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WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1900. CilffJALMUST .. Latest Demands Made by the American Government. ALL DANGER TO THE MINISTERS Matt Be Removed The Presldent'i Message in the Nat ore or an" ; Ultimatum Grave Fears. WASHINGTON, Aug. S. Tlie Chi nese Kit nation is considered very grave by the authorities In Washington. Tit receipt of a mes.sHge from Minis ter Conger, last night, which Indicated the continuation of firing on the Lega tkmers, ami the Chinese Government's Insistence that the Ministers should leave Pekin, .which Conger considered would mean certain death, brought mat tors to an acute stage. All -day the Cabinet officers who are in town have been consulting j with one an other, and the President has been communicated with by telegraph a nd tehphme. A a reKiilt It .was aa nounced that a message to the .Im perial Government at Pekin had lsen delivered to Minister Wn, for trans mission -to Ms Government. The au thorities of this government would not makp public the text of this latest coiniiiiinicji t'ion to China ' until M bus ter Wu had an opportunity to forward it to his tloveruiiient. .The message; sent to the Chinese government, through Minister Wu? ac cording to the best information otv talnable, in fornix ''that- Government that, the rciimval of the restrictions upim communication with' our Minis tcr, evidetWMsl Iwvth by the receipt of 4 Monger's message and tlie transmis sion of an edict f --August ."1th. Is very gratifying, but is not an entire compliance with the original demands .of itlH President, in his" reply to China's appeal for mediation. ,The autlmriMes -on4der that the opening of com urn location with Minister Con ger. therefore, only partially complies with tlte President demands. "With the I-egationers still under lire, the . Chtiiese Government cannot le-Jsaid to have "mnovei all daugers to their lives and liberty" and. iinrt over, so far as known liere. ihe I uiMrlal au thorities of China have made no ef forts to communicate mid co-oeratit with the relief exieHtini. The. new demand upon the Chinese Government is for a square-foist complianee "with these condition. GRAVE FEARS. Washington, Aug. ' K. The gravest apprehensions are felt here, in official circles, for the safety Of the iuiri oned Ministers iu I'ekiti. Tie alleged statement of Id Hung Chang, that it Is absolutely 1mjMss.itle 'for tlie allies to enter Pekin to escort tin Mini ten to Tien Tsin, ahls greatly to the strain f the situation; It.-clearly im plies the purpose of tlie Chimso Gov ernment! to resist the advance of the alibis. j . Ho far as known there is no present pun of calling a halt in the allied mov -merit against l'ek In. t It Is ac knowledged that the relief column is not strong enough to maintain a war against, the Chinese kingdom for any great length of. time, but heavy -feht-fomUH'iits are en route to Cbtnt. Their arrival on the s-ene may alter the sit nation entirely, "ami bring tlte obstinate Orientals to their senses. j It is the prewnt situation, liowever. that, worries ' the Administration. 'and tliere is general cliagrin tltnt it is not in apposition to enforce Its' demand and bring the Chinese authorities to instant terms. In the course of the next two months there will-tie at tout 10,Kio American troofis on Chinese "noli.' not counting the many thousands more that could Is? transferred from Ihe Philippine in case of necessity. The 'Chines will lie held to si strict accountability for any Injury that may ls sustained by American interests in the present crisis. Wluit should be lone for tlie Immediate reliefof the Minister!1! Is a problem now confront ing the Administration, and is the fubjeet of anxious Conferences lie tween the oineUil, in this city, and tn telegraphic, eornrsjiondeiiee with the President at Canton, and the Secre tary or State at S.unapee, ;s. 11. MILES TALKS. New York. Aug. 8.- General Nelson A. Miles today admitted that it Had teen his ma I wish to ,le seflt to the Philippines to take a general "view of the situation, but said he did not presume to understand why his itd vW had Ueu rcMdisl thu : far. General Miles, In liscussine the Chi nese, situation, KJiid he regarded It as very serious. . I 4 ; China,-he ald, ls a bad country for trsps to tiMve thnmgh. Serious obstacis are to Ik encountered , In forwardJnt muniHon of war land nupidJeS I force of .".i0 -Chinese stddiers ant reMrted to be with in a day's march of Tien Tsin. it is possibly they may strike in tIdml the relief column and threaten ' ; liw of coTum nuTcation. It wmli ! seri ous matter Were the. column cut off. as there Is no supporting force to rush to Itsiwkl. f Jle said tlx Tinted States shonld be able. to get roi) troops into Chlua within a month. , HEM' IS COMING. t ; : Wa-shiugton. Aug. T. A replT aH been snt to Minister Conger1) by the Stale Department to tin. iihw page receivel from him late yes terday. It dviss him of thgap proach of tlie rdief column amr; ex horts him to be of gooI dieer. The1 dispatch was sent direct to Minister Conger at l'ekin. and a luplicato of It to Consul-tJeneral tksxloowf at Shanghai. GooduoW was lirecteI to ppare P pains or Expense to get. tlie message to Minister Conger. ; f To , VnsuI-tk'nerstl roHlnow. was also cabled an emphatic statement f the position or this Government,! ap proaching close to an ultimatum, and saying that immediate action by i the 'lunee GoveruuM'iit is ns"esry. lie was directed to communicate this to LI Hung Chaug, and other otiiciaU who canj transmit to whateverjGov ernment there is in China. Minister Wu this niorning rcelved an slictt" under date of August 3, In which the Chinese Oovernment per mits the iowera to hold open and free communication with their Minister. . i The Chinese. Minister has also re ceiretl a copy of the Imperial edict of August 2, which was delayed tn trans mission. It directs the safe conduct of the foreigners to Tien Tsin and as sigiiis Jung Lu to select efficient of ficials to give this conduct. y r i THE LATEST EDICT. I i ! i . CHINESE MINISTER DELIVERS j TO OTIE STATE DEPARTMENT The Orders of Ills Government1 Re i , carding the Transportation of ,' ! the Ministers to Tien Tsin. '. Washington, Aug. 8. The Chinese Minister visited the State Department today and transmitted to this Goveru nnut tlie following edict: ; "An Imperial edict of the eighth Liy of the seventh moon (August 2. 190O). transmittetl by Viceroy Li Hung Chang, Viceroy iu Yi and Dkrector Geieral Sheng, lumler date of Au gust 4. 1900, to Minister Yahg. at SH. Petersburg and transmitted by the lattea- under date of' August 7, and re ceived by Minister Wu on the evening of the last named date. It is as fol lows: ! . " 'LI Hung Chang ami Liu Kun Yl. in response" to their joint memorial proposing the sending of tlie foreign Miuisters to Tien Tsin. received on tlie 8th Instant. (August 2, the following Iulcrial edict: - ' ""Throughout the disturbances re cently -caused by our subjects on ac count of : Christian misioiwt which have resulted in a conflict of forces, it Ikis been found- necessary to affonl lrot-tlm to all the foreign Ministers in IVkln. On repeatil occasiout the Tsung 11 Yamun sent' notes inquiring aTter their wlfare. And as Pekin has not yt been restorel to order aud pii-cjiutlonary mejisures iuiy not secure absolute sjifty. the foreign Minister? are leing -onsultel as to tlie proiosed MliilTof (tefaillng troops to escort them safely to Tien Tsin to a safe remM rary shelter, so that they may Is free from appn-hensive anxiety or fear. .. . hereby command Jung Ln to ap unt v. as a pn4iminary steji trustworthy, high, civil and military otiicials. who. togetlier with relkible ind efficient troops, shall, at such. time as the foreign Ministers agiw upon for leaving Pekin, escort and protct them throughout their , joufney. Should lawless eliaraeters , manifest evil designs uion the Miuisters. or at tempt to rob them, or m any way create trouble, tliey (tin high oincials shall at once -repress them without fail. ; ""tf the foreign Ministers, bof ore tearing Pekin. should dealre to com municate with tln-lr respective gov ernments and 1f their telegraphic rnes sjiges should be In plain language, the Tsung li Yamun shall at once at bud to them without tno least delay, thus manifesting the utmst friendliness of the Imperial Government. Respect this."'" ALL RECORDS BROKEN. Heaviest . Rain-fall Ever Known Ex perience! In Portland Yesterday. Portland. Or.. Aug. S. The rainfall in 4 hi city this afternoon was the heaviest ever known here. In 1 luin utcs ,7U of an finch fell, and in GO minutes 114 indues fell. j ANOTHER TRANSPORT. Portland. Or.. Aug. S. Tlie steam ship Argyll, now. discharging cargo here, has lieea cliartered by the United States Government to carry suuplics from this port to China. SENT HOME. Ford Rolierts Reduces His Forces in South Africa. London, Aug. 8. The following dis patch from . Iord Roberts has been received by the war olllee: "As tleneral Warren has pacific! the Western districts of Cajs tJolonr. 1 am allowing him to return 1mij. and am rr placing the whole of his trtsins in the colony under Foresticr Walker." AN EXTRA SESSION. Congress May lie Called to Meet to Take Action. Washington, Aug. While there is talk of the piaccahlc action of the United States Government in the Chi nese matter, add some discussion of tlie possilHlity of an extra session of Congress to deal with the whole situa tion, it is very likely that nothing will !ie done until additional information is received from China. The tenor of the message sent to Consid-tJeiieral Good now tlds morning, and which he is ex pected to communicate to the Chines authorities, was such as to necessitate an answer at on-c. The authorities here are now awaiting that reply. It is stated that -Mr. McKinley willJ not iit inn to Washington until next week, when he will Ih accomiianieit by Mrs. McKinley. As t the ossibility of an extra session of Congress, It was said this morning by a -prominent -official that such Jr sessiou was Improli able. T1k situation, be wild. Is one of descue. and were Congress in nessiofi now. It could not get additional trops to China in lime to irticipate in the entrance to Pekin. ; A HEAD-END CbUISION. . f - "'-: TOTAL WRECK ON AN EASTERN WASHINGTON RAILROAD. " One Man Killed, and a Nu mixer Were , Ikidly Injunil Few Passengers Were Hurt. . - SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. S.-In a htad-'iid collislou lietweeu a SHkane Falls ami Northern nortktiound pas senger train, aud a tJreat Northem en gine last night. Fireman F. ". Hall was killed and Engineer Quill, Engin eer Vetter, a brother of Ha l and a baggage master were seriously Injured. A uunilcr of passengers received hurts Roth engines were ' making fast time when they met. Engineer Quill of the light engine reversed and then; Jumped with his ti reman. He felt down the steep grade and was badly tut and bruised. His fireman escajed unin jured. The passenger engine was de railed. Engineer Vetter jumped, but Fireman f E. N. . Hall was caught be tween flie tender and the firebox" and was crushed to death. '-.'!- MAKING BRICK. A New Industry a Stay tonOther ;New in that Neiglkborhood, StaytonOr., Aug. S. Messrs. Hick man and Sanders, who reside one mile south of this city, are . engaged 1u moulding brick and preparing t a kiln which will be -ilred in a short time. These gentlemen have a tirst--iass soil for briwk and It is believed will fUut thfe a profitable undertaking. Mrs. I). M. Mangle drove out to the home of M. A. Stay ton one day last week, and left the horse standing at the gate whlle she entered tho house for a moment when the horse lw.aine frightenetl ami ran away coutletely ihmolishlng.t he buggy. : Mrs. Maud Smith was attacktnl by bees ami stung In a terrilile manner alKHit the head and face, one day r cently, while attempting to rescue her little 3-year-old nephew who had. while at play,; climbed upon the bee hire and stirred them up. The child was also badly stung, but both are now recovering. G. D. Trotter has aMcd a numlier of new gas la nips to his store,, mak ing a great improvement to its appear ance.: i ( !. Miss Morris, of Scio, spent several days in tayton, the guest, of her cousin. Miss Bess Queener. i The cns-walks which were torn out wlKn the streets were graveled are beipg replaced, much to the comfort Of pedestrians. ' Pearl nnnter came home from Cot tage Grove Saturday. Mrs. G. li. ,Trotter is enjoying a week's vacation oi Fern Ridge, the guest of ha bro titer. Miss Mae Staley, one of Mehama's accomplished young ladies, .was a Sfayton visitor Monday. Sbe was ac companied by Mrs. Guinn. - r BIG FIRE LOSS. Surface Plant of a Big Mine De stroyed in Montana. Butte, Monl., Aug.. 8. The entire snrfac-e plant of the rarrot Mining Compiny at Mine, on of tlie amal gamate! properties, was destroyed by tire this afternoom. The loss is esti mated at $100,000; tlie insurance is io.000. ' Tlve origin of the fire Is unknown, but it is supposed to have started in a carpenter shop by a spark from a passing engine. There were 14 men at work in the mine, but all eseajved through the workings of the adjoin ing mines. x . THE. RICHEST BABY Has His Fortune No y and in His Own Name I Ka tb trf Father and Unci, He is a pink, chubbymlte of human ity. His favorite tK-ciTpTruon is slop ing, with an empty lNttle lieside liim. W1mii ive isn't doing tliathe smiles or cries-lustily, says a NeviYork let ter in the'St. Iouis Post-Dispatch. His mime is John NielioU Brown. . In many. respcts he iT not one bit different., from the thousands of oiher iKibies in New York. But tlwre is a ilifrnrniu-n fi mat nnA XtY tills wee individual is the richest baby in tlu? world. He has inherited two greut fortunes. He is now 11 wcks. old and a multi-millionaire. By the time he Is 21 he will Ih worth $.3O,(i0.Of. Of course there are other' babies Rockefellers, Astors, Vauderbilts, Rotlischilds and 1 'hints that will some day .inherit more money than has come to this child of the house of Brown, but he lias bis fortune now aud in his own name. It Isn't going to come to him in the distant future; it is al ready his-very own. It has been left him by a family tragisly the sudden death of two brothers, loth young, strong men. On May 1st Johu Nicholas Brown .died. He had Ix-en ill alsnit five weeks and his death was due to a couiplM-alio i of grip, measles aud typhoid fever. He left p',,iH).(nm to his only child. : Tlie dead man hail one brother, Har old Brown. The IshhI between them was very close. But few brothers were so devobsl. They were Imth in tlie prime of life, rich, 'popular and fowl of life. They were memltersj of many faslHomiblc clubs. Each had. re H'Utly married. -They were social fa vorites In Newport. Their money had come to them as an Inheritance. All they luid to do was to enjoy it. Harold Brown was in Eurois. A cablegram earrhs! him tlie news of his brother's Illness. He was a sick man at the time the message came, but he sailed on the tirsf Iwsit for New York. Ills one wish was to reach his dyiug brother tiefore the end came. The stormy voyage aggravated his condition. When the ship arrived at the pier lie was carried in an. anihu laus to the Hotel Netherlands. Pneu monia bad, k in. Ills brother was already .dead. He was told this and he never ral!i'l. Ten days later he was end. Harold Brown was childless. After making provision, for bis widow, the rsilue of the estate, .worth 1 !et ween $I.(HiO.CMii and $.".oiMNiO, he bequeath ed to his littk nephew. This lieir of the Brown millions was liorii under a lucky star. Fate, laid him in the lap of luxury. John Carter Brown, the Rhode Is land manufacturer ami East India merchant, was his grandfather. He left an estate valued at $:, 0,oi(i. His Hon,- John Nicholas Brown, mar ried Miss Nathalie Dresser, the sister of Mrs. George- Vnnderbilt. This little Brown, the youngest mil lionaire In the land, 4s a pretty child, with big blue eyes and yellow hair. : Wlien he go s out for a ride a nurse ami a footman accompany him. PROVERBS BY LI HUNG CHANG. Every lay cannot Ih a feast of lan terns. ; i '. An ohl man marrying a young wife is like a withered willow sprouting. Would you look at the character of a' -prince, look at his minister, or the disposition of a man, olsrre ldscvm panion, or tlutt of a father, mark his sou. : '; -: : Thos who sometimes cannot te deaf are unfit to rule. . ':;;. Iet tin family of a man-Who lias brought ihem comfort look up to him as up to heaven.: ; a ; : Montana.. Nebraska and Texas re port prosprous Wool crops. Nebraska has never rais-! so large a crop of lambs as this year. Texas has Its largest crop for eight years. The qual ity, or Texas wool Is said to be con stantly improving. ; - OLD ENGLAND IS IIOPEfUL Believes the Ministers la China Will Be Saved. ! ITALIAN REPRESENTATIVE WIRES That ; He lias Left Pekin for the ; Coast His Fate a Snbjeet for Very Aoilous Spccalatien LONDON, Aug. 1). (Thursday). Be youd the othcial dispatches gireu out yesterday inoruiug, tlie paiH'rs contain no information of importance from Ch;ua. Thanks to the dispatches of Sir Claude MacDouald and Rear Ad miral Bruce, there is a geuersil disposition- to take a more hopeful view of the situation. The report of the ap pointment of Field Marshal Couut Von Waldcrsee as . commander-in-chicr of the International forcesj meets wjjth. general approval. The Rome corresiwudcut 6f tho Daily Mail auuounces the reception there of oliicial dispatches from the Italian Minister iu Pekin, asserting that he left l'ekin July 31st, presum ably for Tien Tsin. This, however, is so utterly at variance with the action and intentions of the other Ministers heard) from, that it eeius almost In credible. If true, it opeus' up an inter esting field of siKfiilation concerning the fate of the Italian representative; The Chinese legation believes that the. members of the foreign. legations have not yet left l'ekin, but that they will do so, and leclares that the edict would not have lieeu issued, had not tlte for eign Ministers signified a willingness to accept' an escort The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily News, wiring yesterday, says: : "United States Consul Goodnow very strougly opioses Admij-al Scyuiour'8 intention to laud ilOOO troops, ou the ground that such would not be war ranted by the circumstances and would I ie 1 i kc-ly to eresite t rou bh. The French consul agrees to the arrangement, but says if the British land forces the French will tlo likewise. The Austri ans will also land men -My personal opinion is that the lauding of troops here at the' present moment would be a grave mistake." FROM MACDONALD. Londan, Aug. 8. In the House of Commons today, Mr. Broderick, Par liamentary secretary fyr the Forfeigu Oliice, read a telegram 'from Sir Claude Maedonald, British Minister to China, received in cipher at tlie foreign office Xhis niornir.g. The disiuitch was in re ply to a Government jinessage aud liore diite of IVkiu, August 21. It read as rollowsu "I have today 'received your cipher telegram, forwar7hd to' me by tlie Chinese-'Minister. The shell and culiiiou tire ceased on July litii, but the nfie tli has contiuiMd from the Chinese tio sitions, held by Government troops, and lioxers, iuteriiiittlngly ever since. The casualties since then have been slight. Except one private of marines, all The wounded are doing well. Tlie rest of the British in the legation are well, including 11k whole garrison.; "The total of killed Is sixty ami of wounded 110. We have strengthened our forlilications. We have over 200 women ami children refugees ih'tlte legation. The Chinese Government has refused transmission to telegrams in ciphec until now." j , ' Mr. Broderick also read the follow ing dispafTu from Admiral Bruce; rlilcd at Che Fs, "August (Uh: "The allies, alsnit 13,0)f strong, at tacked the Chinese entrenched posi tions at Hsiku, alsnit two miles outside Tien Tsin, early this Imornitig.. The Chinese were .driven iout and retired northward, pursued by the allies, who occupy Pei Tsang. TranstHirts follow sl up the troops, By road and river tli ndvamt ursin Pekin ha begun.' Mr. Broderick said , he thought the messages were, on tho whole, satlsfac ory. The -ountry inidcrntood the pol icy of Her Majesty's Government: m regard to China was to carry on with absolute firmness and determination the measures taken to preserve the country's interests. . 1 HEAVY LOSSES. Che Foo. Aug. 7. During the engage ment Sum lay. wldch pneeded the oc cupation of Pei Tsangtby the allies, the Russians last .ViO .killed and the Brit ish fifty. The Germans and Japanese also lost heavily. The road to Pekin Is supposed to lie open. THE WAR IN f RICA. THE BOER FORCES ARE CLOSE LY PURSCED. Baden-Powell 'Has Ileen Relieved by General Jlamllton-YrEland's' River Garrison Surrendered. U :j LONDON,. Aug. R Lord . Rot4rts fear? that the Elands river garrison has lieen aptured after ten days' ; re sistance. The war otlice lias received from him tle following dispatch: ! "I'retoria, Aug. 7.-Dclarey hearing of Ian Hamilton's approach towards RnstervhpTg. and seeing that he had no chance, of capturing Baden-Powell, hurried off ro the Elands river. Ham ilton reiorttd that the firing in the Elands- river lirtcllon ceased yester day, . ami 7' that L'ntenant-tolouel Honre's garrison had evidently )mini capturl. Hamilton left- Uustenlerg this morning bringing "Baden-Powell's men with him. - , ! "Dewett commence! "crossing the Vaal river yesterday. ; Kitchener is now moving in pursuit. Metbuen, on the right bank of the Vaal. has evi dently come 3n to contact , with . Iew ett's -advance guard, as his gim.4 were beard by Kitchener this morning." TO THE REGATTA, i 4- San Francisco. Anc. S. Tl'ie nirmni Club, of this eity, in addition to'aend- Ing a crew of oarsmen to the Astoria regatta, on August 23, 24 and 25. -will also onrr a team ; in the athletle events held at the same time to com pete with teams from Seattle, .Ta eouia'and Portland. Captain James, of the Olympics, haa not decidetl upon his entire team as yet. 4ut- tlireo of the five men. will be Gerhard t 4a the jtpriuts. Burgess in the. mlddle dis tance events and broad Jump, and II. Irwin in the pole vault. ... THE LOG RAFT. Big Pile of Timbers Arrives Safe in i San Francisco. . - . San Francisco. Aug. 8.-The log raft, which left the Columbia river several davs ago 'for this. city, arrived today in tow of two tugs. The tnft arrived in fairly good coivditlon. only 1,000 logs being lost during the voyage. A MISSIONARI DEAD. Portland, Maine, Aug. S- Iiev. Cyrus Hamlin., ai veteran 'missionary of Tur key, aul the founder of Robert College at Ilarpoot, died here smldeuly tonight. Q'S" HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY. Trains Are Photfgraphel Automati callyA Boy's. Invention. . Passnger trains on the Chicago, Burlington &. Quincy are taking their own photographs while running at tlie rate of a mile a minute. Allen Ay rault Green, a junior student at tlie Uuivei-sity of Chicago, has -Invented an apparatus by, which trains ruunlug at the rate of even f miles an hour have tlieir pictures taken by a camera planted mar the track, aud as a re sult of the invention the most accurate pictures of these flying trains ever se en ml have just been exhibited. The camera is worheil by the train Itself, electrical connection belug made with the track, so that when tlie train rcaclM's a given jioint exisisure takes place automatically. In the case of the train, whi-h was running t0 miles an hour exposure lasted oue-thoiis-amlth of a second, in which time tlie train traveled something like two inches. BRYAN AND STEVENSON Notif ied of Their Selection as the Democratic Standard. Bearers. THE NEBRASKAN ACCEPTS TRUST And Defines His Policy' Regarding the Philippines. Shonld He Be Elected Next November. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. S-Wil-11a tn J, Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson were today, in this city, otlicially and formally notified of tlieir uomiiiation. by the Deiuucrats, at the Kansas City convention, for President ami Vic; l'reshleut 'of the .Vuitctl States. The ceremony was the occasion of a isipu lar demonstration, and 'with it the Democrats may be said to have ln'gun their National campaign. , The notification -occurred in Military Park, which contains probably thirty acres of ground, and it was well cover ed with people. In the vicinity of the speakers' stand the crowd was vety tlense. It would be a delicate under taking to estimate the number of ico ple. contained iu this vast throng, but there were certainly many thousands of tliciu. The ceremony was preceded . by a parade through the principal .streets of the city, which was participate! in bv tin; visiting and local .JMMiiocra tic clubs. mcsc acteu as escort to tlie liotuica tlon party, and the cavalcade was an imposing one. :The meeting licgaii a few minutes after 3 o'clock, and concludcil at 5:10. in tins pel lot 1 of time, hve sieeciKs were made. Mayor Taggart of ludinna IkjIIs adding, it welcoming speech to ice i wo noli iiiation speeches by Repre suiative Richardson., and Governor Thomas, respectively, and tho re sponses made by Bryan ami Stevenson. The weather was hot. At one time it appeared as if actual suffocation might bo the result of the terrible crowding iu front of tlie stand, where the ceremonies occurred, but beyond a few fainting attacks aud much person al discomfort, no evil resulted. When Mr. Bryan rose to reply, a de monstration occurred which perhaps has never lieen equaled in this city When order was finally restored. Sir! Bryau .began his address, which was of considerable length. Cheer upon cheer greeted him at every telling ieri od. He extolled the Democratic party, quoted Lincoln and Jefferson, claimed for his party the . encouragement -of honest toil, and attacked the Republi cans for tiie PiiiHppiue isdiey of the Administration, asserting that Inn perialism wa the true , issue o? this year's campaign. , Mr. Bryan, in dis cussing America's title to the Philip pines, said in part: i "What is' our title. to the Philippine IslaudsV Do we hold them by treaty or by conquest? Did we buy them or did we take them Did. we purchase the iieople; if not, how did we secure title to . them ? Were they t hrown Id with the land? Will tlie Republicans say that inanimate earth h mi.n and when that earth is molded by the Divine band, and stamped with the likeness of -the Creator, it liecomes a fixture and iasss with kj.u . ir Governments derive- their just powers iioui me consent or the governed, it Is impossible to. secure title tn twort either by force or by nurchase- We could extinguish Spain's title by treaty out u we inrfU title we must liold it by some met hoi I consistent with our ide.'iK of government. When we made jtUk's of tin Filipinos and iiriuol them to ngnt against .pain wc disputed Spain s title. If we- buy Sim in's title we arc not Innocent purchasers. But even if We Iwd; ;iot disyuted ..Spa in's title, she I coukl 'confer no" greater title than she j had, and her title was, based ou force : alone. : . ' '.. . I . ; I :, " Wo cannot defend such a title, but :i as Sjmiu gav us a quit-claim tkuil, we can honorably turn the projerty over to the party in possession. WlH'th fcr. any American otlicial gave the Fili pinos moral assurance of lud-pendeiice i is not material. There can lie no doubt that we accepted and utilized the ser vices of the Filipinos, ami that when we did so wo had full knowledge that tney were ngntmg lor.tneir indepen dence, and I submit'-that 'history fur uishes no example of turpitude baser than ours if we now substitute our yoke for the Spanish yoke." At tne conclusion lie ouered a rcnunly for the Imaginary ills resulting from the Republican Philippine policy in; the following words: j "There Is ah easy, honest, hoUoriiM'. solution of the Philippine question. It' is set forth iu tlie Democratic platform aud it is submitted with confidence to the American iHiople. ; Tills plan I un reservedly endorse. If eiifted. 1 shall convene Congress in extraordinary session as soon as I am iuaugurat-d and recommend an immediate declara tion of the Nation's purpose, first, f establish a stable form of government: In the Philippine Islands, just as we are now establishing a stable form of government iu the ..Island: of Cuba; second, to give independence to the Fil ipinos, rust as we-have, promised - ti give independence-to the Cubans; third. to protect, tne X'Uipinos iroui outside intcrferncce while they, work out their destiny, just as we have protected tlm Republics of Central and South Amer ica aud are, by tin Monroe Doctrine, pledged to pntect Cuba." . -Governor Tlioina s. of Colorado. f,L lowed, notifying: MP. Slevehsoii (f Ills uoinlnatioti. Mr. Stevenson replietl hi a somewhat . brief cf' speech -t ban tUat of Mr. Bryan. '.V TEST OFT HE WHE AT HARVESTED GRAIN RANGES FROM 56 1 TO 60, STANDARD. MIU Plant Will He Completely Kqulpprnl -an-1 Realy for Reception of (.rain Tomorrow Mornlug;. (From Daily Statesman. Aug. '..) Another uiiexjiectcd delay lias tweur eil hi completing the repairs to North Mill creek aud the providing of. ade quate water supply for the?. operation -of tlie Front street plant of tlie Salem Flouring Mills Company, that will make it necessary for the company to wait another day or two before -grain, can Ik' readily received and -placed ou storage at the company's plant. Tito -dam and embankment are. be coming water soaked ami thoroughly established, the- few crevices having been closed, allowing no water to es cape. The ditch will lie in condition to have the water again tumid on to morrow, when aii adequate water siip ply w.ili he ..available for the ,oicraliiiU ef; the company's elevator.- ', So Jar as. it has been threshed and tested, tlie Oregon While Wint-r wheat, which is tin favorite giaiu grown here, lias been a 'disappoint ment, not testing up to the usual aver age. The great ' part of tiiat received, has tested only cents. Other va rieties of wheat have tested as high as m pounds with a general average of prolKibly Vj ponmk The wheat that has Ims-c inarkt-l is not as liiully slirivclel or unmarketable in appear aiie as the rejMiits concerning tlie grain would liitdicalc. . , ' The best yield if hits far report ed how ever, Is by W.,11. Black, a well knovvu farmer residing in the Red Hills, soulli of Salem on the ohl Coffey farm, l'mnr a H -acre i 11 he harvested lissi bush-. 'ls, ari average of 1! busmds, Avhieh has testel unusually high, averaging.. 00 pounds. George Clymer. a fanner residing east of - Macleay. was in the city -"yesterday. In conversation with hiui Statesman reporter learned that tlie gralu yield iu that section of the -country was equally as jioor as in this vi cinity, whereupon he inquired if tlie farmers were -not qtiite.'oinplcicl.v bs courageo'. While .Mr. Clymer ad mil led some farmers who were despondent on good grain crops, were considerably discount gd. he alleged that be had Ho complaint to make. ll is more for tunately sit uatcd than the average' farmer and is by no means depi-ndeiit iqoii grain raising to provide a com fortable living for himself and family. Mr. Clymer lms for years Iwcn an ad vocate of diversified agriculture and li has not only preached but has.' also practiced, that system of farming While he grows some grain on -his farni he has a herd of eleven cows, a baud of JiN sheep, several head of hogs, a great number of chickens and other fowls, from which some revenue is cer tain to Is derived -regularly.- Vy'illi hr1 diversified system of agrh-ulturo. Mr. Clymer is happy,-prosperous and contented.- ' AND FRUIT RAISERS We have over J0 empty, solid Iwir reis on ha ml to pick hops iu. and about cighb-en or twenty new casks and hogs heads are in goil, solid shas- to put in grain, fruit or potatis-s. etc. VEKA CHEAP; and will take fruit or chirk ens for tlM'iu. Will trade until further notice;' there-' fore living in first time you come. to. the city," your produce, and g-t one or (" or else we w-ill cut it up for firewood: we iieed-the'room, but will give youH this month's time to secure. ; raOllIJi IEfl STORE 2ll Commenial Street. Salem, or. Nop Growers