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NOT I OKI ,,001.,. J,n,-ill.lS.M!.,i-e-' 'ciL-KL'v t'UuIJC LliiitJLlCf ASSOCIATION. fir lioltoh" !. ..a i..i ' ,",iou. 'i ,'L'ot ...K'lt'ottunao, (.11. ' A V will !e liable to pro ASTOIUA. OKEGON, WElNSDAY. SlU'TEMUKK 1. 19(K. jNO. 61' VOL. 'Ml. IP it iMiJTO WE HAVE GOT THOSE COLE'S AIR TIGHT HEATERS... ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. f A Few of Our Late Specialties First-Glass Timothy Hay, First Class Cheat Hay, Oats, Rolled Barley, Chop Foed, Shorts, Bran, etc. Corvallis Flour and other First-Class Brands. Chase & Sanborn's Teas and Coffees. Prime Fresh and Smoked Meats. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. SUMMER BASEBALL GOODS, HAMMOCKS, PISHING TACKLE BIRD CAGES, CROQUET SETS, CAMERAS, Etc., Etc. GRIFFIN I HAVF. COME TO KEEP YOU WARM APiD DRY AND TO ECONOMIZE FUEL... WILSON AIR-TIGHT HEATERS A CAR LOAD OF THEM AT FOARD & STOKES CO. CLATSOP MILL CO.: ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Sunicc and Cedar Lumber Boxes, Sash and Doors, Shingles and Mouldings ...The Esmond Hotel.. PORTLAND, ORE., FRONT AND MORRISON STS. Eurorx an plan. 8oo to 11,50 tier dv. JjJ A morion n plan, $1.00 to 12.00 per day, C. J. TRENCHARD, Commission. Brokerage; Insurance and Shipping. 'ESI AGAIN ' GOODS. & REED . 2 S OSCAR ANDERSON, Manager. J. 0. PENDKOAST, Chief Cloik Custom House Broker. . ASTORIA, ORE Agent ft, F, A Co, and Faolflo Kxpreaa Co l. , OVER TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED BODIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN FOUND Number of Killed in the Galveston Horror Was Under Estimated and Will Amount to Five Thousand. THE DEAD CARRIED TO SEA (Jnoult Rob in Dead - Martial Law Proclaimed -Twenty-Five Mte Sbol by Offlccri Soldiery-Trait Loads ol Clolblof. Food, Water aad Burial Suppllci Are Bcinf Ruibcd to the Quit-Appeal! Are hived l tbe Charitable Emjwktre (or RjIIcI for tbe Tboiaodi of Dcttltute. GALVESTON. Tex.. Sept. ll.-Mayor Wultr C. June cutlimitca tin? number ut d"( at live thousand u"d he la i-uimrrntlv. over 2.2'W bodies have bn-n taken out to r burt.-.i in iremhia. Other hundreds are yet. to be taken from the ruin. Theae bodies are now all badly de iiiiiiiipmI in.. I liev lite burled In trenches where th.y at found, otli era are llii burned In debris win-re It mil Hfrtv done. There In llkll" Blti'llllt ut ld"IHIl at loll Mll'l It IS mf" to auV that there will never lit- a lllllplet., llt o( till lle.l'l. Chief of Polio K.-K limn In In charge of tlx work of burying the d'-ad. There at. In ru Irnill. of mm engaged In thin w rk. tearing lit' Ui- rultm tin! getting .ut tin' Several t-'iKi'iia huv already t n shot. It U ii -port-d. A HoMI -r of Raf-f-rty'a battery while patrolling the li.ai h thin nn.nilttK ordered a rtian to I.-Miil from lnollim. Th' f-llnw ilr-w n w.-api.n and th .Idlir fh'-t h'm dud. Tin- dollliT m iitlniki-d fy llii-i rni-ii and hi- kllli-d all of twin. Hi had live c-artrldK-. In hln ruin und i-nrh of tlii-m f. und a victim. It In piolmbk' that tui-nty-tlvo In HI havi. tiit-n nhot. Home of thi-ic wi-ri- Ktiot f"r falliiKT to halt wln-n ordi-rcd to do o. Othcra w. tv tht-t for vandalliMii. Thf rtiina of h hlK hrh k bulldliiKs have not y.-t b-t-n tKnr-h-d for the ih-nd and th.-rr la Iiwk' iiiuiiW In them. At th' ma of rnhhliih which mark, the lt of the Lmtia Terrace bridge hoitae 4" or ? t-iinile wi-rp kill ed and thi-lr Ixxlla are (till In the ruin. The orphani' home la totally di'inollahi-d. Ninety-two children and eleven nuna wer killed. f.ALVKSTfiX. Tex.. fl.-pt. ll.-Pome r lr la hi-linf brouKht out of the cha oh hi re and aoinc thltiK like a aynt. matlo attempt la tn'ln mnd to eleitr tti dt brla nnd remove the ditnl. Idler are l.i-lnu tirid Into at-r-vlre at the Mitnt if the bayotu-t and made to uirk. and a military rorilon la bi'lnjr drawn tlttht -r aUmt the place. Kvery h'ree and mule that m left In thi- cltv la In aervlce. Supplies ar nmlri)r In frmn Hous ton and the flrnt line of .mmunloatlon with the outMle world wiui obtained today, via TVx.ia t'lty. Koreea are worklnir on the rallrnada and In a few tiny the people of (iiilvenlon Ixdleve that the aituatioit will be irmaly lin ppiAed. Hf'U'PTOX. Te.. S-pt. ' II. Editor O. (. Xutl.m. of the Vel ihoo World, brlntrs InformntliMi of '.hi' d-.-nth of twenty t rH'tnona In an 1 anund Velasco na . n-ai!t of the atorm. Seventeen of them were nenr?.. DENVElt. Sept. ll.-The remorr.tic atate convention today raised $9tl In a few mlmit-'a for the Oalveaton auf ferera. rHICACO, Sept. ll. The cltlaena of Chkuiro have don.it a train load of provision and 1j.W0 In money to the Onlveaton aufferr. The Chlcaso, Hock Island und Pa cltU railroad has donnt.'d $4,0110 and will haul the train load of nrwtalnna free. WAPMIXOTOX. Sept. U. Actlnff Pi-ci-taiy Meiklejohn tiMlay authorized the i-hiii'terinir of a ati-n-lal train from St. Luul to onn v (uartermaaterg' and commlafrtiv aupplle to the rvllef of the deatituttf at (ialv-.-ston. ST. It IS. Si'pt. 11. The trrand re c ifder of the cr:id enrnnnmient of the Knlisht Templars of the I'lilled States la hent the following teleirnun to nlijht to the Krand commandcra of ev ery atate: "Thtf reeent atorm 'n Texna hna left number of our fra tern In dire distress". Immediate relief Is needed. Appeal to your comniniuliTl'-s to Rend nt once whnt they pan. Wire or send to Hen ry 11. Stoddard, deputy Rrnnd master at Galveston, Texia. HOUSTON. Tex.. Sept. U.-another train over the International and Great Northern road left Houston toniKht. The trnln carrinl men. water, supplies, burial necessities and other thing of which the aulterers are In moat urgent need. XFW YORK. Sept. 11. The Standard Oil Company hos sent $10,000 to Gov ernor Sayera for the Galveston suffer ers, and th New York merohanta as sociation' has raised $4,8.riO. GALVESTON. Tex.. Sept. 11. The follow Ini: statement of the conditions at Galveston and rtPPal for lid la Issued by the local relief committee: "A cnnservntlv" "stlmate of the loss of life Is that It will reach 8.000; at least li.000 families are shelterless and wholly destitute. The entire remainder ..REMOVAL SALE.. For the next sixty days our entire stock of furniture arid carpets will be closed out at less than cost. Gall early and avoid the rush. . CHARLES HEILBORN & SON AND THROWN OVERBOARD of th population la Buffering In a greater or Iraa degree. "Not a single i-hurrn, stlviol or char itable Institution, of which Oalvealon had ao many, la left Intact. Not a building escaped damage and hulf of the whole number wer? obliterated. Thare la Itnnn-dlatu ne-d of clothing, fiNid and hoiiN'rhold (fnln of all klnda. If inarby cltl-a will oten asylums for women nnd chlldn-n the situation will be greatly rellev.d. Const cltlea should semi us wati.-r aa well us provisions,' Including kerosenj oil. gailine and candles. W. c. Joni-a. Mayor; M. Lacker, rri's Iderit of Island Savings bank; J. D. KL-!nn..i- itii'Hiiti.nt of Cuttnn Kxi'lial.uel if. II. Me Muster, for Chamber of v.m Imeri e, !'..(!. Ia--, manager of Galves ton News. '!arciice owle nmrager or i; ilveston Tribune." Hot.'STON. Tex.. Sept. 11. Outald tialviston. sinnller towns are b.-glnning I i send reports aa. tel-graphlc commu nlcntlon Impr ives.' and many additions to the list of dead and property losng ure received, lllchmmd and Hitch cock each retmrt 102 liven lost. Talo ni'i. Atcadln. Velasco, Seabrke, ttelle vllle, Areola and many other tuwna have from one to eight dead. In most of thesi plaivs many houses hive been totally destroyed, and thou sands of head i f llvestis k killed. Th railroad alont will suffer mll lb ma nf dollura In actual damage, to aav nothing of the loss from the stop pi ge of business. 'Ihe International Gr?at Northern l.d Santa Fe hav? miles of track washed out. and the brlduea connect ing Galveston with the mainland muat be entltely rebuilt. GALVESTON. Tex., bv Western Un ion dlspatch-hoa to Houston. Tex., Sept. in. The terrific eyrlnno tbat pro duced aurh a dlstrfsMng disaster In tiaivston and nil through Texas was predicted bv the United States wathpr bur-nu to strike GalvM-ton Friday night, and created much apprehension, but the night passed without the pre. li tlon belrtr verified. ' The conditions, however, were omin ous: the danger slsna.1 was displayed on the tlacstalT of h weather bureau, shipping was warned, etc. The south eastern skv wa somber, the gulf bat hleh on the heneh with that dismal thutvletnua ronr that presaged trouble, while the air had that stillness that lietoken." a storm. From out the north, In the n Id.lle watches of the night, the wind heiran to come In spiteful puffs, inrreaMnz In volume as the dav dawn ed. Py 10 o'ebvk Saturday morrdng It wa.i almost a gale: at noon It had lwrened in velocity and was driving rain, whipping the pools and tearing chlnvs u In a lively manner, yet no rerloiis apprehension was felt bv resl ,'.iit remote from th encroachments of the gulf. Residents near the beach were aroused to the danger that threat ened their hom-s. Stupendous waves began to send their waters far Inland, ind the people beean a hastv exit to secure places In the city. Two gigan tic forces wetv at work. The gulf force drove the waves with Irresistible force high upon the beach, and the gale from the northeast pitched the waters against and over the wharves, choking sewers and flooding the city fpim that quarter. The streets rnrddlv beean to fill -with witer: communication became difficult and the helpless people were caucrht between' two powerful elements, whl'e tht winds how led and rapidly Increased in velocity.. Railroad communication was cut off shortlv after noon, the track being ivab") nut: wire facilities complete- Tv fulled it S o'clock and Galveston was Isolated frvm the world. The wind moment.irllv Increased In veicl'v, wh the waters rapidly rose and the night drew on with dreaded apprehension depleted in the face of overv one. Alreidv thousands were hravelv sttnggllng with their families against the mad vaves and fierce wind for places of refuge. The publb school bulldinifs, courthouse, hotels. In fact anv place that offered apparently a safe rvfuge from the elements, became crowded to their utmost. Two minutes of 6:"0 p. m . jist before he anemo meter blew away. It had reached the frightful velocity of 100 mHos an hour. Buildings that had hitherto stood, crumbled and crashed, carrying death anil destruction to hundreds of people. Roofs sailed through the air, windows were driven In with a crash or shat tered by flying slate, telegraph, tele phone, electric light poles, with their mass of wires, were snapped off like plpcstems. and water pipes were brok en. What velocity the wind attained after the anemometer blew off Is pure ly a, matter of speculation. The lowest point touched by the ba rometer In the press correspondents' otrlce, which was filled bv frljchtened men and women, m ZH 041,. This waa about 7:30 p. m. It then began to rlae verv slowly, and by 10 p. in. had reach'.d 2'.W. th wind gradually subsiding, and by ml'Inlght the storm hud fMutsed. Tht water, which had reached a depth of eight feet on the at rand at 10 o'clock p. m.. began to ebb and ran out very rapidly, and by 5 a. m. the crown of the street waa free of water. Thus passed out on of the nioat frlirhlful and destructive storm which ever devaatated the coast of Texaa. The city la filled, with destitute, be reft and homeleas. while In the Im provised morgues Bre the rigid forma of hundreds of victims. Whole fam ilies are side by side. Tru southeast ern rart of the city waa undr ten feet of water and the barracks located there are destroyed, the aoldlers having a miraculous escape frm drowning, many substantial residences In the western and southwestern parts of the city were destroyed and the death Hat from there will be large. A heavy mortality list is expected among the resld-nu down the island and adjacnt to the coaat on the main land, aa both were deeply flooded and the houses were to a great extent In secure. The heaviest losers by the norm will be the Galveston Wharf Company, the Southern I'aclHc railway, and Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe ral; way company, and the Texaa Lone Star Flouring Company. DALLAS. T"x., Sept. 11. A special to the News fnim Galveston, Tex., brought to Houston by the tug Hruns wuk. ifivrs the following additional particulars of th storm. The big lrwi oil tank of the Waters-I'lt-ree Oil Company was picked from the Fifteenth atrc-t pier and carried to Thirtieth str-et. The oid unnn depot In recent years ustii as the oMce of the superintendent of the wharf yards, was dashed to pi en, aa were numvrvus small frame buildings along the wharf front. Men wer? sent out Sunday morning to report the condition of the bridge acia Galvraton bay, but were unable to reach them. 'Iiieifiuoh communication was also cut off Saturday. The linemen who went out Sunday relucted that the railroad bridges were all washed away and that th-re was not sutliclent mute rial In Galveston to rebuild the tele graph lines. The cables! under the channel are gone. The lines will have to be built to the city from the main land. Strenuous efforts were made on Sunday to repair the damage to the Mexican cable, but on account of the si-a being high It was impossible to pick up the List nd of the cable. Thousands of telegrams were filed at the telegraph office during the day. with the expectation that they would be sent to Houston for transmission, but the captair. of the only available' small lug would not venture on the trip with a new crew, his engineer and fireman having been lost, while tugs which might be hired were of too deep draught to go up the bayou. In the business district not a building escaped injury. The Grand opera house is cived In and the fourth story of the Hotel Grand, a part of the same building, was blown off. The third story of the city hall waa blcwn away. The three-story building of Rtt- ter Caf, was demolished and crashed into the rear of the News building. The fourth sto.T was torn from the Moody building at Twenty-second street. The Masonic Temple, at Twen- ty-ttrst street and Poet Oilice street, was partially unroofed and the tower torn away. Th upper stories or tne Harmony Club building were caved in. I nnd a frame building across, the street was demolished. Among the other prominent buildings damaged or destroyed was the Galves ton orphans' home, all tne children be Ing reported unhurt; the Sacred Heart church, one of the largest churches In the city, is a total WTeck. St. Mary's church adjoining It Is considerably damaged and the athletic building waa destroyed. Thp First Baptist church is J a wreck, the parsonage adjoining St. John s Methodist church was wrecked, although the front part of the building stands. Several small churches were Wrecked. The Ball high school building Is badly damaged. Ofl:cer Williamson and ft force of men did good work rescuing a number of people from the frame portion of St. Mary's Inflnrury. Over SO persons wer? rescued but Quite a number per ished. A mother and child, a Mexican woman and child and an elderly lady while going to the cotton mills were drowned. While the mill was crowded with people the tower fell in, killing and injuring scver.il persons. Over 1000 persons sought shelter In the county courthouse. . Three undertaking establishments are all being utilized as morgues and a fourth was. opened in a large building on the stand. Some of the draymen at first refused to haul over one body at a time, de manding the price for a full load for each trip. On Sunday evening, how ever, the few who made this remark agreed to bring as many bodies as their carts would hold. Owing to the streets being full of debris, it is dltilcult to use any kind of wagons. Mary of those who escaped tell of thrilling experiences. Mr. and Mrs. James Irwin got out on the roof of their dwelling. They were seated on the side of the comb and when the building blew over they floated off separately. Mrs. Irwin was on the raft alone all night. Mr. Irwin, who had found refuge In the Ursullne convent and who despaired of seeing bis wife again, heard a cry for help. Hoping to rescue a human being he pulled out through the water and waa overjoyed to find his wife still afloat on the roof. The pilot boat Eclipse has been out since Saturday and unheard from. The American steamship Pensacola, report ed to have foundered, has arrived safe and sound. The city is not only without a water supply but It Is In total darkness. The city street railroad has suspended bus iness, much of Its track being washed out. It will be a month before cars can be operated by electricity, but horse car service will be substituted at the earliest possible moment. The plant of the Galveston company !s partially demolished and is out of communication. Those who used gas for fuel are practically helpless. Fire wood was swept away but there Is Dlenty of driftwood to be had. Several members of the police force were lost and others lost their fami lies. The force Is greatly reduced In numbers, and at present Is insufficient to meet the demand upon It. Adjutant General Scurry, who reached Galveston last evening by boat from Houston, to day sent a courier to Houston to no tlfy the military companies of the state that he would call on them for details '(Continued on fourth page.) NO LOOTING BY AMERICANS Stories of Sacking of Tien Tsin , by Our Troops Denied. EMPRESS REPORTED TAKEiN Li Hu8( Cbifif Wants Proleclloi oa ills Journey to Pckii-Friacc Formally Aisoaacct Wllllsintii to Wltidraw. WASHINGTON. Stpt. 11. The war department today made public the fol lowing telegram: To Fowler. Che too. sena tne ioi- i,.u.inff ..attifecrrarn tn PruiHiIire com manding the United States forces at Tien Tain, it is rep-rxa nere mai , U . Unm Kon rlnlll'A 1 1 M l! : T1 7 In Tien Tsin. Kepcrt immediately whether tne American troops toon pari, u ao punish severely and repress sternly. Absolute regard for life and properly of non-combatants Is er.joined. " 'By order of ttvi secretary of war.' "COHBIN." Coolldge replied; "Looting by Ameriran troops In the u-,.iiif itv a Tifn Tgin 1 unf.iiinded and denied. No property has been de stroyed except unoer military exi gency." WASHINGTON. Sept ll.-From a formal statement given out today it appears that the tate department is not yet ready to begin direct negotia tions with Li Hung Chang. It does net question his credentials as pleni potentiary but simply leaves the mat ter In abeyance. Probably this is be cause the powers have not returned their responses to the Russian note, as it is desired to avoid being the hrst among the oow?n to abandon hope of harmonious action and strike for itself toward a settlement directly with Chi na. Also It may be deemed well to wait to hear from Conger who, sev eral days ago, was Invited to express his opinion about quitting Pekin. WA5HINGTON. Sept, 11. Minister Wu has received a cable message from Earl Li Hung Chang, giving an im periaj edict signed by the emperor, directing him to proceed Immediately to Pekln and there to co-operat with Prince Ching toward peace negotiations and a settlement of all war dilficultle. The edict is dated August 27. Accord ingly. Li Hung Chang asks that the powers co-operate in affording him per sonal protection. He probably will leave Shanghai at once, going by sea. Sir Robert Hart. Imperial minister of cus toms, has been asked to procure steam er accommodations for the trip. Min ister Wu will probably ask that a Unit ed States gunboat be designated for Earl Li's use. LONDON. Sept. 11. France has for mally adhered to the Russian proposal to withdraw from Pekin to Tien Tsin. A representative of the Associated Press learns, on unquestionable au thority, that telegraphic Instructions sent from Tarls and St. Petersburg to M. Pichon and M. De Giers. respect ively, the ministers of France and Rus sia at Pekln, directing both ministers In conjunction with Generals Frey and Linowitch to take measures to with draw the legations and military con tingents of both countries to Tien Tsin Immediately, if circumstances permit. Diplomatic circles In London are In clined to believe that this step will lead to similar action on the part of the United States and Japan, and that while Germany may hold out until Field Marshal Count Von Walders.e arrives in China, she wjll ultiiiir.teiy acquiesce, leaving Great Britain llti. . choice but to follow suit. LONDON, Sept. 11 A dispatch from Nagasaki. Japan, says it is reported there that the dowager empress of China has been captured by the Rus sians at Johol CY. PARIS. Sept. 11. A special dispatch fmm Rottib iiv-s that the Italian min ister of foreign affairs. Marquis Vls contl Venosta. has addressed to the powers a note proposing negotiations wltr China on the folllowing basis: First Thp evacuation of rkin as soon as the peace preliminaries have been signed. Second The nartirioatlon and SUD- Dcrt of the powers in enabling China ti contract alone to pay the Indem nities. Third The maintenance of the ln tJirrltv nt th Chinese empire bv the collective engagement of the powers. LONDON. Sept. 11. The Tokio cor respondent of the Times, wiring Sep tember 8, says: ''Japan has replied that she will not object to the withdrawal of her min ister from Pekln and to the other meas ures recommended by the concert of powers, and since her geographical po sition enables the prompt adoption of the necessary military measures, she is willing to withdraw her superlluous troops. "According to trustworthy rumors Russia is preparing to winter 15,000 troops at Chi Pi." LONDON, Sept. 11. The Chinese min ister in London. Sir Chlh Chen Lo Feng Luh. is understood to have received from Li Hung Chang a copy of the credentials emanating from the impe rial household appointing the plenipo tentiaries to conduct ihe negotiations for peace and laying down the con ditions in relation thereto. It la intimated that similar documents have been transmitted to the Chinese ministers at other capitals and that the credentials are such ns will satisfy the American and European governments. Sir Chlh Chen Lo Feng Luh Informed a representative of the Associated Prs that he had received a decree similar to the one Wu Ting Fang, the minister to the United States, handed to the state department at Washing ton, and added that he personally transmitted the decree to the foreign office this afternoon. HONG KONG. Sept. ll.-There was a riot in the village of Tai Kuk Tsui last evening, but the Kow Loon police sent relnf urrementa and quelled the disorder. Nine arrests were made. The UnltM States tranaport Mead haa arrived here from Munlla to bo docked. CHER FOO. Sept. S. via Shanghai. Sept. 10. The l'ao Ting exp-.Mitlori leaving today numbers 4w men. TAKU. Sept. 6. via Shanghai. Sept. J' I'hf expedition to Pao Ting Fu will le:ive on Friday. It Is made up a fol low: RritUh, two regiments of cavalry, a battery of horse artillery and 300 In fantry; Italians. 100; Japanese, Zw, Kusal-iiis. 3'tO, Americans. 3u0. (Copyrighted. 1500, Associated Press.) SHANGHAI, Sept. 10. The Taku steamr which arrived here brings re port of the latest news In I'ekln. These advices are to the effect that the gr'atest harmony prevails among th ofneem of the allies, who treat each) other with extreme courtesy, and that the soldiers are living aa though mem ber! of one army. Late arrivals say that If any clash occurs during the oc cupation of Pekln it will be brought on by the diplomats of Europe and noC Dy the aoldlers in the rleld. The march through the palace wa a historic event. Every army was rep re.iented. The Russians led and the. troops of other nationalities followed in the order previously reported by cable. Each regiment of Americans who participated in the relief of Pekln was represented by about 110 men. General Chaffee. General Harry and other officers leading. A Russian band and the Sikha' bagpipes played national airs while the troops filed through th grounds and building. There were manv eunuchs attached to tne palace remaining and they stood by loukin? -is though they were attending a fun eral. They were evidently deeply hu miliated. After the procession, which began to move by 8 o'clock In the morning and was an hour and a half In passing through the grounds, a party of civil ians, including the legation ladles and some prominent missionaries, were ad mitted. Tea waa served to them and the palace Inspected. The most re markable feature of the buildings Is ald lo be the gilded exterior staircases carved from single stories with drag ons. Hons and other ornaments. The empress' bed Is trimmed with solid gold. After the Inspection of the ralace the gates were again closed and no one was permitted to enter the grounds. The t loops arrived here are forward ed to Pekin as fast as they land. Th minister remain in Pekln. The city has been entirely looted except the palace, and auction sales of loot, in, which valuable silks, furs and bronzes are the principal articles, are heM daily. The chief bidders at these sales are army officers. The newspaper correspondents had a controversy with the officers who at. first proposed that no correspondents should be admitted to the palace with the rrocession. but the press represen tatives wer finally allowed to accom pany the troops. The Chinese forts at Tie Sang, near Taku. are still undisturbed. The Brit ish made a reconnaissance In that vi cinity but the British commander says he will remain passive unless he Is atlaoked. when he must fight in order to preserve his self respect. The Rus sians are expected to attack soon, but they lack sulliclent artillery for their purpose. A Russian scouting party was blown up by a mine near the fort and several of its members killed. Ths commanders of the Chinese forts at Chee Foo are greatly disturbed by reports that the Germans propose tak ing the forts, and they are threatening to defend them to the end. The heav ily armed Krupps In the foreign settle ment will be destroyed If the fight occurs. The United States battleship Oregon arrived at Woo Sung today. She steamed at a good speed throughout" the trip. Her officers say she is in per fect corditlon for the present though rerairs of a temporary character will be made. DANGER IN OVER CONFIDENCE. Senator Hanna Warns Republicans of the Peril in Inactivity. CHICAGO, Sept. 11. Senator Hanna, at a dinner at the Hamilton Club to night. In honor of Senator Mason, talk ed frankly of the'danfrer of over confi dence on the part of the Republicans, and declared with all possible emphasis that everything that the Republicans and patriotic Democrats f.mght for four years ago was at stake in the present campaign. Tbe silver question and not imperial ism, he asserted, was the paramount issue. HURRICANE AT CHICAGO. Wind Blew at Rate of Fifty Miles Per Hour Throughout the Day. CHICAGO, Sept. 11. The storm of today was one of the severest that has visited Chicago In years. At one time the wind reached a velocity of 72 sHes per hour and during the day not less than 50 miles an hour. Two people lost their lives and a number were Injured. The damage amounts to thousands of dollars. MINEWORKERS' STRIKE. Will Probably Be Ordered row. Tomor- PHTrAGO Spnt. 11. "I will leave for Indianapolis tomorrow night and. If Upon my arrival there Thursday morning I fall to hear anything from the nnerntnr In New York Indicative of their willingness to meet us In con ference, I Bhall Immediately .order a strike." Thp were the words of John Mitch ell, president .of, the United . Mine work ers of Amerietu tonight. "It Is with the greatest reluctance that I take this step." continued Mr. Mitchell, "but nothing eL?e remains for us to do." WHEAT MARKET. ' PORTLAND. Sept. 11. Wheat, Wal'a Walla, 67c; Valley and bluestcm, 5Jc ti) 60c. . CHICAGO, Sept. XL Wheat. Uc:..!vr. opening. 74, 71!4; closing, 75V4, 7j',4. METAL MARKET. NEW YORK. Sept. ll.-Sllver. lead, 437b; brokers, 4.