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. . ,'