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ALLIES SUFFER
GREAT LOSSES
PeiTanjjand Lu Tai Forts Have
Been Captured.
MASSACRE BY RUSSIANS
Flvi Tbouiiad ,Cblne Flnng lalo Amur
River-Cbifft Reports Improve
sieit li Coodlllo- Will
.Divide Forces.'
CFJILIN, Sept. W.-Th L"kal Annie
gr' Shanghai correspondent cable
that the alllv ModaV captured Pol Tang
and Lu Tal forts, with great loe.
TROOPS MASSING.
TIEN THIN. Hept. 19-Vla Shanghai,
Sept. ' 20. T o thounnd tlx hundred
German left Tien Tln toduy to Join
the force forming; In the neighborhood
of Taku. already oni"'l of VM Hum
tluiu, I'M German and other foreign
troop, the Intention being to attack
l'tl Tang forta tomorrow at daybreak.
(Copyrighted. IMO, Astorluted Prem.)
ADVANCE tO PEI TANG.
PEKIN. Sept. 16. via Taku. Sept. "0.
General Jumi II. Wilson, with
American and M British troop and
lx gun, marched westward today, and
the German, will move tomorrow, to
co-operate In taking Pel Tang, where
the enemy la upp3-d to be In large
force. '
The American commander will attack
from the west and the German from
the east. General Wilson will then tuke
Ban III Tien anenal.
Possibly thla will be the laat big ex
pedition, ai It l understood that the
Drltl.h and Americana will ' abandon
their former plan of police campaign
uiid will prepare for the evacuation of
Pekln.
The BrltUh have countermanded their
order, for winter clothing and It la ru
mored will full back to Wei Hal Wei.
The German legation l expected to
withdraw Friday, September 21. and
It la generally reported that the Amer
ican, will withdraw, but General Chaf
fee refuse to confirm the rumor.
RUSSIAN ATROCITIES.
LONDON, 8ept. M. "Authentic ac
count have been r.celved here." aay.
the Moscow correspondent of the Stan
dard, "of a horrible massacre at Iliad-
ovestlchen.k, which waa undoubtedly
carried out under direct order from the
Russian authcrltlea and which then let
loote a tide of daughter through the
Amur country. ,
"Th entire Chinese population of
5,000 oula waa e.corted out of the
town to a spot five miles up the Amur
and then being led In batches of a
few hundred to :he river bank were
ordered to cross over to the Chinese side.
No boat were provided and the river
la a mjle wide.
The Chinese were flung alive Into
the stream and were stabbed or shot at
the least resistance, while Russian vol
unteerr who lined the bank clubbed or
hot any who attempted to land. Not
one escaped alive. Tr.e river bank for
miles was strewn with corpses.
MOVEMENTS OP ALLIES.
(Copyright. 1900. The Associated Press.)
rEKIN. Sept 14, via Shanghai. Sept.
Id. General Chaffee expresses a prefer
ence In favor of the tents of the winter
ramps rathor than insanitary buildings.
The Indications are that 10.000 of the
nlllei will winter at Pekln. The Ger
man force will be the largest. ' Some of
the troop will probably be distributed
!n the surrounding cities to relieve the
strain. The Japanese will withdraw
the most of their force to Nagasaki.
The Russians will retain at least 2000
here. '
A 'joint expedition to Pao Ting ha9
been planned by the Prltish, German
and French force. The dowager em-
presa ha expressed her willingness to
return to Pekln, 'f guaranteed protec
tion. The generals In command and
th! minister of the powers are unwil
ling to assume such a responsibility.
A number of small bands of Boxer
PORTLAND, ORE.t FRONT AND MORRISON STS.
Kiiroiwanplan.fiOfltolt.MDerdav. OSCAR ANDERSON, Manager.
J American plan, $1.00 to a.00 pot day. j, rj, PENDKOA8T, Chief Cloik
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Custom House Droker.
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have been reported In the neighborhood
recently.
CAUIJCOnAM FIIOM CHAFFEE.
WA8HINOTON, fV-pt. 20. The war
department h re1.-lv.d the folliWlng
cablegram from General Chaffee:
"Taku (no date) AUutant-0neral.
Washington. Pekln. Bept. 14 -To avoid
further crowding of P?kln have had
In mini a division of my force be
tween Pekln, Yang Truii. Tien Tsln. at
the latter plac leaving one batuiln
only becauae the ground at Tien Tsln
la low. clamp, unsuitable. Other com-
mandera have no Instructions, but they
assume at least that ome of their
trow are to remain at Pekln during
the winter. I state this a Indicating
what I to be aacertaltwd here, not
knowing, of courae, the actlnn being
taken by the Kwer and the L'nlted
State. Only une regiment, Russian
troop, retired toward Tien Tsln. has
yet moved. (Have troop of other pow
er done so?)
"Condition of Chinese ome better;
gardener entering the city freely, re
lieving the djstres prevailing ome
day ago. Slight resumption of trade,
other condition very fair, rendering
the ltuatlon very o.ulet. Expedition to
day. Wilson commanding, to expl the
Roxer to the westward In order to
free the country for coal supply mine.
Pekin. Headquarter, one squadron of
th Sixth cavalry go to Tar.g Tun to
lamp. Telegraphed you 30th. Rallr d
to be repaired. 14 Hung Chang left
Shanghai Mh. Reincy rprta Hock
hlll expected at Taku Hth.
"CHAFFEE."
A portion of this dispatch Is unintel
ligible to the department ofnVlale. and
they have asked the telegraph company
for a correction of It.
GOING FOR KKUGEn.
Dutch Cruiser Geldrland Will Take
Him to Holland.
PERIM. Sept. 20. The Dutch cruiser
Otlderland Is going to Dvlagoa Bay to
take on board former President Kruger
and convey him to Holland.
MAY WANT EXPLANATIONS.
f.ffer of Warship for Kruger by Dutch
Government Meets With Disfavor
in England.
NEW YORK. Sept. M. The Standard,
commenting on the statement that Pres
ident Kruger haa accepted an offar of
the Dutch government to convey him
to Europe In a warship, say the Trib
une's London correspondent, says that
England has & right to expect that a
countrv which is still diplomatically
friendly shall not display officious and
effusive patronage of an enemy of
England. By adopting that line It
makes Itself half partisan and renders
ItsWf liable to be caJled upon for an
explanation.
BOERS SCATTERED.
Manv Guns Destroyed and the Army
Broken Into Small Bands.
LONDON. Sept. 20. Lord Roberta
cables from Nelsprult. on the Preto-
rla-Delagoa Bay railroad, not far from
Komatlpoort. the frontier station, un
der date of Wednesday, September 19.
as follows:
"Of the 3000 Boers who retreated
from Komatlpoort before the British
advance from Machadodorp, 700 have
entered Portuguese territory; others
have deserted In various direction and
the balance are reported to have
crossed the Komatl river and to be
occupying spurs of the Lombobo moun
tains, south of the. railway. ,
"A general tumult seems to have oc
curred when they recognlred the hope
lessness cf their cause. Their long
Toms and field guns have been des
troyed and noh'lng Is left of the Boer
army but a few marauding bands.
Kelly-Kenny Is .leallng with one of
these, which occupies a position at
Doornberg." .
BRYAN AT LINCOLN.
Will Campaign Near His Home for
Two Days.
' LINCOLN, Neb.. Sept. 20. Bryan will
spend tomorrow and Saturday cam
paigning In the vicinity of Lincoln. He
will rest at his home during the first
threa day of next week and on Thurs
day will start on his Dakota trip. He
said today that he would continue his
worlc In outslda states, not returning
to Nebraska until two or three days
before 'election.
ENGLAND CANNOT
TRUST RUSSIA
America Will Publish Declaration
Today or Tomorrow.
MANY NOTES AWAIT ANSWER
Brltlib Forla Office Declare WItMrawil
laexpedleoi Vlccrty f Soatbera
Ch!sa Appeal for Ptact
Japia AiUttcd.
the slrilt to which the Pekln garrl
son waa relumed from the lack of am
munition during the last dayr. of the
Meg. Every scrap of metal, no mut
ter how valuable In itself or In the
form Into which It had been worked,
waa utilized and It I said that the ene
my was gn-atly -;laed when llver bul
lets were rained upon them, this being
an Intimation of the failure of the gar
rison supply of ammunition.
NO FRAUD AT SEATTLE.
Censu Bureau Announce That
Charges Made by Tacorna
Were False.
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..REMOVAL, SALE..
For the next sixty days our entire
stock of furniture and carpets will
be closed out at less than cost. Call
early and avoid the rush.
CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON
LONDON. Sept. 21.-Such Pekln dis
patches as appeared this morning tend
to confirm he suspicion regarding the
attitude of Russia already expressed by
Dr. Morrison, correspondent of the
rimes at the Chinese capital. The Dal
ly New print a dispatch almost Iden
tical with advices to the Dally Ex
press from Pekln but adding that In the
opinion of the correspondent the Rus
sians or'v desire to Induce the other
Power to withdraw.
NOTES AWAIT ANSWERS.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20.-The status
of the Chinese situation at the close of
the day. according to a high authority,
I as follows:
"There are now before the depart
ment of site a number of notes await
ing answers. These Include the Ger
man note concerning the surrender of
the Chinese ringleader: the original
Russian proposition for the withdrawal
of troop from Pekin. which ha not
vet been acted upon as a finality; the
memorandum from the Russian gov
ernment asking a to the purposes of
this government, and the request by
Prince Ching that Instructions be sent
to Minister Conger to proceed with
neare negotiations at once. In addi
tion there Is a verbal Inquiry from the
French government as to the program
of the United States.
. "These various communications have
accumulated slowly and an understand
In? has now been reached by the ad
ministration that there shall be a gen
eral . clearance of the entire subject.
This may be expected either late to
morrow or early the following day. It
will clearly enunciate the program of
the United States on the various ques
tions presented.
"There will be separate notes ac
cording to the character of the com
munication addressed to this govern
ment: that Is. the recent German note
will be answered by a note and the
memorandum of Inquiry from Russia
will be answejed by a memorandum,
while the French verbal Inquiry will
receive a verbal response.
"As to the contents of these several
communications, the authorities are not
willing tc give any possible Intimations,
thou eh in far as the German note is
concerned the belief Is almost general
here that the response of our govern
ment will amount to a declination to
make surrender of the offending Chi
nee a condition precedent to negotia
tions of any kind."
WITHDRAWAL INEXPEDIENT.
LONDON, Sept. 20. It was explained
today at the British foreign office that
"it was found inexpedient for the pow
ers to accept the Russian withdrawal
proposal." as they had reliable infor
mation that the Boxers were ready to
reoccuov Pekln as soon as the allies
retired.
' VICEROYS WANT PEACE.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20.-The Chi
nese minister has received a dispatch
from the viceroys of Southern China,
making an appeal for the opening of
peace negotiations without further de
lay. They report that a prolongation
of the present condition Is a serious
disadvantage to China and all parties
concerned.
JAPAN STIRRED UP.
YOKOHAMA. Sjpt 7, via Victoria. B.
C. Sept. 20. The country Is tremen
dously stirred up by the discussion of
Russia's proposition to withdraw from
Pekin.
It Is not that Japan shares In the
least degree the panic of fear which
seems to possess the West when the
name of Russia Is mentioned. There is
not a trace of that In the present at
titude of agitation. It Is only that hav
ing ao ree?ntly entered Into the com
munity of the Western powers this
country la conscious of the dignity and
Importance of her position as the first
of the Oriental nations to enjoy the
privilege, and It, therefore, most becom
ingly hesitates tp take an attitude In
imical to the majority. Its policy Is,
therefore, waiting to ascertain the defi
nite conclusions to which the powers
may arrive. . .
While there is no fear of Russia there
Is the deepest distrust of hor diplo
macy and a conviction that a practical
alliance exists between the Muscovite
powera and the empress dowager's gov
ernment. The political situation here
now hangs upon the outcome of this
Russian question. .
An account has just reached us of
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. The census
bureau tooav Issued the following:
Sptclal Agent Victor H. Olmstead re
turned to Washington and haa made
to the director of the census report
concerning the cermu of Seattle and
Tacorna. After giving due considera
tion to the statement made by Mr.
Olmstead It ha been decided that there
will be no substantial change In the
figure submitted by the aupervlsor for
the western district of the state of
Washington. U 1 stated that the c-
retarv of the board of trade of Ta
corna. who first called attention to the
alleged frauds In Seattle, was not able
when Interviewed to furnish any evi
dence of comr-etent character showing
wilful misconduct on the part of the
enumerator who took the census of
Seattle.
Other fact brought out In the inve.
ligation evinced further that there was
no Intintlon either on the part of the
citizens or thofe engaged In the census
work of padding or making fraudu
lent return In any way. The actual
figure will not be made public until
the schedules are tabulated on the elec
trical tabulating machines.
NEW TRUST PREDICTED.
Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Likely to Combine Soon.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20. In Its forth
coming Issue the Electrical Review will
publish this:
"There have been numerous rumors
of late ooncernlng'the probable amal
gamation of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company (which now in
cludes the American Bell Telephone
Company. Western Union Telegraph
Company arid the Postal Telegraph Ca
ble Company). It Is predicted that
these Interests will be consolidated Into
one big company to be known as the
National Telephone and Telegraph Co..
and that such consolidation will be con
summated before the end of the present
year."
MONTANA FUSIONISTS.
Find Great Difficulty in Agreeing on
the Division of the Ticket.
HELENA. ' Mont.. Sept. 20. Three
ktate conventions In session here spent
the day maneuvering for the division
of the ticket. Up to midnight they
had not hit upon a division that would
be recommended by the Democratic
nonferree. The Populist and labor
party offered the Democrats the entire
ticket except the governorship, the
electoral ticket to be divided one each,
but all the electors to vote for Bryan.
The Populists and Labor parties
adopted platforms today reaffirming the
previous declarations by the national
Populist conventions and Labor con
ventions. They endorse Bryan, free
coinage of silver and. In particular, de
mand an eight-hour work day.
The Democrats from Deer Lodge
county who bolted the Democratic con
vention last night met with others to
day and devised plans for the formation
of a state party to be called the inde
pendent Democratic party, which will
hold a convention In Butte, October 2,
to nominate a state ticket.
The faction will also, the leaders de
clare, put a ticket in every county. It
is believed that fusion will be effected
tomorrow, probably on the lines of the
offer made today, the Democrats
having the entire ticket but the gov
ernor.
DR. STARR GUILTY.
Prominent Methodist Clergyman of
Portland Tried for Immoral
Conduct.
ASHLAND, Or.. Sept. 20. The trial
of Rev. S. A. Starr, D. D., the former
pastor of Sunnyslde M. E. church, of
Portland, on charges of Immoral con
duct, has been In progress before a
select committee of fifteen.
After two day and night sessions,
the committee of fifteen sustained the
findings of the Investigation committee
of Sunnyside church by a vote of 12
to 3. and will report the same to the
conference tomorrow.
MARTIAL LAW
CEASES TODAY
Galveston Civil Authorities Nov
Assume Control.
ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND DEAD
WHEAT MARKET.
PORTLAND. Sept. 20. Wheat. Walla
Walla. 56Hc57'4; Valley. 60; bluestem,
SSciffSOc.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 20.-Wheat,
December, 108; cash, 103.
LIVERPOOL. Sept. 20. Wheat. Sep
tember. 6s. 2d.
Five Hundred Cltlieos Impressed for Street
Cteaniof - Family of Forty-Five All
Destroyed but Three
Bridie Rebuilt.
GALVESTON. Sept. 20.-Thla evening
Mayor Jones proclaimed that martial
law would cease at noon tomorrow and
the civil authorities would assume the
direction of municipal affairs.
This waj done at the suggestion of
General Scurry, who expressed the be
lief that conditions had reached such
a tate that the civil authorities were
able to cope with the ltuatlon. This,
however, does not mean the immediate
withdrawal of the military. They are
to co-operate with the tlty officials In
the enforcement of order and will con
tinue on duty as a part of the govern
ment. Today warrants were Issued to Im
press every able-bodied man for the
street cleaning service. Over 500 men
were secured today under thla order,
and fully 2.000 men are engaged In the
work. Still this force la not sufficient
and more men must be secured. Men
for this service are to be Imported from
the Interior of the state.
The prevailing method of the dispo
sition of the dead is cremation. A
each corpse Is taken out It Is thor
oughly saturated with coal oil and
thrown into a blading Are.
S. E. Barton, nephew of Clara Bar
ton of the Red Cross Society, has ar
rived here from New York. Ia an In
terview he suswested raising a fund
of from five to fifteen million dollars
to aid the people In rebuilding their
homes. An appear of this nature will
be- made- te -Uepeople-T of - the-Un Ited
State. '
The largest loes of a alngle family
by the flood, Is that of Rattezaus, who
resided down the island. Of a family
of 43. 42 were' lost ' v-
" ", REVISED LIST OF DEAD.
GALVESTON, Sept. 20. Every man
who Is willing to work has been press
ed Into service here. The wreckage
is fast being cleared away and an air
of business once more pervades the
city.
The Houston Post today prints a re
vised list of those who perished In the
great storm. This list has been care
fully compiled from various sources and
places the number of known dead at
4,754. The railroads have large forces
of men at work and outside communi
cation Is now only a question of a very
short while.
SUMMARY PUNISHMENT.
GALVESTON. Tex.. Sept." 20. Last
nleht a negro, while attempting to
break into a warehouse containing com
missary stores was 3hot and killed by
guards. No attempt was made at Iden-
titlcution and the body was burned.
Captalu Page, of the Dallaa Rough
Riders, has made a ?areful survey of
the town and estimates that there are
WOO bodies yet to be taken out of the
ruins which surround the city.
TRAFFIC RESUMED.
HOUSTON. Tex.. Sept. 20.-The fol
lowing telegram has been sent out by
P. H. Goodwin, general freight agent of
the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe:
"I am Issuing Instructions to all our
agents that the Santa Fe will be open
for Galveston business on the 21st, at
which time our bridge over the bay will
be completed."
All roads have combined for work on
the Santa Fe bridge, and the officials
express the utmost confidence that the
Santa Fe, the International and Great
Northern, the Southern Pacific and the
Missouri. Kansas & Texas will be able
to handle freight and passengers In and
out.
"The relief supplies are being carried
In by barges and the special shipments
from Texas and other towns have gone
that way. The Southern Pacific has
called from Its extension all the men
working in North Texas and has put
them to work on the line between
Beaumont and Sabine to get it In work
ing order and open that port. Sabine
was little Injured and expects to handle
considerable business. An effort Is now
making to obtain charters.
"Work is also being pushed on the
eastern end of the Gulf & Interstate
road, and partial service will be re
sumed out of Beaumont tomorrow."
METAL MARKET.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20. Silver, 62;
lead, unchanged.
M'KINLEY MAY TOUR.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20. It Is possible
that President McKinley may make
Eeveral speeches In the West before
the close of the campaign. To Induce
him to do so Is one of tho objects of
the visit which Senator Hanna will
make to Canton next Sunday.