDDY CHEERED TO THE ECHO
Crowd AroM Ea Mttu Wha He Got Up to
Speak aod Roared WI11 La.fbter
at His Happy Hit al Bryaa
Isn.
DETROIT, Sept. 6.-The first meet-
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,ng 01 governor liCKMKiveit'f weatern
tour, which was held in the big assem-
DROVE SHEEP
OVER PRECIPICE
Cattlemen Rose in Revolt Against
Sheepmen.
FEUD OVER USE OF RANGE
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...The Esmond Hotel.,
PORTLAND, ORE., FRONT AND MORRI80N STS.
Hurour.n plan. Son toll, SO oer dv.
American plsn, $1.00 to liOO per day.
OSCAR ANDERSON, Manager.
J. C. PENDKGAST, Chief Clerk
C.
J. TRENCHAR
Commission. Brokerage,
Insurance snd Shipping.
Custtom Houie Urokar,
ASTORIA, ORE
tnt W. p. A Co .ad radio Jj press Co a.
WASHINGTON. Sept,. .-The arrival
of the Oregon off Shnnpbal brings the
famous battleship again Into position to
i'll'e part l:i operations for the solution
of the Chinese problem and for effee
tlve protection of American interests
for this first time since nlm ran on the
rocks near Che Fco more than two
months ago,
From Captain Wilde's dispatch, It Is
.aid bv the officials of the naVy depart
ment, that he selxed the opportunity to
telegraph his safe passage across the
Yellow Sea from Kuro to the Yangtae
while waiting for a favorable tide
which would permit a ship of the Ore
gon's deep draught to cross the bar and
reach the neighborhood of the Woo
Sung ports, where the New Orleans and
the Princeton have been representing
the United States for several weeks.
The advent of the Oregon with her
powerful battery and formidable armor
protection w 111 remove much of the dan
ger to foreign Interests which ha. been
due to continued Chinese occupation of
thoeedrcaded fortifications, which could
close the river to all unarmored ves
sel, hurrying to. rescue foreigner. In
Shanghai In case rioting should begin
In that city.
No order, were Issued by the navy
department for the dispatch of the 0
egon to Shanghai and her sudden ap-
Kl'SION IN MINNESOTA.
Same State and Electoral Tickets En
dorsed by Populists and Democrats.
ST. PAUL, Sept. . Fusion waa ef-
ernor. most ardent partisans could
have dealred In point of attendance and
enthnsls.m.
wnen oovernor Roosevelt arose to
speak, the gr"at crowd arose almoat
en masse anl remained standing and
shouting for some time. The governor's
spe.ch occupied about an hour In -de
II very and was listened to throughout
with thoughtful attention. Governor
the election. lat,t spring the Federals
carried the Island by a majority of
about )00. If that party controls the
lower house and occupies the speaker's
chair It will be In a position to dictate
to the upper house and to the governor
himself. The other patty, the Republi
cans, are pro administration In every
way, or at least purport to be, and are
!n favor of the introduction of Ameri
Roosevelt gave the audience an object can Institutions. The Federals are antl-
leawn whn he asserted that our sol
der, in me minppine. had less to
fear from any body cf armed bandits
In thnt country than they had to fear
from the prln?ipeg of the Kansas City
platform end the euccess of the Demo
cratlc ticket,
He said rhat five members of the reg
ular army were present and asked them
1 1 stand up that the audience might aee
their tyrants. Five soldiers from the
Fourteenth Infantry at Fort Wayne,
who occupied front svats. when thua
Invited, aross and were applauded.
"ow," exclaimed Governor Roose
velt, "behold the tyrants The au
Clence shouted with laughter.
"They are here." continued the gov
ernor. "Five .oldierg to four thousand
peopl? In this audijnee. which is a
larger percentage of tyranny In this
house than the percentage the regular
army bears to the whole number of
people In this country."
American In t?iclr sentiments and seem
opposed to things American on general
principle.. They want to see all the of
fice, filled by men from their own party
and It la a galling sight to them to see
so many lucrative positions held by the
continentals or Americana.
"I am very anxious to see how the
legislature works out I will not be
surprised if It deadlocks at Its first ses
sion and accomplishes nothing. If this
should be the case congress would have
to pass a new bill and It is probable
that the lower house would be abol
ished. A government by the governor
and his cabinet of the six heads of de
partments would be an admirable In
stitution."
ENGINE RAX WILD.
Narrow Escape From Serious Accident
In Illinois.
CHICAGO, Sept. 8.-A special to the
Chronicle, from Qulncy, Ills., ays:
A wild engine this morning endanger-
Major Sharpe Recommends for Porto ed scores- of lives on two passenger
Cattle Refused to Eat Waere Shotp Wera
Pastured asd Became Very Poor
. Tbree Taoaiand Sheep
Wera Killed.
WALSEXBL-RG. Colo.. Sept. .-P.e-ports
received from Sharpsdale, a small
town near Mount Blanco In Southern
Colorado, say that a fend over the use
of the range, which has long existed
between cattlemen and sheepmen!
reached a climax this week when tho
cattlemen drove 3,000 sh?ep over a high
precipice.
The trouble has grown out of scar
city cf water along the water courses.
Where gr?jsa still remains the sheep
were pastured, and afU-r they had once
passed the cattle refused to eat and
either dlpd or became very poor. .
The cattlemen rose In revolt and.
taking their horses, corralled about
3.000 sheep. They were driven down a
narrow gulch and over a precipice.
LOWER HOUSE A FAILURE.
Rico a Government of a Governor
and His Cabinet.
LW YORK. Sept.6 The transport
McClellan which arrived last night
from" Porto Rico, brought 179.000 pesos
in Porto Kican silver. The coin was In
charge of Captain William Weigel.
trains and A. J. Arnold, an old en
gineer on the C. B. & Q. railroad, had
a thrilling experience.
Shortly after midnight. Arnold, who
has been pulling one of the fast trains
on the road, backed down to the sta
tion to meet her on her arrival. The
engine was running slo.v and on reach-
Eleventh United States Infantry, and a lnft tne station Fireman Smith Jumped
detail, of six men. It was turned over " an(1 entered the depot, supposing the
to the express company to take to the locomtive would come to a standstill
Philadelphia mint. here It will be re- and wait fr 'ue train.
coined.
A conservative estimate places the
amount cf unredeemed Porto Rico ail
ver In circulation on the Island .at
about J500.000. This coin Is steadily
coming tn through the various bank
agencies and It Is safe to say that in
about six weeks or two months at
When Smith came out of the station
he was horrified to see the engine tear
ing over the viafluct towards Missouri.
The terrified fireman knsw that some
thing was wrong and hastened to the
train dispatcher's office and gave the
alarm. A message was sent to the op
erator at Moody, seven miles from
most but little of the old ' circulating Qulnc5' notifying him that there wac
medium will retialn on the Island. In an enK'n "running wild" and requer.-
tne larger coast towns such as San I ln mm 10 turn It on the siding at
Juan. Ponce and Mayagues. where the Moody and to hold the St. Louis pas-
fected between the Minnesota Deino- i government has established direct ex- I 8?nger train north bound, which was
cnange. the provincial coin Is exceed- lnen uue mere.
Ingly scarce being entirely replaced by Tne Mody operator obeyed InstniC'
American gold, bills or silver, but In the I tlon& barely having time to catch the
small Isolated Interior towns the new st- Louis train, which was switched
medium Is almost unknown. out of harm's way. In a few minutes the
The Spanish bank at San Juan up to runaway engine could be seen coming
date has put about $500,000 In paper slowly up the grade and it "died" of
MONTANA REPUBLICANS.
Named Ticket and Adopted Platform
Scoring Republicans Who Voted
for Clark.
HELEXA. Mont., Sept. 6.-The Re-
publicans of Montana today completed
the following ticket:
Congressman. S. G. Murrick, of Mis
soula.
Governor. tavid E. Folsom. of Mea
gher. ' ' ''
Lieutenant-governor. A. J. Bennett
of Madison. - - - -
Attorney-general. T. J. Porter, of
Custer.
Secretary of state. A. N. Yooder. of
Silver Bow! -
Treasurer. Frank J. Edwards, of
Lewis and Clarke.
Auditor. C. C. Proctor, of Cascade.
Assistant Justice. E. Rudolph Von
Tobel. of Fergus.
State superintendent of public In
struction. W. F. Harmon.
General Harry C. Kessler, of Silver
Bow: L. S. Wilson, of Gallatin, and
Paul McCormlck. of Yellowstone, were
named as electors.
The convention adopted a platform In
which the Republicans In the Sixth
legislative assembly who voted for W.
A. Clark for senator were scored.
The convention endorsed the eight
hour day fcr labor in this state.
Four Republican senators who voted
for Clark for the United States senate
in the last legislature were requested
to resign their offices.
rats and Fopulists today, and a full
ticket was named, headed by Governor
John Llnd
n electoral ticket was also endorsed
by the two conventions,
LETTER FINISHED.
McKinlcy Has Completed His Letter of
Acceptance of the Republi
can Nomination.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.-The presi
dent put the finishing touches on his
letter of acceptance of the Republican
nomination today.
FAVOR M'KIXLEY.
Gold Democrat. Decide to Conduct a
Campaign for Republicanism.
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. .-Af a con
ference of gold Democrats today It was
decided to establish national headquar
ters in this city and conduct a cam
paign In the Interest of McKlnley.
JUST RECEIVED
Our own Importation direct from Hong Kong
50 liolls New Era Matting
Stronger than Carpet
Coll and Examine
CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON
which, although more or less "wild cat,'
Is readily accepted and fast getting into
circulation,
When the first time limit expired on
August 1, it was found that but little
over hair of the Porto Rlcan coin had
been redeemed. The smaller merchants
Its own efforts In sight of Moody station.
Conductor Oglesby of the St. Louis
train climbed into the cab and found
Arnold sitting on his seat In the cab
fast asleep, with his head out of the
window. Arnold was both surprised
and terrified when he realized what
refused to accept the debased currency had happened,
and prices doubled and business re
mained at a standstill for several
weeks. Competition and the law of
supply and demand have steadily
brought about a readjustment and
prices have now, it Is said, reached
the normal conditions,
Besides a full list of passengers from
Porto Rico and Cuba, the McClellan
brought company I, First Infantry,
Captain Carrington, which Is en route
to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
George M. Davis and the Misses Dav
is, family of the commanding general
of the department of Porto Rico, were
also among the passengers.
Major Sharpe, who has been Judge
advocate of the department of Porto
Rico since the occupation of the Island,
also came on th? transport. He Is on a
four months' leave. It is probable that
Major Sharpe will be sent to Hawaii
when his leav? expires. In conversa
tion with an Associated Press repre
sentative, he spoke In the highest terms
of Porto Rico and predicted a brilliant
future for the Island.
"I have been In nearly every port and
city In tha United States," he said.
but I had much rather live ln Porto
Rico than any other placa I have had
the pleasure of visiting. The climate is
all ore could wish for."
Major Sharpe say. that the reorgan
ization of the Judicial system will bring I
The Chicago train from Kansas City
Is also due at Moody right after the St.
Louis train, and but for the lack of
steam and the prompt word sent to
Moody station one or both trains might
have been wrecked and many lives lo3t.
NEW MEXICAN VOLCANO.
Made Its Appearance Suddenly
Without Warning.
and
CHICAGO. Sept. 6. A special to the
Record, from Guadalajara, Mexico,
says:
A new volcano has broken forth about
30 miles southeast of the old Coltma
volcano. The new volcano made Its ap
pearance suddenly and without warn
ing. The natives living near the baee of
the mountain, as It Is called, were
much alarmed at first and fled from
their homes, but as prospects of dar ger
passed they returned to their homes.
The volcano Is small and local scientists
predict that It will soon disappear.
UTAH DEMOCRATS.
SALT LAKE. Sept. 6. The Demo
cratic state convention today nominat
ed W. H. King for congress. James H.
Movie for governor and T. S. Harris
for secretary of state.
T'RYAN MADE THREE SPEECHES.
Tour of West Virginia Was Completed
Yesterday.
WHEELING. W. Va., Sept. 6.- The
tour of West Virginia, which was be
gun last Wednesday by William
J. Bryan, was concluded today by a
speech at this place.
H traveled from Deer Park by way
of Clarksburg and Parkersburg today, '
making three speeches of length and
two or three Informal talks at such
Places as St. Marys and Sistersville.
Tho day's run covered about 300 mllos
through mountain railroad3 which was
in Itself po small undertaking In hot
weather. Bryan, however, held up well
and he appeared quite fresh when he
ascended the platform at tonight's
meeting.
ROBBERY AND MURDER.
Country Merchant in Montana Killed In
His Store.
BUTTE. Mont.. Sept. G. Bullus Par
rott. an old time resident of Deer lodge
county, was murdered at his home on
his ranch about fourteen miles from
here, some time during last nlht. When
discovered this morning, Parrott lay on
the floor of his store, with his hands
and feet bound and a towel bound
tightly around- his face. The money
drawer was open and the cash gone.
STILL NO FUSION.
Idaho Democrats and Populists Cannot
Get Together.
BOISE. Ida,, Sept. 6. The Democrats
and Populists have not yet gotten to
gether and the outlxik tonight Is that
anything like complete fusion 111 not
be cff. ctcd.
METAL MARKET.
NEW YORK.
lead, brokers. 4;
Sept. J. Silver. t2
exchange. 43TVi.