5
m
ro rule: chines
An International Administration of the Customs
hVithft Allifrt PntUD
J .1 - iiiiivu I UflVI O
Is the Han of the United States Government-Beports Are Beceived in
Washington from Conger Xore German Troops Arrive in l'ekiu
Memtera of the Thud? LI Yamen Appear;
: i . .'' '
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.--.lt is said in
administration circles tlmt in tliA AVPnf nf i ha
5 ability of the Powers to
policy that will preserve the integrity of the
Empire, the plan most likely to be adopted
Fill provide for an International administra-
tion ot the customs service. Under this plan
i the representatives of several of the allied
Powers having forces on Chinese soil will be
stationed at all customs ports of China to su
pervise or administer the service and watch
the revenues with a view to insuring the col
lection of the enormous indemnity that will
be individually demanded by each of the
governments.
W ASH INGTON, Alls. 27. After sev
eral days hiteriiwssion in tho Chinos
adtlce tin Government today receiv
ed two tllsii-he which presumably
bring its advice up to the uiunt n
Yeni dale. There aro iieIicalioiH tliut
tho principal delays iu the Hues of
s-ommunle.ltkin' are rneounfercd be
Lwocii Tion Tin ami l'ekiu. a faet ex
plainable by the uewspaper ' ad ices
that small liauds of Boxers aro operat
ing on tho lino of (iiuiuiuuicatkm of
th l'ekiu cutup.tigu fore.
Tho last dispatch of bslay was one
fnuu .Minister Couger, referring to tho
miliary situation In l'ekiu. Unfortu
nately It lacked the date. The mes
sage was allowed publicity for what
it worth. Conger" reference to
the arrlv.nl of . freii Gorman
troois caused some surprise, no one
apparently hat ins closely watched tho
movements of the contingent, which
i .now arriving with fairly regular
froMUoiiey iu China, ttml which eonse-
njuoiitly iiwiy ! xpete! wxm to Muai
in ntmioriojil stnUKth tho niilitary
''insiiilM it iiuy of Uh! KoroiK-au n:i
tioDH there rvpreHetito'l.
A sijfnitieanr statement -hi .Minister:
Conner's dispatch hi that respeetlin;
tho MpiM-aram-o in IVkin of kouio uiem
lHr? of the Tsun M Vamou. The
natural eonstruction to be girou to
tlri Ktat-nroivt is that those luintsters
wivh to iiiidertiiko fwrnmlly repres
eut the Ch-riie Government in nego
tiations with the INwer. With some
teHponsiblo iwrwoti or in-rsons to deal
with. It may ho possible for tho Unit
ed Status to tme to some agreement
as f a wtllHiifiit of tho fihiios.
trouble. The Unite! State .rem
nient o-iihl not withdraw IU troop
-ven If 'mo disKWl. w ithout arranging
for 4ud.-miiithation for tho havy
ost tt iws Ih-cu put lo iu the IVkin
amiUn. -Alt it must make arnino
inents with ?-hiio tvsKinillf autlr
-ity fr the future iMotectloti of Awer
Uiut Int.sest iu China. a our busl-nt-s
iutoro!u eannot ' wlrli.irawu
along witJi UMf army of occupation.
H TI1K AI.I.IKS AtU.UKSSIVE.
. . . itv ' . I lit- iiiiii-nt . -.
in ' HL'srrossjv1' oporatlo-t. h iv taken
tho disuu-t we of I'eki... Tlris nte
ftivMt hasel on Chinne authoiity.Ui
,tnbl-'l frbm Shanghai. From the raine
rUtee couit the further tat n.ent that
1.1 linns Thau: wlnil the Lai
n Iowaer at IlUn Fu. re-iuert-tns
tho arrost of ITinco Tiwn and to
diannamout of the Itoxer in order
to zlve bin an openiug for neotiAUoini
with the rower. ;
The Hhniiiruithuw projwte.1 atM"";
' .i .r t rustier ot
n-ii I - i ti iiitiir:i i itfii - ' -
rekln ha b-en abandoued Uirt they
. i i i ,,).,. a n itkit ooiltrtnik
. t A n.Ai-4fc kin i trim K.
IIOIIIl M -
"Evident? Iia leen receiveI Here.
ay the Shanghai c.rniimLnt of the
Standard. rgoin to show that entrai
iMne Walwas the real uthor of lue
jinti forded outbreak, tho Empress
dowager. Prluet? Tuaa atiil others all
baring lin persuaded by him to take
tm- cxtrrtm attltudi while lie tood
aido aitillH'-tvaite! doveUipmeut."
American refugee misionarie In
Amor. aoording to the Ibn? Kons
c-oritViiondcnt of the Oally ilail, nrc
nslou to return to the Interior, but
the 1'nited States consut ham forbid
den thouv lo do so and org them to
ro to -the ilWiiMdiH or .retinii to
Amer!e:n . Shanghai advices to the
DiilT New ay that the consular
?ninion theiv looks upon Ate Japanese,
action in kindin trooiw t Amoy de
spite the protests of the consul, m
empire
" -
agree upon a Chinese
klmilar In 4hit if T? nj '-it V
Chwang the whole Indicating a ten
dency to the partitiouof the Empire.
A SCAUR. .
Paris. Aug. A' iiieiaL dispatch to
tlie Siecle, from St. Petersburg, say:
"It is crsist.ently rumored in .St.
Petersburg that tho Russian Govern
ment .ha received a dispatch assort
ing that, after a tierce hat Ik lusidc
IVkiti. the-allies, retreated. Itr-tim; l.sim
men mostly Hussfciii. It is further
said that the Chinos occupied forty
fortified imsitiotis from which they aro
lsimliarding the allies in a murderous
manner.
.'News 'About StaJiiiM.
An inii'vatkni in intstal orvi"o
wliioh Is Min to Im of roat onvoni
ene Is n plan lately suVoptil of fur
nishing stamps Jn little I rooks, with
wax slets lnMWeii them. Tho jrov
orutnoiit I to eliaw. mm rent johH
tion il to ho ninount of stamis eoti
taitMNl therein, atwl k is ih)w estiiuat
ol the --Vrotit 'on -tiws luniks will
amount to t auutim. It 1s
also stfniat"l 'that tlM sum imid for
Mm l'rlvato Kovenuo Stamis )laeed
over tlw top of Hie lo4th- otitrtainiuK
llosU-tter's Stomaeh Ititters very
M:iHv hiii.i1s this. T1m Hitlers 1s a
rWiabh- iTimnly for oonstipa.tion, indi
ces tion. lyiisia. bilkmsness. live-
a ih! kidney troubles. It may In do-
imIiI iiimmi to Htro stouiaeh disor-
- .. .. -- ,
venrw.
G0VEKN0R UOUKRS' DOOM.
HE LOST THE OIHIAXIZATIOX
TWO CONVENTIONS-
IX
Democrats and Populist Oosed
the Present Executive of the
Stab of Washlusion.
to
SEATTLE. Wash.. Ang. --'T.-Tlie o-
Hsit!ion forr-e In this state to f lie Ke-
lu!iliau patty are holding- their con
vention in thi city. They weul into
session at 2 o'chn-k this afternon. and
did not ailjotirn except for hort i'rl
o.I until late toiiitrht.' The Populist
are liokling their conveutMi in t.er
lenniii iiail. the I'emoiTals in tlio
Amwirr building, and the Silver Ite
puhlicnn iu Mawunc nad. The con
vention will Ik iu nession tomorrow,
ami may not adjourn Kino die uutd
Wednesday or Thursday.
The most l?nitlcant development to
day lie in the apparent h fent of th
ltoger vlate, wjdeh catrie with it
tiwernor ltogorw a the fuku nomi
nee ror rhe otttci he now o-cupie.
Tin Poi'd' have k Lirl frwiu
11m tart that they wouhl uot stand
t r . r xtfii
Tho leafier ot tlio party
j j .M.,i a"niniiler of antHlogor can
etise ami nit an"cit imi n.v
party would Iny againt lger. Tliey
ngure.1' correctly, for when the Popu
list convent Ion met. State I-amI om
iiioner Brhlge -wa 4octel clutir
inaa by a good-sid iiKiJority. BrKUe
, i.t.A in tits oiiinisitton to the
tiovernor. lie wa a Hmonw-u ....
a committee, of five to cimftT wifh like
cmnmittei from le other conven
tion. Each man ue uameu
TiieKocer men In Hie Ienoeratie
couventkK were fullyiware f
Populist omrt" to Koser, lut de
clare,! that they wonkl nominate hmi
on a straight lemBt 4i-ket and al
low the 1'opnlist to put In an Imle
indent ticket in the field. Ton,
Vam-e ,asltant attorney geiien.1. wa
made temporary chalnuad uf tlie IHro-
wratie eonrention. The Itocerf and
anti-Roger ieoph uaiiod on fiimV Tlio
Hocers i.l have maintained for
several day tlrat hejr would control
the eonveution by a good majority.
Tonight' esim proved thi elaimo
le without tt basis of fact. Senaftr
tJeorK Turner was nominated hv. rtxmt
ror emianent cbairmau.- Charle t!.
lleifner ;wa nominate! by t lm antl
ltojrer people, and wa cfeeted lv a
majority of lire or ix. The' antl
Hoeer pooile say the vote wa a true
test of strength, and liogers. It would
seem tonig.ht, 1 out of the race. Faw
eett. of I'iereo county, or Voorhees. of
Spokaue, Is likely to lie no)ninttl. al
rhongh there U opiioKkiou to tiyth, and
the t-outention may unite on it1 dark
horse.
-Tlw Silver Republican have done
nothing. ,
THE ISITKIt BITTEN.
Chkago, Aug. 27.-1. W. D. Turner,
a proiuinent and wealthy physician of
Ias:nleaia, Cal.. ami a memlier of th
John 1. tiodfrey l'ot 5. A. 1 1, "of that
city, lis in the cnsttMly or the;iKiIke
awaiting tho outcome of the injuries
Inflicted on Dauiel Carroll, who lion5 at
the point of death in a hospital. witli a
fracture of the skull aud heiikorrhage
of the brain. Dr. Turner was riding
in a utreet cn'r when Carroll seutere l
and it; is alleged abused the doctor,
afterward attempting to strike him.
In the struggle Carroll was iushed
from the car, striking on his head.
WENT HY DEFAULT,
A Lively Fight Wound Up iu a Pecu
liar Manner.
New York, Aug. 'TToinnty West
won from Jot Walcott in the twelfth
round tonlsht.
Tho bout had gone eleven -rounds
very much In YValeott' favr. When
the bell rang for the twelfth round,
to the surprise of everybody. Waleott
refused go on. claiming that Jio had
injured his left arm.
I'oferee Charley White, suspecting
crookedness, insisted on Walcott' con
tinuing, but the Negro refused to do
o 'which left White no alteTuativt
other than to declare West the win her.
JAPANESE TKOOl'S.
I.-iudcd at Amoy in Spite of the Pro
tests of tho Consuls.
New York, Aug. 7. A dispatch t
rhe Journal and Advertiser from AmoJ
China, say: The Japanc have lKia
lamling marines for thrtv dav. rr
only without pnvM-jitiiii. but aga.iist j
tin protst of tin ciisnls. Att'hleittaij
destruction of tin Japanost temple -by
tire wa the. allegoil excuse for their
act, but Amoy officials have proved
tlmir ability to preserve perfect -order..
The ofl'K'ials, with s-ores of mer
chants, have visitiil tl A morion u
tVinsutate, pleading with the Consul to
hit encode in tlio wttlidrn wal'of the ma
rine, otherwise they deeJareit will bo
iniKsfible to prosorve onlor.
The landing of tlio ni.-iriii'-s ly tie
.lapan!4i bre:iks the agTo'foeiit of the
I rowers with the ViN'ritys.
Washington. Aug. '21. The gunboat
Castroe, Commaiiiler Howtfian coih
mandiug. hn !eeu ordond to Amoy,
China . to r imrt on 'add:ti'i: i!ni".
The Castine is at ' Shainrhai.
OLIVIER A PHISOXEU.
I'-ritisli Troops in Africa H'aptife a
IhK-r Lender. -
Ltitidon. Aug. J!7. The War Oflh-o
has receiveil" tlio following, dispatch
from Ijord liolwrt:
"The ItMrs have 1mou lioaton Iwick
by Hruce Hamilton, at Winburg. t Jen
oral Olivier has lioen capturl."
Tho text of Lord ,'ltoliert; dispatch
fixiin Helfast. under today's, date, an
nounchig tlio capture of t.oiicrnl Oliv
ier, shows that three of Olivier' sons
also were -apturel in th tta-k wlricti
the ltor .made from three ides on
WInburc. Iord Holrt adds that
General Olivier wa "the moving spirit
among the Itoers In Hie southeast por
tion of the Orange Colony during the
war.
In all -tdge of Nasal Catarrh there
should Ih chuilins-. As exMri mw-o
proves. Ely's nam Balm 4 a clo-.i us
er. oothr.niid hosilor f tho lis-jiil
membrane. It is not drjlng nor in-l-tntln'T.
atwl doe not pnxlttcv MieezSirZ.
I'rh-e r -nts at druggists or it will
In mailed by Ely Brother. TrfS Warren
troit. New- Yrfc. tlon llug pla'-od
Into the !iotril it inad over the
membrane and relief i Immediate.
It 1 an agrecul cure. , -
NO WAIl IECLAUEl.
IxiiHlon. Ang. rr. There i abolute
ly no truth in tlio diiiatcli from Clie
l'oo of August iMtb, faying It wa ru
mored there m food authority that
Uuia, titrtnauy and Japan had de
clared war on China ainl bad InvStetl
;riat Britain and tlw United State
to retire from rhat country." Jmiuirie
male at St. Pe1erburg. IWriiu and
Toklo how the rejxirt fanniediately re
jcted at thoe capital "a unworthy
of notice,"
i CiOOD A t VICE. Several young
men" from Salem were In tnis city
Sunday, baring made tlie trip op bore
on lifcycle. They pot in tlie day
snowing bow little tliey knew, as well
as how little reiect they liad for any
one lmt tbetuselve.? After riding on
the sidewalk on, Main street for some
time lieeillen of :tlie limit ntkes. two
of rhclr wlieels were taken xrliarge of
by Marshal Pilyeu. who releaseil them
only afte siring the riders, a few
pointers Young men who visit neigh
boring town where all are -strangers
to them should remember that others
have some privileges as well as thni
nelves. and that older people can nee
Just Ikiw ridiculous they act. Scto
Saatiam News. '
THE
7 !i
('' ;"!
OP MARKET fl
Old Stocks, Now on Storage in This State, Aro
Being Rashed to
Rfports from All the lisp Districts
i Prices Are Promising to
Only a
V. i
Yestenlay. the 2nki bales of lat
year" lioii, lielouging 10 Lilicuthal
Bros., of New York, and for the past
yr stored iu the.lHip warehouse of
The Southern Paeitic Company In this
city, lx'gan 4o inove in respon? to an
ihcrac; 1u price of old hop iu the
Eastern markets. lt will take twenty,
five ears to njme thiInimens stot-k
f hops and H will ! a week or more
before the last of them hare rtartod
for their domination. The j hop ate
consigued to various point in the At
lantic state. The scarcity of old hop
l vxea tor than It has been In many
year as will, lie seen 113- an exatnln-
tlon of the eondRhjn of the eastern
market.
A late New York trae publicntlon
has "the foHowIng- report regarding the
condition' of the hop market:
"Tlie improvement iu the tone of the
market contiuuts. Advh-os from the
IVicific coast 'by wire are to "the effect
tliat tlM market there i extitctl. owing
to the Iieary iorder scut out for iS'.K)
hops from lirtf 011 account; of tin Im
possibility of, getting udoiiKK!c 8ttp-plk-
in (hi market. Nothing is to 1m
had iu Ban F-anetco tnider 7(fi V there.
There continue d considoraide Inquiry
jor 1S!J crop hex. The supply is said
to lie shorter rha n in tlie past twuiy
flve yoars at this time. Tlio etitbre
sia-te f Xcw York, aeeonling to con-eni-tlve
estiiiKfe, has not at the
ouijiitle over "Jm liale. while Pacific
cit"t linps hj'e m;tU to he very hard lo
ot-rtlti sr 1)ie roawn 11 Hit the few
wlliioh rwrtam m the t'nKt jnre cou
tioHo'l fry rm bolder. nio;t of who!ii
nMllttiig to sell; at presut prices.
"The sjjjjt-iwsirket close ! very firm an '1
T tlio 'wlioie 'Jftf.'r lienor than two
week ago. -Cable Jtt.r 'to band rejiort
that. pnisHt are worse ilran nt last
sdvloo, 'Hie crop on the icoiH Inept 1
estimated at a tifth les than that of
kir year, while the English crip 1
t-stluinted by soino at Ki.oiki old duty
r 4HM'n hundnvl weiglrL iany put
thartXtop t notxpver 3i.tn old duty
orUUX0 humdril weight, while the
consumption in England ainoimfs an
iually oi tfil " hnmlro'1 we'glit. Heal
ers generally expros confidence that
Jri-es will rule sonic wlrciit: higher than
last year, but jnwt Imiw great an ad
vance there will lie depends upon crop
development lietween tin prose'nt and
har-oKt time. I Is retmrted fnun up
tJie istate that one 'country house is
bidding 15c lo grower for contracts.
New York srtale, IWO. hoh-o, nomleal,
'i:Vfi 1."V; prime. - 1 1i.vd1.uU: mtslium,
JWilIcJ IStiS, 5fri0c: olds. 2nc; Pacific
c Jt. 1K. choice. VMil'w. prime, 1 1
GlV.; medium. JXJfl.lc; JS!8. M?Sc; olds.
2ff?Gc; Cerman, rtc. crop of ISO), 35
ft -1 tic."
Parties In this cWy liave received
from Morrl Terry, a hop dealer in
Waterville. Now York, a letter-throwing
some light iion it he condition of
the hop nvarket in that state a well a
the ref of the world. Below are given
extract frtnu the letter:
."We had a iig crop 'last yar. Ore
gon had 80.0110 bales. California oo.nno.
and New York oo.ntxi. making in.au
2o.VKti. Englflfid tilsi had a large
crop over 000.000 lnindretl weight and
for all of that the niark-f Iki not Ihou
so sliort of hops In twenty-five year.
This tost Tvngland estimates her crop
at .400,000 huudred weight. The cm
tlnrist ha less than kit yonr. , Tlie
Pacific dors and New York state one-
Sdrd hss than last year. If those are
fact. Enrland will want more than
New! York tate will prodiw-. ,Wlth
the present outlook hops ought not lie
sold -for le than .'' cent. Onr grow
er are (wiling iom enrlr ones at ISc
ami I am ofTerlng 15 cents tiut can not
buy nt that prh-e. If the grower .-an
not pet n paying price for their crop
thi year, the 1st tldng ttHy can 00
i to plow up their yard and go to
raising sometlihig they can ell with
out so much loss. Hop started Jn to
blight ntty bad. but a. cold rauu came
and checked It.
The condition of -the hop gardens In
Euglaud 1 not h good as was expect
ed la, the eaxller part of the h-.isou.
T1m lark I-aue Expross. of b'wfcui.
mKlor date of Ausrust 13th. has the
following rcrts from the hop dis
tricts un.ler date of August 11th, indi
catins a wad atnte of atTalrs:
"Canterbury Tho bi cop iKimIs
to fa41 nhort of prerioo rooicra4e esti
mate. The gales have done a great
auiouu't of fttlshef. ami much of the
bine Is IrretrleTably bruised. Mould,
too, U very prevalent at places. A
warm, even tetni?rature Is Igreatly
neishnl.
Wor res t er T tie succession f heavy
galew turn done far more danwge than
was anticipated, the branches ami burr
liefng lirokeii off or lireised materially,
and growers' reiorts to. lay ere much
more gfciomy than last week. Tlie cold
wet weather haseotne at an an fort th
nate time, and given a severe, check to
the plant, when fine hot weather akme
cold bare derHol the partial crop
expecteLI'nIes favourable weather
follow there will lie only a very small
crop, and many yards are unlikely to
the East for Sale.
of the World Indicate a Shortage
Advance -England Will Have
Naif Crop.
reiver. Business fc rstrl-tl by. the
small supplies and higher price de
manded for tiie hops on offer today.
; "Tlie report, from our hop planta
tions are uot so favourable this week,
a great -ileal of damage Iki been done
by the rough winds, and thf burr is
not devehiping properly owing to the
cold wet weather. Hot sunny day
with wanner night are now required,
ami unless we get these k-.hiu our crop
will .lie reduced considerably. There J
very little trade doing, but price are
very firm." j ;
"Kent The 'outlook at the time of
writing is gkjomy in the extreme. !.ile
has sue-eeded gale. A 'riienomonnlly
low temperajuro for.tlie time of year,
and rain falling practically every day,
must tend toj reduce -the crop to a very
appreclablt extout quite twenty iier
cent. Ie fthjnn the estimatfHl growth
of, ay a forjt night ago. Where wash
ing was rem rted to early and in'rsist
ently kept up there is a fair amount of
bine, but in many pbues very "bliml."
On rhe of her lin-nd. the neglected gar
dens .have 1 iltogethor gone to', the
"wall." T lore never was a greater
disjtat'ity 1 'tween the wo11-w:nld
hops and tli e that have had Mi take
their chance Picking must, under the
circumstance, lie late, and many gar
dens in Ihlsjdistrict will never have a
bin put in teem. All have been bruis
ed and knoj-kd aliout to that extent
that it i hnjiossiblo to ases the'daiii-
agi wrougiii.
"London bieough).:, August loth.
Messrs. W. H. and II May. hifp
factor. 7 Urough High lreet, liu-
don. S. E., reHirl: The damage done
by the wet I weather liows up .more
iwiw that we ilnive some Mtuishine and
the brubnil burr U drying up and
dropping oft Mild the prospect tolay is
cert. -1,1 nly rot- rather Jos man nair or
last year," f
Not from the Yails.
In the vlHnlty of Butteville 'tiie
gpower arf very active 111 prep.irttirf
for 'the picking season which will I jo-
gin in a few days.' Nearly alLwill lie
at work next Monday while inany will
1egiii tlio (alter part of this wiek.
Pick its Hii vk teen -ngaged In many In
ftan-es ami are now on the 'ground
ready for j-ork. The prevailing price
in this fsecjkin la Co cent a box for
picking. I
Hort Bros, iwho tinve two largo
vard. one a few miles north of thfet
city and the other near Iudejendence.
will comnn'jnce picking; with Hum pick
er next .Monday, reptemtie.r ..a.
Thus yard are reorted to i In -x-
ceileiit "onlitlon antl a largo yield i
promise!. 1 I.
Hops continue to thrive, nu grow
ers all aro unanimous in looking for a
big 'yield. f.v Iho Hillsboro Argus.
The hop louse, so far, Iki done little
or no hfirni. and the weather has lieeh
favorabh for devclopmeiit. Many
vard will fonimetH-o ph-khig within
ten day or t wo weeks, and some earl
ier. PiV-kors aro exMcting eighty cent's
(nor humlredi this year, and in all
lik.-lMiood they will get ,thH much, if
ml more. ' ,
. In -the Gilbert & Patterson yard near
Lincoln seventy five pickers lieg.Hr the
work of picking thirteen acres" of early
hop yesterday liMirniiig. Jiml they ex
prt to finish -the yard by Thursday.
Tlie hops Jn this yard arc in excellent
rconditi-oii, free from 4ii-c, and promlao
a. comparatively heary yield.. Tliere
are tliJrty-two acres of , later hop in
the same yard, which will lie ready
for nicking by Monday or Tuesday of
next week. Other yard in the Ma me
nelghliorhood arf nearly Teadr for tlio
nicker, ami all promino n yield of ex
illcnt qiiiility. Forty cent per lix 1
paid m that setloii.
T
Two lion' contracts were yesterday,
filed at the eortrt honse. at t and l
,-cuts ier 'pound, ripectlvely. n fol
lows: 1
M rs. I. T. Ikinney. T. L. ' Howiey
snd Ira rnntiey, of Hnbbarrt. to IL
J. Miller lo.tum pound of hop, al
cents per pound 4 V rents to tie ad
raneel for plcklngj purKss.
4ohn T. LUisn. or Oerrnis, to Mc
Klnley Mitchell. isitin.ls of tho
crop of hos "grown on the V. Manning
place near Oervai. If' cents a kmiiiI.
3 cents to 1 advancd on' Septenilier
1st for picking pttrposes.
T0WSK ON THE STUMP
IIEJKCTEI SILYEIMTE -TALKS
FOU THE FUSIOMSTsl'
He Attacks
Attempts
tlw AdmiuistraHon 1
to Answer Govenior
Iloosevclt. 1 1
1 ml
DCLimi, Minn.. Aug. 27. The
largest gathering to listen to a politi
cal speci'li that ever assembled in Iu
Inth. cscurrcil thi evening at tlie arm
ory, when -Hon. Charles A. Towue
ofiened the -ramisilgn In a lenstby ad
dress In wlddi be replied tt the recent
speech of Governor lCoo.eveJt. deliver
ed at St. Paul tt tlie occasion of the
National Convention of the Iague of
1 1 tepubl b an Clubs, ami he arraigned
itlie Ad ml rtst rat kin's iwllcy in tlie
j riiHippine.
The speech, which will be used as a
campaigu document, i consldereI a
Towue' greatest -jHdrt leal effort.
Town will Ravo Tinttday or Wlue
d.ty for Idaho and other western points
to enter actively into the work of the
campaign. "
j ENDpItSEH- STEVENSON. ;
A lliUago. Angj At a metlng of
Um l,ple" Party1 Natiomil Commit -
'... t... .1. ...;.. ..a 1.... M . 1
A. Towue. a the Vice-Presidential
iKmiiHi for the partj", was -accepted,
and tho nam of Adlal E. Stevenson
wa put In hi dac. Thi ri"ult wa
cbtaiiiol after a long debate. But one
lst vote wan taken. A motion wa
made to cndor Stevenson. For thi
motion. Washburn, of -Massachusetts,
moved s a substi tutor that u Populist
Ih placoil UIkui the ticket. The Mile
Htitute wa 4ost by a vote of 21 aye
to 71 nay. Tho original motion wa
thou adopted by a viva vikv vole.
There were 1-1 nieuilnr of the coui-mittiH-
present -or reprcstutetl by
proxy.- I
v H4D A Ml KILLING THI P.
AWFUL EXPEUIENCE OF A
MAN IN ALAKA WILDS.
WO-
Alone and Ijost for Motitli She Float-
til Down u Hirer on a Haft
and Wa Saved.
SEATTLE. WasFJ.. Aug. -'T A thrill
ing trip down the Koyukuk river re
cently fell to tho lot of Mr. Hewitt,
wife of a Chicago' physician, now at
Nome. Alone and lost for month In
the dreary waste, she - managed to
reach tin Yukon liver on a log raft.
There he wa renom-d by. the river
steaiiMT HiUinah, plckl up and eut
to Nome, to 'her husband. Mrs. Hewitt
left (Chicago two j year ago. When,
she rt-acbod Nome she gav out com
pletely and is a total physical wreck.
VETERANS IN
ENCAMPMENT
The Greatest Gathering of Survivors
of the Civil War
18 NOW BFJN0 HELD IN L'HICAUO
The Veterans of the Kavy.Ricelved
the Cheerg Vctterdftf Urjaa t
Will Not He There.
CHICAC.O. Aug. f.-AccMidiug to
the estimates of tlM railroad ofUcfal,
this evening, fiilly 4r.mm ld Kohlier
had arrived and that :iihi,iio other ex-
cursionrist had -onie with them to at
tend the National Eiicainpnieiit if tho
ti. 'A. H. It Is expocbMl th.it there
will bo rm.tmtt additional arrival by
tomorrow morning.
(ieneral Brnfg, of Wisconslu, said
today that 1-lookisl to w, tomorrow
the greatest. -' nuiiihcr of old Hohlier
that had inarched at one time lieuoatU
I In-Stars and-StriMs since the mem-
0111 Idc review; In Washington at tho
close of the CiVil War. The first day
of tlw encainpiiient wti one of ideal
iK-autj-, In marked i-ontrast to the hot
ami huiniil week that have pn-.cded
it hioe the first; day of August. Tho
right of tlio line on the iieiiing day
wa given to the men who sailed t Iu
sin during llioicivil war. Tho olner
hig loda'y- wa all for them, and all
honor wen theirs. Tin army will
come to It own tomorrow.
Tls -heroes 'id! 'the .river n'd sea of
the Civil " War are a small band now.
Of the l.'W.twm men enlisted In tin
navy In the days' of the war, less than
Hum marched today, and It. 1 agreed
by old saikir that their iiuinlier wa
gt cuter In tho march loday than It will
ever be in any parade .to come. i
Hit YA N ST A YS A WA Y.
-Chicago, Aug. TT.-W. J. Hryau ha
followed the example of J'residiut Mc
lx ill ley 'ami dclind to be a visitor at
tl:. NutioiMil KiM-ainpliMut f the i. A.
It. Ho thi aftern6ii. siiit a uhhk''
to tho executive committee 1n chargo
of tho encampment, saying; 1 ' .
'Sinco rrilh'iit McKltrley I detain-etl-
by pnt'lic tiusim, 1 iH-lk'Ve that
Ill rif(ilkHrLMl rfrf 4lia fi'i iM I.iiirl ftj!
that I als-i . Wliu, and relievo tie;
reunion of any apiarauce of partl-saiislil-i."
A JAIL miKAK.
III 1liCf. Mont., Aug. 27. A whole
sale Jail delivery occurred be re Sun lay
morning. rirlie on the outside pried
off a vIndor liar and oimiioI the
cell with skeleton key. Frank Wosl
stock. an allegl horse thief; Hick
JoIiiimoii.: a 4wlf-lrel, who taMed a
Whit man at Jolk-t hvt wek; Tinkler,
an alleged forger, and John-WHhiim,
alia Walden. wantd at Clayton. N.
AI., for cattle stealing au I jailbreaklng.
-apel. It Is upiMHd the four mit
hare gone into WyMiiUi to Jin the
"Hole In the Wall" gang of denwr
adoe. This I the third time the jlil
has l-n opened from the outside with
in two years.'
for t, write for It. die for 1t, do every
thing except live for It. Colton.j
Tlds said old earth -mast liorrow
-mirth .
It Iras troubles euough of Us own.
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