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Of Ar.IZfliCA Will Esccrt Minister Ccngcr to Place of Safety TKE GOVERNMENT SO DECIDES Vultiplieity of Messages from CLhieae Officials Believed to B a Hay for More Time. , vt as-iii.nu July i.-iiie. re ceipt at Tien Tsin. of an apparently jenaine message. In autograph, from Minister Conger, has done nothing bi dissipate tin loiiJt as to the situation at Pekln. Tli message, which wa first forwarded by naval officers at " Tien Tsin, Takti and Che Foo, has served only to ileeiien the darkest and saddest mystery of the century. The ofllcial conclusion remains unchanged but It I admitted that a careful scrut iny of the autograph uMssaget In coii parison with the fatuous cipher tnct age from ('oncer, admits of the liet lief that the two messages were'--It-dlted Iy Conger about the sam tlnm. A Conger declares that relief must eoni quickly, If at all. there Is ground for suspicion that the crisis is over. On the other hand, there cauie today a message from the great Chines' Yh-eroy. Tak, at Canton. This aiso atlirined solemnly the safety of Ig;t- .tiouers. Coiiilug from such an lmioE tant Chinese otlicial. these dispatches claim attention. A iies-timistie view of them, however, attribute nil io o common origin, lianiery, some one high jwrsonaire at Pekiu. ! It wax not . known to the: State De partmeiit. until its puhllcatid.i in the newspaers, that tlw .French troveru tiient. al had Iieeu addressed by the ( 'hineso 'overniiient in an effort to secure mediation. It now appears that Crat Britain. Germany and prob ably Russia- received such message. Tlt' State Department official sav that, generally shaking, the idea Is not so much to secure mediation. io limin e iim rnwcM to resort to s thing tlie ilelticultics Ietwen tli.-ia ami China by the substitution of ties tint Ions for armiHl forces. China chance of a successful outcome of this attempt to secure an amelioration of the couscipiciti-es of the "Itoxers" uprising: are much diminished by t 1m Intimattou that the Powers are ox kHted to refrain front pressing tin movement towards Pekm. On tlu con trary, the I'nited States War Depart mem, is moving wiin greater energy iiian nt any time, to pet its cootin gent lu a position for the task lefore It. - This Government has acted all the While on the theory that the Minis terst-were alive, and has accepted In good faith the assurancis of the Chin ese Government to this effect, but ha not reeognizisl In any way the suggestion "that the Chinese' Govern mcnt siiomu rurnisn tne foreigner an escort out, of IVkin. It was said, at the State Department today, that the .American Minister is not to Is iu- livered up by a font of Chine' troops to tne allied forces or anv. one else: 'This tJovernment deems it a), propriate, ir lie nei-ds an escort out of Pdkin. that If should lie composed of American soldiers. , also the news of disagreements le tweeu the Powers and the foreign commanders, which threaten to ham per united action, and to encourage Chinese reslstan-e. A - conference of the Admirals at Takn. called to settle the question regarding the manage mrnt of the restored railway,, decided" In favor of Russian control, only the British and American Admirals dis sentiuff. : - :;.:.'"" if the (icil.of nature had "taken the pMHister uuish of k-t in ialui of liis baud and shaken It Into the water of the miirhty Pacific. Visitors to the Far North will mi Muir Olaeicr as one of the sicrhts of that' wonderful .laud-of H'iietuiil day or everlasting night. flSIOMSTS IN KANSAS. CHAFFEE AT. NAO ASK I. Aashlnston. July 25. Adjntant Ceneral Corbin tislay. receive! .two cablegram front Major tienera I Chaf tee. lioth dateil at Xajrasakl, today. The tirst reads: - -The transistrt arrived at this port on the 24th. All are well. The trans port will leave this afternoon or the i'.tli for Taku." .The ftecond dispatch follows: "I accept promotion to Jlajor-tJen- eral. - Thank 1he President for me for tin. honor and Ids confidence. ;A TICKET XA51EO P.Y THE THUEE v i COXVKXTIOXS. DIvWed Amonjr the Vartiea That Fol low I.rj'an Platform Pledges : of the Democrats. Ior- has BRITISH PRAISE. Tien Tsln. July 10. leueral ward., the Ilrltlsh comma nler. sent to the Amerk-an commander a let ter which pays: I desire to exprw the high ap preciation tf the Urltish troops, of the honor done them In serving alongside their comrade in the American army. "I blame myself for the mistake made in taking their tmsition, by the Ninth regiment. Still, the position they took and gallantly stuck to all lay undoubtedly '-prevented n large lMIy of the enemy from turning the right of the attacking force and In flicting serious losa on the French ami JapaiM-se." FORT i SCOTT. Kan.. ; Julv 2.",. Ticket completed by the different slate conventions today, was finally endors ed by all three, the "Democratic. Point list and Silver Republican. It follows Associate Jnsiicer-Da vid Martin. Populist; tloreriior John Y Itrekleii thai I'opnlist: Lieutenant overnor- A. M. Harvey, I'opulist; Secretary of Mate A lie, Fraks. IUmoerat; Treas nrer Conway Marshall, iMniocrat; Attorney-tJeneral IIiTgh P. yFarrelly, Democrat: Snisr!nteudent ,xf Insur ance Webb MeXall. Silvtr Republi can; Elet-tors at large S. W. Turner, Silver Republican, amJ. 1. Fugate, Imoi-rat. -..s ; The platform adopted by the Demo crats demands, anions' other things, the; creation of a"public trilmnal for the complete and efficient regulatloa and control of railways.") The plat form refers to Hryan as "that tmeon- "tu;reI hero, the lion of the West." PRESIJYTERIANS tJATIIER. FROM COO LI DUE. Washington, duly 2". A cablegram. received today nt the War IH-partmeiit from Lieutenant t'olouel t'otdidge in command of the Ninth infantry sinc the death of Colonel !Liseitm, Iudicats that the 4emjKirary government forin ed for Tien Tfcin lias uot Ikvu tmt in force- yet. mil! 4' READY TO ROMRARD. Liil..n. July 2-"i. The Express has following from St. Petersburg: "Ad miral Skreydloff. commanding the Rus sian squadron, has reet'lved precise fust ructions to liomhard the 'Chi new c!at towns. Immediately '.on. the re ceipt of the confirmation of the repnt of the massacre at I'ekin." . ' Ienrer. Colo.. July 25.-rThe annual iU'eetlng of the Young Peoilts . Chris tian Fnion of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, opened a tive days session here today,, with del egates present from every state and territory in the Union. The numlwr of visitors Is estimated to lie not less than Si !. and among them are speak ers or oromlneuce from New York. Pennsylvania. -i Ohio. Illinois. Iowa, Wis-otisIii and California. The meet- lug will close on Monday evening -est. LUMPER FELL ON HIM. 1 CONNER'S M ESS At 5 E. WaKJdugton. July 2.". The following cablegram was revived at the Nary uepartuient this morning; ! -Che Foo. July 21. Navigation liureau. w astnngton: a writtti mes sage signed by Conger, dated Julv 41 ii ami recelvel at TJeu Tsiu on the 21SU says: : i;een m-sreRiMi two weeKs-in the British Legatlou. tJrave dahirer f general massacre by Chinese soldiers who are shelling the legatiou daily Relief must come soon If at all. City 1 without government except by Chin eseartny, which Is determined 'to mass acre all foreigners In Pckin. The en try of relkf forces Into the city will proltahly lie hotly contested. ' THOMAS.'! .' The message Is from Captain Chas .it. xuouias, .coiuuiauuer ol me itrmiK lyn. " i NO HOPE. f London, July 2tk Conger's cable gram, the snlistanc of .which has liec-n transmittal to tlie Unltetl States Sec retary of the Navy, through Captain Thomas, of the United States cruiser Prooklyn. has Increased the lielief In Ijoudon that there Is no hope for the fowign Legntiou ltt -Pekln. and that tho elalwrate fabric of dispateluf. which 4 ho Chinese are building ; to rsrsuade the civilized world that the Ministers are still alive. Is only In temhnl to enable them to gain time: to complete preparations for warfare.1 The Shanghai correspondent -of the Pallr Mail assorts that a Chinaman. who was employed at the British Leg ation as a writer and Interpreter, has escaped from IVkin to Mo Chwang. and that he declares that at th time iw left Pekln most of the mitnliers of the Iga Ions were dead, and the condition f the others was hopeless. He ays. Sir Robert Hart, directorf the Chinese imperial maritime customs. died July 2d. There Is a movement northward of the Southern Chinese troops to join the main army gathered to oppose a foreign advance on Pekin. t ; The streusrth of this prlnchial force fs now estiniatel at .".imi.OOO men. These signs of nnrest ih the Southern provlnois are coincident with LI Hnng Chang presence In Shanghai. They are sunnossl to be the lieglnnlng of a general declaration against the for eigners. In this connection, the Can ton correspondent -of the Telegraph, wiring Tueslajn sends the following Important news: Vlcroy Tak Sit today, published the following mandate: "An , Important ImiieHal deinn' was issued on the 2.id day of the sixth month. It says: We Lave lost Tien Tsln and great "?preeaH tions are taken in Pekln. No pence can ' olitalned without going through a war. -,..!... "With thl accumnlation of evidence bf an Impending big struggle, comes A. CHINESE PROPOSAL. Prussels. July 2.". The ' foreign f )f lice i tolay relived tlie following: 'Shanghai. July So. LI Hung Chang told me. the Chinese (lovernnient was airanging to guarantee the retirement, of tin foreigners in Pekiu, toward Tien Tsin. DeCartier." i ie artier is secretary or the Isclgian Iegatiou at Pekiu. Dallas, Or. July "25. While n car of IuiiiImt was iN'ing loaded at the saw mill at this place ytstenlay morning, a tall pile of lumlicr fell on a - laliorer by the name of Ilenshaw. , The luiu lKr was removod and it was found no bones were broken. Ilenshaw was mud liCu BS ABANDONED Gold Democrats Will Not fuse - ': L - - v ";- .---- - ' with Anti-lmpefialists. COl'RiER-JOl'RMAL IS TOR BRYAN Its rroprietor Asserts tl;at 16 to 1 Xo JJore His Sympathy with; , the African Boers. Is taken to his home and is n-sting easily, j question of a sound and stable It Is twit yet learne4l hurt Internally. whether he was INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. July Si. Ry ;Tiauluious vote of the National Com mittee . of National Democracy;, this ai'IarnooH, the scheme of fusioit with the ahll-imiierialistkf moAement,: oiig inatiiis with a recent mass meeting at the Plaza Hotel in New York, Nvas de feated, as was also the plan to.' place. a Cold Democratic ticket In the -lield this year . Uf the thirty-nine members or the National Committee, there were present nineteen, several of them hold ing proxies. f ' sub-committee presented i an ad dress setting out the, promisition for fnskin and a third party ticket. The Eastern anl Western men oppiised the proiiositipii. When It came to W. 1. Haldemaii. proprietor of tlie Iuis- vllle CourierMournal, a sensation was sprung. Haldeman, iu ISJst, contrib uted valuable aid ih -actively raising funds for the organization ami main tenance of the work of the Sold 'Dem ocracy1. When he concluded: he with drew from the rooni In tlie course of his speech he said: In 1S1XJ P took poii myself abun dant abuse from the Kentucky Demo crats, and I did it because I licliere'd. witlt my lrieul Henry Wattersou. iti the righteousness, of; the refusal to comproinis with dishonor on . the sur- the-ftiit that has lecn shelling Tien Tsin sini' June 17th- Tbe allkil - forees have spareo "!ne ixirtions of the native city from which operations have not leen directiil. LI IN CIIAXCIIAI. Washington, July 2- The State re partmeut has reindvcd a cable dispatch from Consul General Gooduow. hut it is said that it contains nothing to clear i.p tlie situation at Pckin. , Mr. tlooilnow says that LI Hnng I 'hang will remain in Shanghai for the present,-and-will conduct his negotia tions from that city. There is an Inti mation that Earl LI is detained at the request of , r t he foreign . officials, . al thotigii this was not so stated by Act ing Secretary Hill. No information has been received from the Chinese Legation or Cl-jnese Government lu response, to Iresldeut MoKinley's reply to the Ein'iHTor. No ."tiswer has yet lseu j-H-eIved from the second dispatch si'ut to Min ister Conger through Minister W. but it Is stated that when a reply Is made it will probably act at rest all doubts as to its authenticity. . , THE GOLD STANDARD. Washington.. July 2.". The. Director of the Mint has lieeu advisisU bv the United .States .Minister to Peru, that the la tier country has adopted the single irohl standard. C ...-" O.H.G. A. DIRECTORS Ins HOLD SPECIAI, MCKTIMi WOllIIIIUi'.N OX MONDAY. " AT i RERELLION ".SPREADS. MISSIONARIES .KILLED. Paris. July 2-"i. The French consul at Shanghai tilegraplis that . live French missionaries were -killed by IVixei-s in the M a nehurian district. " Al'PEAL TO FRANCE. Paris. July 2.1. The EmiK-ror London. July 25. The Shaiurhal cor respondent of the Daily Express says "A general rising throughmit China Is now regarded as absolutely certain All missionaries throughout the em pire have Ikmmi ordered to take refuge, without' 'delay, either :a.t Shanghai or Hong Kong. Refugees are lieginning to arrive from : all points In a nnost pitiable condition. of China has sent lo President I.u!eta letter. transmittiHl by telegraph by the Governor of Shan Tung. July 10th. apienling to him io take the initiative in restoring order out of the present chaotic state. HOLD THEIR GROUND Colon. Colombia. July 2o. A terri fic engagement still continues between tlie government troops and the insur gents around Panama, but the former are holding their ground, j STOLEN RY CHINESE. Washington. July 25. The question of the authenticity of he dispatch j from Minister Conger, dated Pekln. on the l.Sth instant, develops! tlie fact that several years ago a copy of the State; Ik'partineut cipher code disap peared, and has never mien recovered. ; FARO GAME ROBBED. THE MUIR GLACIER Truokeo, Cal. July 25.--A faro bank in the rear of Al Richardson's saloon. has lieen roMied by two niaskinl men. who covered live plaj-ers with revolv ers, and sieured about ?-i50. After warning the men that .the first one to move would lie shot, the robliers made their escape. ' - GOING TO CHINA. ONE or THE WONDERS OF WONDER- i FW ALASKA IS NO MORE. Destrartloa of thU Crest Handiwork Nstar Reported by Salem Com mercial Traveler, Of Walla walla, July 25.i-LIeutenaut I M. V. Morris, of -Dayton, who nHeit- ly gradnattil from West Point. was iu tlie city yesterdaj. He :was on his way to San Francisco, where he will sail for China, having lieen assigned to the Sixth United States Cavalry. A BIG STEAL. Arthur C. Lawrence, the well known commercial traveler, who is now sell ing goods for a leading Portland wholesale grocery house. Allen. & Lewis, and 'whose home was formerly In Salem, where his father, J. M. I.aw renee, is in businesH. has just. returuiHl from a trip for his firm from Alaska- He was In Salem a few days. ago. and in talking with N. J. Damon,' mention ed the fact of his 'recent trip, and re ferred to the world famed Muir Gla cier. This was a sublecf familiar to Mr.. Damon, for ho took a summer Jmr- uey to Alaska last year, ami has siuee marvchil at and dreamed of this won derful handiwork of nature. ' The glacier was when- Mr. Damon saw it a great liody of solid Ice jutting lHmiy out inio me sea. as niuT-h as"to defy the power and fnry of old ocean. Its face was fully four miles wide, and U rose grandly 25o feet alsive the sur face of the water, and was snmiosed to extend tive to six times that far te neath the waves. It continued Kick Into the lanl alHint seventv-lire m,is and widened towards the shore: The vessel from which Mr. Damon viewed the wonder went; cose up to its face. It could have almost anchored to the huge mountain of ice .without serious da uvcr. : . - . .-. : - . , But Mr. Lawrence rcnorts that th Muir 'Glacier is no more. His v,.i had dittlculty in Working up to within twenty miles of the glacier, owlmr to the Boating ice that has broken away rrom It. and the disturbance of the waters of the lay occasional 1 The glacier- t breaking up. The dfs iiuegnuion may take a long time It Is likely to le complete, as shown by the views had from Lawrence's vessel by means of gla sses. . -'"-. This great body of Ice lui stood there for thousa nds nf riium There is no telling how old It was It seemed to defy the rava!? of ii, and to stand out as n some un forgot teu age. Bv sonn nn. heavaL or some unknown nrmixi nature, in the twinklim? of n .ru it- doom has lieen sealed. Like a grat animal with towering rrt , a ---- - v tic lit 1 ilghty slrenirth. Its t!n i.o. U- - - V VUtfT III io processes of the hges. and It mn. cease to lie. even as all things must ""e u" cuu, or a transiUon- it t Washington. July 25. Fourth Assist ant PostmastiT General Rristow, who investigated the CulKin postal frauds. hnils that Neely s embezzlements ag- jrregateil at least $131,713 and says he was justmeu in reeomniemiing tlie re moval of Director -.General Rathlione. rency. I 1 relieved then ; tliat the "Na tion's honor Ja the stability of its numey was involved, ji ml if I believed that, iu this respect, there was a 113 dauger now, I would stand this day against the regular I democratic organ ization. . ' . "No sane man lielieves this danger exists. The free ami unlimited coin age of gold 'and silver, at the ratio of 1 to 1, without the; consent of any otlter nation, has Ihi u relegatitl to an other generation by tliis Nation. My heart goes out to those who .struggle. f r .-liberty in every nation, and I ap plaud and approve the expression in the Democratic platform sympathizing with the Boers, a people who may. le robbed of free citizenship' in order to help . English greed to gather to its i otlers the diamonds and gold of Soutli Africa. I am comiM'Hed, with the eiise of what is due to free America that I love; to. earnestly, activelr' sup port an -American whom. I beiieve, loves his country and whom I believe to Ih- the higliest aiid liest type of au American citizeu, and, thus believing, t shall vote for and suwiort -William Jennings Bryan." ' . Haldeman thehj moved 'that the money now in the treasury of the Gold Democratic organization lie : paid to that sph-ndid Democrat and able leader of the Democrats of tii Rul David B. 1 1 ill, to use as his judgment may direct." When the vote on the question of fusion -and a", third ticket was taken, Gordon Woodbury, of New 1 la mo- shire, was the only committeeman present who favored . a third bartv ticket. The vote stood 2d to 1 airaihst- -the proposition Wo.mII mrv fit linen moved that the veto U ina.Ii una ti mous. and thisj was ilone. A c-oniutit-tee of three was a p minted to draft a manifesto, wtting out the Posit ion of the National Democracy regarding the Issues now iK'fore tlie people: " ; i.et;rf-piii llo gi:unl. .lumen Win Klanley tm Arqnainted With Hop Condi tlona. CARBOLIC ACID. THREE NATIONS TO , GOVIRN Portland. Jnly 2-. A woman named Sadie Calhoun committed suicide in East Portland, by swallowing earliolie acid some time lietween Monday eve ning ami unesaay ntgnr. .-.she came here recently from Grayson county, Texas.: . - j CITY of TIEN tsis itm.rcn THE ALLIED l"OWERS. BY Many ; Well-to-do Chinese Return i Their Homes Backlioiie of the War I'arty Broken.! !; - to KILLING THE BOXERS. Chines Soldiers Reiwirted to Make Soldiers War on ReiMirted to Insurgents. . but was Mr. field as Tien Tsin. Friday. Jnly ; 20. Chinese coming In from the country rejMirt tuat tlie t;iilnese soldiers are killin a i.ie boxers wnerever tue latter an1 seen, giving as a reason that tlie Box ers def-eived them Into embarking on a - noieiess; strnggk An Intelligent Liunaman .said he resranleil this as a sign of whu-spread dissimsion.- It was only a matter of a short time. ne ueciareu. iierore flic? ; same state would exist in Pekiu. when in all proli- ability, Jung Lu. coiiimander-iir-chlef of tlie Chinese forces and lrince Chiug would 'lie aiie to resain Sntfieietit In fleerce to make peace, esiieeially If the loreiguers i in the capital were . safe, j 1 is appears to present Cue general native opinion here, so far as it is mis- iu 1 ue meantime, reliaiile news as to events in Pekiu nikP whether the for. elgmrs are alive is entlrely lacking, or i oiuy ootain.H.l.'. from h!neso ..nn-.--. mm vcu -nis is most meager nun contradictory. U Is how thought uiai me iorward moyejuent of the al ues win proi.a my take place earlier man was at lirst Intended. possiLly by the end of this month tmt i,oi.:n". - . - . ..HSr a v lllll detlnite will be decided Iwfore the ar rival or General Sir Alfred Gaselee, cuiiiuiaiiuiug. iii jmiian icontingent. A runner who arrtveil from PekSn yesterday-reports that the forpifro... were safe on July 10th," a nil that there nas iieen considerable fighting between Boxers and soldiers inside the city. BcamtS M k2$ Isy TIEN TSIN, July IS. via Shanghai, July 2t. Colonel Bower, of 4 the Chi nese regiment. Colonel Woghfk, of I lie Russians, and Colonel Aokl, of the Ja panese, will form the joint present government for . the city of Tien Tsin. which it vas recejinly decidiMl ;to es tablish. They will be enlrusHd with thee task of bringing sometliing like 'order out of the existing chaos. Since the issue of the -'proclamation inviting well-disposed Chinese to "re turn to their homes, .a number, have f tune liack to the city, and njanj native e ' rervantsare coming to the settlements a 'majority of them returning: to the service of their former cmpioyeirs. (From Daily.- Statesman. July 20.) M. Tj. Jones, of Brooks, president of the Oregon Hop Growers Association, has issued a call for a special meeting of the Jxiard of dinn-tors of the Asso ciation to; lie held in Woodburu''.m next .Monday, tlie 3oth Inst. , . - - The call for the pioeting does, not specifically state for what purpose the conference Is 'desired, but matters re lating to -the harvesting of this year's crop will probably come up for con'-' siderf.tion. - ' Tlie outlook for hops in Engla ml Is by no means flattering. James Wlu statiley, manager of the oihce of the O. II. G. A., yesterday n-eivisl a let ter from his brother. William Winsian ley.'who lives at Warrington. England. The letter bears the -date of July Nth. and in it the writer, incidentally dis cussos .tire hop situatiou iu that' hop raising' country. Mr. Winstanl. y n- iwirts the-weather .very ' unset tied and says there has been but one Avoefc 01 icauy hue, plctsiint weather this year. A itiy of sunshine, he writes, is very rarely enjoyed, tlie weather IkuiI: almost continuously dark and gioomy. He ays' they. 'have had rain almost every lay. which the Ou-ru growc well knows is not conducive to suc cessful hr.4i cttJtuiie.-" The rapMIiy with which tlie "cut wuiw" operates and the -extent of his invasions up u all vegeiation. Is lii.-u--a clous. Jaij.i'S Wiiisianiiey. at an early hour yeslei'uay 111 nning visiied his ganieh. and found his cahi.ag ' an turnips literally -coveteil v, ,111 the new jM'st. So iir.nn lt.r.s were the worms, that hi ;v'spac.b.i rely -two feet squa.e. he gathered ;i half-pint of the vermin. Tin worms had made great inroads in Ids .garden, ha vlng played Lnvoc with the, csil-.bage and turnip's particularly. the.1, vegetables being diw.-ted of alt foliage, isollilng but the bare stalks remaining. They have-. also appeared in his and adjoining hop yards, but thus far Lave not app.-iis ally accom plished jany -damage. Mr. Winstanley' says tne. worms cii tueir instructive work in the j night and early in the morning burrow beneath the surface of the eartli-. 1'hahly two Inches, where.- they sjeep during tlie da v. He Pas been experimenting with s-wea! solutions 1:1 Miois of . fJndiug some thing that will exterminate 'the -pest. butt thus far he has been unable to tiint au I'fTtM-tlve agent. iiispImDby a friendly, feeliiej ratiker than luifiertineiit: , . "Why lo you -u ant , my picture?' asked MlnisterlWu. " 1" To publish In The spondiHl his visitor.,.; "1 he .' That Ms a good paper. I take It and know it. 1 low mui-h circulatloi) has It? Who is its lit,ir ; Is Jt Republican or ItemiH-ratie In pol itics? IHs's It ma ke- money? Are there niany women writers emploved upon It? Do lh'.v gef giNsI sa lariesV When thso ipiestions bad Ixi'ii an swersl ti his satisfaction. Mr. A.Vi con) in ued his interrogations.: "Why do yotr write?' : "For -money, promptly asserlinl tu. newspaper M'oman. j Ttat you have a husband, haven't you? ; "Yes." - -' ' He lets yott write? Whyr I . Here followed a long and detaii-d acount of how and why his caller gan to write and the reasons why contiiiuisl to write. In whicli he was alsorbiiiIy Interestisl. "How many children ha v. you ? continued Mr. Wu. the story linished J-ive. was tin terse response, i Are they good?" "Yes," laconically. ' "Have you a mother?" "Yes, again. fit .1.1 1 . .... iiii 1 ,1 imr 111111 jut .- "SIxy-thrs." "How old Is your father?" "Seveliiy-elght." "How old an -you ' "Thirty-live." "Is your father rich?" "No." . ; "How many sisters have "Thn-e." "Do they write, too?" . .' "No." 1 "Why twit? Are the v. as you are, or don't work?" The newsjiajwr woman (inn ev plaiud at leiiifth why b,.r sisters did not work: and, for au hMir citiiiiu ued to answer iuestioiis of like character-whicli 'iiotired forth from the mouth of her host.' Finally the nTiii ister brought her his picture ;iu. she retinsl with it. but she brought 'away from the legation little else r-oneerii-ing the new envoy fnuu the celestial kiugdoiii. you .'- not as clever lliev like lo When Mr. Wu came to America h ' brought with him' three- young com patriots" who wei;e connected with liis staff - as student attaches. Two of these young men. Kwang Ileng and Yuen Chang, were -selected by Hie Tsnng-R-Yaineii . beaiise of tii--ir markisl ability and the faithfulness they hail shown Iu their studies to Ih sent abroad for the purpose of ini proving their kuowhslgc. of acquiring- varfrTus languages and of furiher qualifying themselves by residemv in foreign countries for future useful-.' ness in the government service. They were placed under the minister's.' charge in tlie legation at Washington.- '1 he third of-these attaches, a nephew of Mine. Wu. the' minister-himself ap pointed on his. staff. Recognizing the xccllonce of the educational svsteni j pursued "in the public schools ol' lids ! county, these young men tn.-i 1 riciila ted I at tlie Central High school, so. that. -i while continuing tlieir. education incy tuight at the same time have an op J 'port unity -of gaining an insight into "the praclicnl workings of the edua Iti'iiial methods iu this country, which jli.lle been widely exploited ill Chhia. ,n :-c y.inng si i:ten,is. wifJi tlie tx ceji : ri f .'.J 'ling Wen, Piog. who still 1 rci :;'. !!- V'Ml! ins uncle at 1 lie lega tion. !:av. coir.jdeted their studies at ' th" l!i-vh ;..'hiil au 1 gone their scv ) ort'.i v ij .-. but they made admirable I str-!i-is. -wen conscientious and :iiiii : able in their work, and I heir amiable 1 I personalities will not, soon be On-gu-' t"h here. , In New York state sales are being made of new hops, some of the early varieths of which will K' -picked iu the next wiek or ten days, as shown by the following, taken from the-Wa-terville N. Y.) Times, of lat week: "The frispient showers of' the past week have 1kcii good for the hop vines, '.which are '.'looking- clean and bright. It is thought that the severe wind of two weeks ago did enough damage to lessen the yield to a certain extent. The vine is not heavy this year and the Indications point to a light crop. There are rc"c-" '"' vermin as yet. . "l "Dauiel Conger V: Son are the first 10 i.uy n of -the. HKm growth. -They utive nougnt nve bales of the Shicbi prowiu or 1 -aimer S.-edlin htwi n.- W. A, Cleveland growth of West nogs, me latter nt IS cents, f i, ; ior w in ih picKeil about August 1st " At Red Time take, a pleasant -herb drink, the. next morning I feel bright and my com plexion is tet:tr. My doctor ays it acts gently dn the stomach, liver and Kic'ncys, arid is a pleasant laxa-tiv-?.. It is made form- - herbs anil 13 prepared as easily as tea. It is called Lane's (Medicine. All , drng gists sell it at j 25c. and 50c. Lane's Family-' Medicines moves the bowels- each-day. If iu cannot get it. send for a free sample. Address. Orator 1'- Woodward. Le Roy, N. Y. 5. WINTER HOME OF SONG BIi:iS. Captain G. E. , Shelley, au English oinithologist wliil has devoted spechil attention to. African birds, s:ivs that Africa may fairly claim to be tin-. inelropolls of song hirds." It is ihe winter home of a large proporlioii of the most attractive small birds f northern Europe, including the night ingalo, the swallow and many of tiie warlders, the bush "'.'resounds wit Ii their melody. Africa also ItosseSscS a grat nmnlK'f f remarkable and beautiful birds' of Its own. lacmc Homestead. Salem, Or. Rest .mi paper, lssuecf weekly, ft a year. of A SHARP FIGHT. ;'; Chicago. July 25. A dispatch to the Record from Tien 'Tsin.s tlatiil Satur day. July 21st, via Shanghai, says: Toilay's tier forma nee will break the hac-klioue of the Chinese war: imrtr. At daylight this morning the combined forces turned their ; attack 111 mil the Chinese left, "which -was . neuetrat'ed.' Va the Russian failed to make a suit able bridge across tlie canal, the Chi nese made a smart counter attack on our right and left tmtiiostisi. This was repulsed toy a handful or two of nien. who- fought with . great bravery, but with heavy casualties. No American Weri; .Sujr.rxd- - - , t I o'clock in the afternoon. th allies -bombarded the native- eitr. amU after an hour of magnificent: work toy two four-Inch gnus ami three twelve- lioanders; the fort and adjoining mili tary; pagodas .were In flames. - Their destruction was eomiilete. ' The t,rt replied feebly with a few rnnnds W1H' fired . AS A QUESTIONER. ' The Chimse Minister a Worthy Fob I lower of Li Hung Chang. , Tlie Chinese mlulster at Washin" ton. in flu. niatter or asking ques tions. 1s a worthy follower of Id Hung J hang, to whose staff he was former ly, attached, and the most xcalons and jiirsevering Interviewer never vlslteil him Without liefi? fonxul i. .1.1,,. i leaving the hsration that the minister had for the time assumed his place, and that he .had b-en Interview In stead of interviewing, sars a Wasli- ingTou eorrespondeiit of the New York Tribune. Shortly after his arrival' Iu this country a , writer for one of the big newspapers was asked to send a short account of the new envoy, and his photograph for the' Sunday edi tion. Knowing tlie attaches of the legation quite well, she.cajll there for the picture, and tlw lninisn-r King George of CIreiye. as tlie father of' a. family. . may serve as a model. The tirst thing 1m thinks of is the education and welfare of his chil drcu. At the tiiiu of . tho denarinre- of I'rlnce tJinirge for Crete, a limit a year ago. there was a painful scene at tin palace. ; The king notwilli standing the H-fTorts he made to hide his emotion, "-could hot withhold his tears, and when; his son threw- him self Into his arms, asking If he ha 1 any orders to give him. King George replied, in a voice full of affection: "I have no orders to give yon w.v chfld. . provideniii will guide yoii. Got and rely on the grace, of God-" One of the lsmt known - American consuls to China is Rev. Samuel L, Ciacey. D. D.. who is nt Foo Ciio'o. Dr. Gratjpy was 4,iont in Philadelph'ia in l.S.'U"i. After obtaining! an education he was for .J(V years pastor of .Methi- dist churches of considerable promi nence in and nlmut l'hiladelplila. Wil mington and Boston, lie was twice elected to Hie Massachusetts-legisla ture from Salem. , On" the 15th arinlversary of the dis covery, by Johann Itidimanu. of me African snow mountain Kilimanjaro.- a large volume; describing it rrom every point of ,view lias lieeu pn' lished , jn Germany. The author Is Dr. Hans Meyeri who sjH'iit years In exploring the mountain sides. ese cially.at the hlgju-r elevations. ! ; General Commandant who was left lie hi rid in Botha's wife. Pretoria. Is a amiably came In to receive her. The small.-dark woman with clearly ; cut following conversation ensued, but, features and a shrewd, hright cxpres she said, in .commenting ulsm it af- slon. . while, as ladies are only as old terwanl. the minister was so genial. 'as they look, she Is well on the sunny un frmilr nnl min fT-tfl cn oviitnnt Ii- .V in - ro i..ii.n iu ..r Si-nli-h' mi cue gun got the esaej range and IntensteL that the multitude of quo-! descent ami ha ' 1hcu very well ed- it several lviLlituk ulills Ti.ic 1 t. . . ... .... . , . . . . 1 .. ... . uia ta uuua ue pui.6cciiM.-o to inr hiuu uuu Ufa leu. . ,'