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CLjS"X-fXit"ur u"WV yvr f ' r" wa w 2 .ISSUED IN.. iniMVEEXLY shctisns mCACHm TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. coooooooooocooocccco i VAJ, -i.J. 1. . . i - ) . i ' - - I "."."""' J - - - "if" '-" ':'- :" - - ' '; NEWS. !& RAD Officials In Washington Distorted by Kcmpff's Reports. V JAPAN WILL f IRNISH ALL TROOPS Required for th Operations Betwcca tbe Coast MTl-kl-Tfa Powers Ac " ept M iksdo'a Offer. ',- WASIIINfJTONj Julj: 2--Bad newn t hi-s morning from Admiral Kempfr. confirming tbe' worst stories which have emanated from Oilna relative to the condition at Pekin. and the feel ing of disquiet was noticeable among the administration officials and diplo mats. T1k Oerman embassy showed IMirtieuIar anxiety j for fhe Information resi-ctlng the sad end of Baron vou Ketfelcr. : . i , " . ; It was said, this afternoon, at the State Department, that the only news was that there seemed; to be an unani mous agreement on the part ,of the lwers to welcome, with the utmost cordiality. Japan's offer to furnish re inforcements for the forces now oier atlng along the Pel llo river, in the effort to reach lVkln. las Japan alone of the powers Is prepared to throw Into China whatever nuniber of troops may lie needed. The news to that 'ef fect has come to the State Department from all directions, and jwirth-ularly from England. Russia and France. " As far as the State Defiartmeut is oncerned, it had practically accorded Japan a. free ha.pl in the matter of the numlier of troops to ;be employed in China, nion the voluntary and courte ous statement of the purpose of the employment of these forces. Americans yorxiKi. - Washington. July 2 The Navy Ie part men t tonight received the follow ing calHegra m from Admiral KempfT; j 'The casualties to date are: CorjKir al James F. lJintiigan. Private J.IC Milb-r, W. It. Morris, IE. M. ProvciisaL John Hunter, W. If. Nichols. Itoat swaiu . mate T. Thonfti. Onmier's Mate R. Benson, Apprentice " II. A. Rromaii, Landmaut II. H. Ktewn. seriously wounded: j Ca,let Taussig, swain's Mate.T. Tliomas. tStinnerl Thomas and thirty-four others slightly wounded. The ship's crews of all na tion arc re-enilKirking. The soldiers and iiiMrliH'S remain I ashore. Captain M'alla Is on duty.'" j Captain McCalla ivas reKrtl as wouudeil lii a previous cablegram, so i he latt news Indicates that he was not badly hurt. ji VOX KKTTELKK KILLKIK Washington; July 2-Tl Xavy De partment has reeelvHl the following from Admiral Kemplf, .without date: Chec Foo 8-retary of the Xavy, Washington: Itauner from 1'ekln re IKirts legations are lNicged; - provis ion. -nearly exhaustHl; situation des lierate. Herman minister gohig to Tsuug II Yamen murdercl by Chlues shliors. American, Italian. Iuty (?) h-K.it ions burned. Twenty thousand Chinese soldier inside. outside IVklu; reisrtil lsund for Tien Tsin: still lighting atj TUu Tsin.- Com niunicatiou with Tien Tsln by rail and river Insecure.! j i Tlie - wrd "Duty In Admiral Kempft s tTJspatch I taken to mean "lutch,' in refefeufie to that legatlou. A OIvKMAX KKI'OUT. Iimion. July .0. "jriie ani"S are not arlvancin fori tlsi relief of lVkln. 'I'lilJ illllllllllM-Ollli-Ilt to the House vt Comm.' ps. ?y William St. John uroti - rick. Under -erctary of State for l oreisii AO'aii-sj whs r"ceivel with ex la matioiis of itstoolshmeut and dis may. Sir Thomas jAshmead Bartlett InqulrtHl for any Informatltnt that had I wen r-H-elved fnnt the legations at I'ekin. or as to the ifimiiosltion ami t.mmaml of tlie relieving force ami of the prsMit position. ImslerlcK n-ad tlie dispatches receive! today, aiMl sahl Hie lotal alllwl forces avail able Is now about 1S,. as the troops have, lsen rapklly advancing, adding: -We do mit yet know what arrange ments have liccii made locally regartl ing the cotnuiand of the expedition. Iiut it has not Is-eit tlMrtight iiossPile to attempt a mrther advance. The consuls Iiave ls-en In coninmnication i. . i. in tii Van it Tse re- ...-. ............. . .. .. . glen, and they nr quite well aware that support will jbe given tliem by Her Majesty's iSovernnunt In pre- ..i- i it i i.tWusIt lmiMjss- It.le that the ! ixiiresentatlveS of - the . . i ..i. i., uiwiiit 1m ronsulted. iiincis hi a ........... as no i-ommunieatioii are iwssing be tween them, a -n... sitnatun Is desnerate. lias- ten. These! words from a message of Von Itergeu. a tmmtr ot uip""; tn.. iva-ln iinterslgnel v bv Sir lluliert Hart. Insiiector geneml of customs, and dated nine days ago. r the tlMMiic of ail urivate comment. Tlev are piei4jfiiig for news of a. r. !..;,.. vino tlavs asn tbe llliUIIIII T . amnuuiltiou of te little garrison of deienIing foreigners was rnnnius w ...i r.wl nix n)i rl v (xhaustel. U1KI llirii . -. . . - while arouol them was a horde of Kansu braves, having at tneir enR- .- u roiM-at in" riflis. I tv ii ii i 'i ' , i .- - - kin -was . in the hands of revolotkm- While nothing bnt isinlsier news comes from Northern China, Southern fhi.... ii .HTiihii:lv breaKing nwa from the empire. All provinces south of the bellow river, whose viceroys and governors maintain friendly rela tions with tlie fiowers through the 'xi r- wru miWDMIty COUSti- tuted Into a confederacy with Xanktn as tli -tiiti . . -w x'IIHl . - i .... ' GEILMANY AROUSED, i lierlin. Julv catwl sources a rtiresentatlve of tlie Associated Fress is able to state that today, after a detailed statement by Count von Itueiow, Secretary of Kute - k iin-imi Anairs. regarding the Chinese situation. Emisror William male up hi mind to insist upon full satisfaction - for ... . u.u Vi UUIUU vdn . Ketteler, for . whh-h purioe he resolved to send nltncoti forces. snnmilmiifiSlr imto i '"- "iwr powers wno are chiefly luirrvNuti in restoring order In China, A considerable portion of the Uerinan fleet will lie sent slam Onlim v IssikhI tonight to prciiare live new imuiFKuijm jor sailing. , , ; - j - -BAD XEWS COXFIRMED Tien Tsin, Jnue 20, via Shanghai, July G- A courier from Kir Roliert Hart, InsjsH tor general of i customs af 1'ekln, has Just arrivwl. , He left IVkin 3Ionhiy. June 25th. and reitorts the situation desperate. On June 18th he reiiorts Haro'n vou Ketteler, the Oernmn minister, was kllhML All the legations 'except the British. German and Italian have .wm-ii destroyeL Tlie diplomats ami mlssiomir1-8 are In the British legation under rifle fire, s Can nou commauil the legations, but they are not lieing useil. : 5 f Captaiu McCalla, commander of the Xewark, estimates that riO.OOO soldiers will be riHinired to relieve the minis ters I nlVkiu. THE GOLD SEEKERS INTKRKSTINO LKTTEK8 FKCH FRED LOCKLKY JR. TVRITTEN AT SEA. Experiences of Son of the Salem Tremaare Ilanters on "Their Wsy to the Cape Nome Mine. ! UXIMAK TASS, Alaska, June' 4. Editor Stab'sman: As I write we are forging ahead steadily toward Dutch Harbor, where we expect to arrive le fore tomorniw morning. For the first time since leaving Astoria we saw laud today. : In the early momiiis someone announct! land on the horl koii; we hurried up the hatchway and saw in the dim distance," rising from the face of the waters, two j snow crowueil isiiks. We .traveled toward them all day till the afternoon mists hid them from view. At one time five peaks were In sight. Mile . after mile we galu-d on the land till at about 3 in the afternoon we entered the nar row channel of Unlmak I'ass. It is very narrow, not Wing more than half a mile wide, the tide rushing through strongly. Ou both sides the moun tains came down abruptly to tin? wa ter's edge. They are lsire, ragged, missiiaiHUi nuiwMK, their toJis and shies covered with snow. The islands ami the surrounding waters wetii to be the home of myriads of waterfowl.: Gulls, sea oarrots, sea pigeons. s-a swallows and dm ks are to ! seen by the thous and. The ducks are so tame tluit they scarcely-fly'' at the approach of the steamer.' often diving when tls prow of the vessel is almost upou'then) and coming up on one side or to tlie rear of the vessel. : f;: til r th Siil.-iiiits are hi fine fettle now. luiving recoveretl from their sea sickness. We have o" ; high-rollers on board the Xome City. As I write In the dininK-room of the first cam n. a game of cards Is going on at the same table to my right, and at tlie other end of this same table a raffle for a watch is Is'ing wnducbHl. two t.le furtlwr down a game of chuck- a-luck is lslng carrietl on, while a nolsv irroun that reminds one or a nive of Ihh'S swarming, indicate that a crap is in oroirress, oinssite whieti a looker game 1 being played. The lianker of the .era i game, a ousmess man of Astoria, lost IM feist nlglit, wbfle one InexiK-rienced player lost a few dollars on a iwker game and stayed with the game to recover his i.Mlhirs.-tm he nuit a loser to tue ex tent of f la He had 20 cents left with which to commence, mining ai Xome. The boat winks at tBe gam- Lltnic. as It sells lots of Iiqnor for them. It Is a new exn-rlence to Us to th wav the business of the boat. 1 conducted. Tbe stewards awl crew r.. the most iart inteml to quit at Nome, so they are perfectly indiffer ent about losing their jo!. They are trvlns to make as much a possuue : ' ....it.i., ihlr lolis. Bv paying ciinlii or waiters, steer- one VI 1 " 'T - ' . ' . ace issengTS n smuggle them- 41 " . . C, a ..l.i,, 1 1 r anil mivis Into ine uw - bv dally tips to the waiters can live ol the tat of the lamL 1 heard one waiter tell anotner: $ - that cheap guy with the long wh!fdcprs? He thinks we are here for our health. 5ive hi ni cold grab till he conies up with a tip- t - KVL hands lrm willing to sell ship .tores and knmk down the iroceels. ThTxome CMy 1 ckan awl sare, Si low boat. io carritn. n abun dance of the Ist kind of supplies. The7are unfortunate In their employ lney an- .enrhe Is was not well iniormeu SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, J ULY 3, 190a ditions, or misrepresented tliem that Is eonceruing the second class. Tuesday morning. June 5. At 2J3t we cast anchor In Dutch Harbor: I have never seen a .more picturesque harbor. , It is Ideal. It is shaid some like a mole shoe. land-locked, nnmn talu begirt. , The mountains slope down steeply on all sfclea iuto the liar hor. protect ing it fully from heavy storms. ISefore we came in sight of the harbor there was great anxiety among tin? iKissenrers to kaow twbetb er any Isiats would be In tlie harbor, or whether they had all cleared ror Xome. As we rounded the point i a. fon-st of masts and smokestacks came Into view.; Then a cheer lroke loose, for we knew we would not lie the last to get in. We found tbe St. Paul, Liiflla, Itanier, S;m Pedro, Aberdeen, Homer, Zelandia, Charles Xelson, Rosalie, Geo. W. Elder, -Ohio. Roan oke, Oregon. San Bias. Elihu Thomp son, the revenue cutter Rush and the gunboat Wheeling, Isoldes jailiug ves sels, sealers and smaller craft. Sev eral have come in todav i Jnnn iHhi and the Oregon and several others cieareu ior tue north toiiay. lien Tay lor and myself got out our 'jigging" tackle, and lwfore I liad mv line to Hm iKittom I felt a jerk and uulled u a cood-slzed skehiiu. - A iuoiniit or two later I felt a pull as though I had roistl a , yearling. I was fishiiia In about twenty fathoms of water. It siK-iiHHi a lona time iierore my Vjii feet of line was lulhd In. I fnniul at. tli eutl of it a" tine, halibut weigliiug about 18 or 20 iiouuds. My next tlsh was a c-oil. then a sole.' Bn csiuht soles and ftoiinilors. Tlu ll'liHn S:1" liail sixty Jwunds less fish when we qtiit. J a 1 e sen i mem tiown.io me commissnry department and we thought we woukl get some fresh fish. I gmss our mouths will continue to water, as we heard that thev wer nruil at the of- ltHra mrHM ml wo iltiln't rt n tsntp . The -Steamer' Seuator. one. of the ome neet, wntie on tue way to tue Cniui oniimntorfHl :i t:iri'i tlt'lil nf ! and was auchoriMl to this lea field for a day or two before putting back for this point. She come into tats harbor i nis morning. , dories along as freight. We anchored -1 if STEAMER SBXATOIC; AXC1I0I1ED TO THE ICE.- alsiut 2iO yanls off shore, lie lowerctl his Isiats ami is doing a land ( onice business takimr nassenircrs nsliore for 25 cents for the round trip. lie is making a nay. J ne vessels put ffru? Into Dntch Harlior to coal create a laiul office business for the Inhabi tants here. If one wishes to buy any- hi ni- jrmi mint tnk vonr turn SImI Missibly wait an hour or more 4o get a chance to miy it. urn or iwo en-ii-nuiixl trio irlth rom missions to bllV a few little articles for them,, so I waittl my turn .which took nearly an hour; I tokl the clerk wnat. I wanitni. ii. iiiiwiv mi his luinils and said: "Heavens, man, I haven't time to pat up tlmt big list of things; come around jirain." and he commenced waiting on someone else. I finally; succeeded .In getting, the various things by going to different-clerks and siiendlng: lots of time. Scores or jieople crowdetl i the counters, anxious to Is? rid, of their money. I would .like to own the store for a week or two. The wharf at Dutch Harlwr presents st, busy vight, Ttslay two men could iiut agree, so thev stood up aud had a fight with their fists. They hit savagely, knocks Ing each other down several times. There was a rush and lief ore the fight was over, two thousand petiph? were erauliig their necks and tiptoeing to see the ctmdwtants. This forenoon (June f.thi Ben and Oscar Taylor.: and tlie writer went asliore. We fell in with many Salemites and old friends who were on other Ism ts. We vlsitwl the AlHrileen ami liad a very pleasant cliat with Mrs. Xichol. who formerly nuinagetl the Postal Telegraph Com nt Kakin. We saw -Bert Hatch, and met Jeff ami Al Owinn and Jack Ryan. We sat down ou luc son springy, moss-like ground and while fhattlmr. Mr. Holman and Jesse and Lee ;eorge came up, then Miu. Anna Xk-hol. We baa an across the island aud ere waiting to be ferrletl over to Unalaska. Miss Fannie -Mann, who Is teaching in u I.-.. mhni -nm over and we had a regular reuulon of Falemites. Oth ers Joiuetl our group ami we cavu n-j tmrted about conditions on im? Tori Thorv liarp laen deaths, shoot-: ing scrapes and various otlier excite ments on the ot tier ooais, aim ous stowaways have turned UP Instants, the San Bias had sixteen hid away in her coal sacks. Al and Jetr flwinn ami Jack Ryan had made a -graft" on Isuird tlie Elder. Ben ami I are not slow, so lictween u we bad a fine lunch. i The aove nametl. with Oscar Tay kr, and two other pawwigem from the Ekler. took a jannr across tlie Island nd ate our luurh by the deep blue waters of the Behrinjf Sea. after which we went up the beach a few miles and rested br a cold, clear spring of snow water till theiide was low, wh gathered a big supply of shell fish ami ate them for snrHer. They were de licious.; W found quite a few pearls in the hells, but not large mouph to be of ooiuruercial value. We ickl up quantities of sponge, sea-urchins. I-retty ihclls, and -picket! a rctty white flower tlmt rtsemb1ea a st ra w l,?rry bki'ss.m; also Violets and sever al other wild flowers. I never saw such rieh soiL , Tlie hillsides and the mountains jam covered with snow. Someone has set fire to the dried grass and It Is burning on several of the luiaintaiua up to the; snow, line op lsisiie to where we ''had our clamliake was what Iuil once tsen a good-sixel Iieak. but its tip had been bio Wu off, leaving an ugly, gaping crater;!. The lava tuts flowed in some queer forms, in one place ; forming an almost ier f ect a rch of mason work. the., stones scheming to be regularly laid With some lighter colored rock siutHzed into Um tracks, that: gives it the apiwarahee of plaster, between tlie rocks. On one of the islands the post office Is called Udakhi. On the other Island is it celled Unalaska. A native boy icrneu me over io ine oii liussniu st't tleiaeut and mission. He charged IO cents. : i I asked - him how much he could luake a. month, lie said; "not very much. mayte so twenty, thirty dolhi nitiutu. Yestertlay make fort y dolla rs.. one; da y da nm gootU da mn glad, 1hih lots more boats come, Uualaska is a very interesting' place to visits One can see all complexions and countenances iure Russian, Aleutian, Russian and Indian mixed, etc.; I visited the native houses. The t'overumeut, has built them small, but neat eabtus: back of these are many native fa mllies living In eartlr .hrnn. In front of the entrance is the king. light anl graceful skin boat, or tlie beautifully made frame of one -.'Beyond tlie native houses rises the Oreek church. Xcar the church is tlie. Rus sian mission school, established by Rev. J. Veniawinoff. I greatly regret not bringing my camera. The -.t! reek church Is such a p'icturesiue structure I would like to take Its picture. The former .ltishop of Alaska and the Aleutian ; Islands is buried in the churchyard here. He was called Xes tor. though his correct title was Baron Xlcholas Vass. He was a lieutenant in the Imperial Russian Xiivyi He died in St.; Michaels In 18S2. We see the Xome IsKits and other craft ply ing ovtvr "the sea's green .garden bed. . - '. r-.. -l.r i ' mw i : i -' I - .. . r a i -m , l f . - . - which.-, tempests . till and sea winds ttu n mid pKw," and it Is a-verr pretty sight. WejexiKt-t to tie delayed here a iweck. coaling and- waiting : for re Hnrts of the condition of the ice to the1 northward. FRED HOCKLEY JR. Tlie following letter from Mr. Lock ley, the first one written to tlie States man by that gentleman after-.lie left Astoria. iis lst-n delayed some where, and was ttselvcr in the same mall wRIr the one. publislstl alsive; On Hh Pacific, iiefiveen Asl6ria ami CaiK? Xome, June I. Ilitr; States man: i'our rentiers Will tlouiitless Is' noieor less Interestifd In those letters when I arrlve at Caie Xtime ami de scllls? the! condition, tlierei however, a letter written aboard tlie Xome City may prove of interest. We arrived at Astoria, at 4 a. m.. .Sunday iiioruin. Many of thewssengers, among them myself.' sjient a 'lewi liours in ksiktng over that historic stfc I heard music as I pressel ojen IM swinging sdooi-s of 'The j Richmond''' A score : of scantily clad women and? twice that number ttl men were dancing and diiuklng. i t he 'revel 1iadleen going on all night, so that theyf were in all stages off intoxication. : -AstorOi Is a tonjcli toWn.' I am tkl by those- who have livett there. After rt-adlng Wash ington Irvlug's Astoria and "Cajv tain Boulieville ! I j would i liave very much enjoyed staying over a da y or two and looking up the site of the riglnal settlement and reviewing the historic ussticiatJo'nsi of a place so in timately connected with tle early his tory, of Oregon and thoi Northwest coast. : -;-'. J r1 -": j At VJ3ft we liade onW sister t ship the OtH. JW. Elder, grsslbye aiwl start ed seaward. Ieiis of little fishiug boats were skurrylue In Is'fore the f reslieniiig breeJte. j Soon we were at the seven-inile-wMe; month of tlie lord ly' Columbia, passing letween" Forts Canby a ud Stevens. Tlie me t;ity Isgan to' Isjw gracefully as she wtruck the rough water on;tbe liar Soon ler Is wins became pitching and one by ne tiakJ tribute' to Neptune. One of the first to get seaftk-k was Iten Tay lor. We had eatn a fairly good breakfast, so I counselled Ben to stay With It. telling him that breakfast was a needles exense 1 bo lad only eatert Itjto throw It up. IDs only re ply was; Oh fell . with breakfast: what dd I care for" the expense now. He soon had company ami plenty of , It Tlie flshi must have thought we were Ivlnsr them a surprise party, and brinjrlnfi slonc onr own provision. Men lay on the deck rolling with every pitch and heave of the vessel. Few es-apel It. T was anionz the last to snccnmSi. I went5 down to the lioki Tor a stool fnr Bert to sit on. and ron on all side of iim were hearing and groaning, ami tlie s'ights I saw and the otlors lisinellrtl were too, much.- My lreakrast maIe faster progress on the return trip tlian It dsl going down. 11 a ay f the iasse:nsers have not yet Tl -' ' ' - " . . I FIRST left their bunks, and this is the sixth day out. Thos. Holman, II. C Wartl, Frank Kaiser and Ben Tayku were alsKit the sk-kest. They are all on deck now arguing as to which was the sickest, each claimiug the hoinir. Reeves, Basbor, Jesse lieorge, myself aud several other Salemites were af fectetl very little. When they were feeling their worst I heard one man say: "Ami to think I mortgaged my ranch for this. Ben was saying In a wte-ts'gone voice: "Why didu't I take Tlilks advice ami stay at home. Why In thunder can't tlie blamed old tub siuk ami put us out of our misery?" Oscar very much Incensed him by tell ing hi in he wasn't very sick. - The secoutl-class msseugers are a rather disgruntled lot. We tiought stHoutl class tickets, and when we , got on lssird, our cheeks read "steerage." We are piled In tlie hold like sardines. Thereare 204 of us. and the table only stmts thirty-six. This necessitates set ting six tables. The table is between the bunks, which are in pairs three, decks high. With the odor of burnt grease, onion and sk-k men. ami tlie indescrilia lily "close" smell of an In sufficiently aired licdroom, one's appe tite lias to lie pretty vigorous to eat:, The tood is good and abundant, but issnly preiared aud wretchedly served. Tlie steerage steward Is In competent and very abusive. How ever, the iHt of gold at the em! of tlie rainlsiw makes one stand consider able, even if it does turn out that the raliilsiw was n mirage, as It doubtleKs will for W per cent of those who go up there to miue. There are men on lioard who have come thousands of miles to go on this steamer to Xome. .Two came from Maine, one from Texas, and the Mid dle West Is well represented. It Is a liberal education in geography to talk to some of the iwissengers. They have been all over the world ami can talk at first hand of many interesting lands. ': ;.' ",:"" There are many old Alaskans re turning on this steamer. Al Bety, a Columbia liver pilot, is going up to take a lioat ou the Yukon. Captain J. D. Tackalietry is on -board with his two sous. Captaiu Tackalicrry lias lieeu ruuuing ou tlie Yukon and Stick een rivers in Alaska for the iwist four teen years. In IstsS he was on the Willamette river run. jThe fare Was $11 from - Oregon City to Salem, and $20 from Portland to Eugene. He' was captaiu of. the Echo for three years. also of the Reliance. Fauny Patlon, Oivgon, etc. In IMTO he tHk the stern wheeler "The Beaver," built by the Willamette Lock Co., to the Stkkeea river I learned much Interesting river news of th earlj days of Salem's history from him . I stieud almost all of my (line on deck looking out over the real less. heaving bosom of "Old Ocean. If tliere is anything that wilt give a man a seus- of his own Insignltlcanee'lt Is to look as far as tlie eye cau rea-li and see nofhiug 1 but the tleep blue ocean' with" its restless sweij. If there is any poetry In a man. it losses ou the sifrface of his thoughts, as the foam is tossed up on the crest of the swell as it breaks Into spray. Such lines as Iheso come and go like the gleam of the sun on' the' face of the waters: Cunningham's ; "A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast,- ' And fills the white and rustling sail And bends tlie gallant mast." Or Byron's ': 'L; Thou glorious mirror j . Where the Almighty's forin . t Mosses itself ill tems-sts." If anyone Is thinking of cmfng to Alaska 'secom! class, my advice Is "iKin't." Our I suit s ra I her slow. She makes alsiut ten knots an hour. Just now we have the spanker and the fore ami main .staysails set, which pushes us along a little faster. The Elder showed us 1h.t heels the first dar out. - flue stowaway lias tnrnei up and was ut to work In the IsjikT rtNiui as a stoker. The chip's 'Ih11, as. well as tlie dumb dinner Is-M 'of lumper: nnnoum-e tliat It Is time to los for this tinw. , , FRED IAH'KLEY JR. That Throbbing Headache. Would quickly leave y. if you uscj Dr. Kings New Life Pills. Tbu sank kA suiTerers have proved their matchless merit for Sick and Ncrm Headaches. They make pure blood and strong nerves and build up . ymir health: ' Easy to take. Try them. Only 25 cents. Money back if n-t cured. Sold by DR. S. C STONE, Druggist. - ' Foreiffners How are your senators elected? '; 'Amerk-an Xone of them will telL GASTORIA Tor Infanta and CMlfirea. , Th3 Kbd Yea Karu ktezji B::g!it Sears tha &iQA tur of MANY VICTIMS. New YJork. July 2. Sixty-seven toIies of victims of tlie I lot token fire have 'been recoveretl. Each Itour that asses witnesses additional recoveries of Iswlies, scarred, maimed and burned tieyond all semblance of humanity. and half has not yet Iwcn told, as alt tin Isslies brought to tin surface to day were caught on grappling books, A BIO STORM. Cblcajro. July 2. A thumlr storm that suddenly burst uptm f'hk-ago to night, tore down tbe tents at- the Khorassan carnival, corner Lootnl and Congress strets. caused a iini among tVHHt reraoua and tlid much othr damage to iirois-rty. Fire 'deaths and numerous prostrations resulted from the intense li-at preceding tli storm. The tbcriuouetor registered tl at 4 o'clock- - SECTION EIGHT PAGES AREfONTME Cryaa's follawers Gather for the Kansas City Convention. SILMR SHOIURS ON TEE GROUND Nebraska llelrjtatM Ufsnatxl that la to 1 B Kmbocllii la rutform ThraaU f m Ilebellloa Heard. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 2.The brill of the great National Is beginning to take ms thls .-Queen City tr the Throughout the day there - tli mi i and assemblage Hossjon of Sou tli west. lias lsen tie steady tramp, tramp of incoming thousands, by every train. Among tle day's "arrivals are many' of the interest lug flgures of tlie irjrly, Ineludiiig jlldliam.of Nebraska, who will make the speech jdaciug Bryau In .nomination; Hill, of New York, Perry Belmont, of New York;' Teller," of Colorado; 'Senator Money, of Mis sissippi; Senators Allen. Ib itfol.it and Harris, here to aid the cause of Towne. Arthur. Sewall, the Maine shlp buill or, who' ran with Bryan four years' ago; Senator lVttlgrew, Senator Wil liam A. Clark, of Montana, witli two bands andj au nliimdauee of eutlius- . iapm. ' .' ' 1 Aside from "the formal proctcd!ugs, the day lias brought mauy : develop uients and soiik surprises In the gen eral sit nation. The dominating Influ- euee or nryannver i no convention lias been niadej manifest, causing some concern and Just u little rclM?ilIon In some quarters. It Is mot by any au thoritative or formal Mords or actions by him thatthls influence 4s exerted, -j 1'iut In wajfn none the less ctTeclive. -It's imisirlaiice, however, has not lieen so much in disclosing how strong a hand Bryau. holds on the convcntlon'a etiurse, as in slioWing thnt there Is little likelihood of a iiuvl iflcatlon or dilution of the silver platik. - I he arrival of the Nebraska delega tion, fresh Ifroni the ctiiifcreiiees with the leaden was mainly Instrumental In showing Bryan's altitude. Tlfy were hardly otT the 'cars I torero tliey met In csckiis and formally put for ward a tk-la ration of prluclples. This expressed jan unalfprable ophihoii to any surreiier of' the prtnelple of bini-tnlliiiit. stid a drniand for the financial, plank making n sisfilie pletigi for tlie free and unlimited eoln age of gold and silver at the ratio of 1 to 1. iiideHndently-of whnt any otlier Natltui may tin. Tho n -hiiI lit la n u n ' ln-i'i-nf i-yI ni til. tie sliort of a nofk-e to the other -delegations aij to the sentiment of Hie men very near to Bryan. Some - of tin-in hadj jiiKt left It 1 1 it. a ml Jub;e TiblH'ts, heat! of tlie tleleKates at- large, dint'd with llrynn iin-l tJover uor Hill at Llmtilu last night. The platform niust 1m straight- out for 1t to 1. there Ik iki tiuestloil as to that," Said Judge Tlhliets. NO TEMI'ORIXIXfl. Kansas ('lly, Mo., July 2. Judge A. S. Tibls'tK of . Ltueoln, clialriuau of tlie, Nebraska delegation, said that It hail I teen accepted as tMmitlre tliat Bry an would iiot Ih a caudUhite unless tin; platform contained tlie : specific dot claratlou in favor of silver at to l. Tlie return of Senator Hill from Lin coln without any tangible result which he was willing to disclose, made it plain thai his conference '-with Bryan at Lincoln had come to naught, and It served s lo to etiipluiKtr the gc tiers I fe'llng thtit Bryan would not tolerate any ltiuii4rlrltig oh the platform. VHO" WILL WIN? Kansas City, Mo.r July The vice presidential situation has Hot cleared up in tht air today,-, and fouight mji areiity is hi as much dotiht us When the tk-legates to tlie t National 1 icitio- cnttlc ta Veil t ion were elected. .'Three was a shilling of the scene ttslay when Rctkjamiu Shivcley, of Indiana, Was takcti out of tlie; race by his own emphatrej statement. As tlie contest stands, affter Shlvcleys retirement, the two leading candidates seeini tt b Cliarli A. Towne and William Stil7r, with some man from New York liko Jmlge Viin Wyck i- El lot t Dan forth as a iiossiblHty under certain circum stances.' The fact Is that the' Vlce- Presidt-ritlal situation Is . Interwoven witli, the platform. If there -Is a sim Im realllrmat Ion of tlie. Chicago plat form .soime New Yrk man may 1 st- le-tel fO'r Vice-President In the boie that he wilt assist in carrying mat state. If there is a! ajeci lie dft la ra tion for 10 to 1, tlu ti Towntf uiay h made Bryan's running mate. A Thousand Tongues j Could not express the rajifure of Annie it. Springer.-of 1125,! Howard St., IliitiadfW'hia, I'a, wlwn b-lie " (ound rhat Drj King's Ncwj Discovcry (or Consumption t had comj!etely cured htr of a hacking cough that-for .many years k tnadc life a lttrcjen. ! Ail other remedies and drxiors rou'd grvr Iter no tKip. but she ay of tlii Koyal Cure "It sorn rernm'cd tlie pain in my dies and I can how sleep sound ly. swMneithing I can scarcely rcmcmler doing 1rfore, I feel like foandir.g !i praises thrt.sighont the Universe f will every om who tries Dr. King's New "Discovery Unf any trouble i i!ic lliroat. I Cbet or Lungs. Price y. and $i.er. , Trial lwMles frets at IR. STONE'S - Drug Stores; every ; bjtt!c , rantttd. r