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baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, July a.-Flour inactive and lower;
western super q bOaS2. 80; do. extra. 81 soaS3
DO family, $s ooaSs So winter wheat patent. s. s5
wheat straight, s410a$4.3o; receipts, 14,577 bar.
reIsI exports, $:e4o barrels wheat steadier: spot
No. red. 7sa7sh; receipts, o. 500 barreis south
srn by sample, 70as0; do on grade. 7ta79. Corn
gust 47sSa47N; September. 47x; steamer mixed 4si1
a46sS; receipts. lis 20o bushels; exports, o. sd
4s asked Oats dull and easier; No. white, 3Olsa
81: No. 2 mixed 271aa2s. Rye Dominaly easier
bushels. Hay steady; No. timothy. S16.56 asked.
Grain heights very quiet; steam to Liverpool per
bushsl. 21td July: Cork for orders. per quarter Be-
Cd. July. Sugar very firm; fns and eoarse GranI.
lated, 5.9611. Cheese steady. unchanged. Butter
steady. unchanged Eggs hrm. unchanged.
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OREGON FLOATED OFF
Big Battle Ship Expected to Beach
PatsArthur.
LIEUT.. KEY REPORTS JAPAN'S OFFER
rendered Any, Assistance That
Might b Desired.
SENT VESSEL TO GIVE AID

SHANGHAI, July 1.-The United States
battle ship Oregon. which ran ashore OF the
Island of How-ki in the Miao-Tao group.
thirty-five miles northeast Of Chsfoo, june
as has been foated off, and is expected to
reach Port Arthur safely.
Secretary Long this morning received the
following cable message from Lieutenant
A. L. Key, naval attache at the United
States legation at Toxic. Japan, In regard
to the docking Of the Oregon:
TOXIC, July 8, 1900.
Secretary Of the Nary, Washington, D. c.:
"Port Arthur too narrow. II Oregon can
not dock at Nagasaki, Japanese navy de-
partmsnt tenders the use of either Kure or
Yokoksuka docks. :, Offers any resistance
desired. Has ordered Akitisushima from
Chefoo to the Oregon. Have cable Wilde
offer Of docks
"CSigned) KEY"
The naval officials are disappointed at the
statement that the RECON cannot be locked
at Port Arthur. as that place is only about
sixty miles distant from where she struck,
towed across in few hours and with the
slightest temporary repairs. Nagasaki is
600 miles distant, but can still be reached
by the Oregon without entering far out
SAuO VI tLio .loleIdDly SluOUlH WdlSIS VI lIic
Gulf Of Pechili. If the docks there are too
small, then she must push on to Yokoksuna
docks. These are located just below Yoko-
hama in the harbof. The Kure docks re-
ferred to are supposed to be the Kobe
docks. The difficulty in the case Of the
Oregon is owing to the fact that she Is fitted
with bilge and docking keels. making her
very broad in cross sections at the bottom.
and consequently unsuited to even large
dry docks Of the ordinary construction.
The Japanese vessel Akitsushima, which
Lieutenant Key reported as going to the
help Of the Oregon. Is the famous cruiser
which covered herself with renown at the
battle Of Yalu.
Lieutenant Keys very existence was
brought to light in a curious fashion. Upon
notice of the Oregons accident, message
was dispatched in a formal manner to the
United States naval attache at Toxic to
see what could be done in the way Of get
ting assistance to the ship, and after the
message had been sent, the fact was re-
called that the naval attache at Toxic was
also accredited In the same capacity to Pc
kin. and the officials. feeling sure that Key
was at the latter capital, regarded the
money as spentiin cable tolls. and the To-
kio message as wasted. Therefore. Lieu
tenant Keys message direct from Toxic
and assuring the department that he al
least was free from the perils Of the lega-
ton staff at Pekin. came as pleasant sur
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ton. are located near the coast, and so may
be regarded as reasonably safe and sure OF
escape, even In the event Of the extension
OF the Boxer outbreak all over the coun-
try, This exception is Consul Smithers.
ton of Eroch @. Smithers Of Delaware. who
IS stationed at Chingkung. He is about as
far away from the seaboard as he could be
IT China. being stationed at point on a
tributary of the Yangtse Kiang about $500
miles from the mouth of that river me
officials hope that owing to the distance
news OF the Boxer uprising in the east may
not reach Smithers' post for many months.
Ii il does reach there sooner he may De
obliged to retire into Thibet, even though
that country is not particularly safe Tor
foreigners
Mr. Smithers is regarded as unlucky. He
was deprived Of his position during the last
session % Congress by the appointment 10
his post Of a Mr.. Miller Of oregon. But Mf.
Miller is now at Nagasakt and Mr.. Smith
ers has been obliged under the regulation
to wal. at Chingkung until his successor
arrives to relieve him.
Minister wu without News.
The Chinese minister. Mr.. WI, was una
BILE to communicate any news regarding
China when a Star reporter called upon
him this afternoon.
Minister WI stated that he had remained
firm in his decision not to make an address
in Philadelphia tomorrow which he had
been invited to deliver.
An Early CabIesram.
Secretary Hay received, early In the day,
q cabIegram from Consul General Goodnow
at Shanghai. dated July 2, which is prac-
tically a condensation of the report brought
to Shanghai by cruiser from Sir Robert
Hart. inspector general of customs. The
dispatch says: THE diplomats and mis-
sionaries are in the British legation under
rifle fire. Cannon command the legation
hut they are not being used The British.
German and Italian legations are still
standing
Orders From China COuntermanded.
Agents resident in the United States of
Chinese houses are receiving cablegrams
CnuntermaEding orders Of goods previously
placed. where possible, and suspending de-
liVeries in other cases.
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IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE.
Enlisted YeOmen Appointed COpyists
and Assistant Messengers.

In accordance with the provisions of the
special rule approved By the President, May
o. and under the provisions of the act
making appropriations for the legislative
executive and judicial expenses of the gov
eminent for the fiscal year ending June 80
rext. The following named enlisted yeomen
In the navy, who wc.e detailed for duty IN
tie Navy Department at Washington dur
Ing the Spaaish-American war. have been
transferred 10 the classified service and ap-
pointed copyists at $40 per annum or as
s!stant messengers at 1920 per annum in
the bureau Of navigation, Navy Depart
ment:
r Thorne. James G. Noyes, a. C. Fowle.
a. L. Turner. Z. b. DOran c. R. Hillyer,
William A. Bail, George E. VIII. D. H. Ly-
man. j. H Taylor. Charles B. Cheyney,
c W. Howard. john T. Cuthbert. C. ].
Parks, john Helmus, Frank s. Himrichs
F A. Palmer. A. H. Mccormick. jr., Otis
d SWEET. Leroy Kirkwood, D. B. Miller
and A B. Penn.
The following yeomen have been trans
ferred 10 copyists at $40 per annum in the
bureau Of medicine and surgery: Frank j
Mulkall and Charles L. MaYee.
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ATHLETES PERISH IN STORM.
w. b. Curtis and Allan Ormsbee XIII.
ed on Mt. WashinKton.

FAYBANS, N. H., July 3.-The first fatal
ity on Mount Washington in ten years took
place as the result of the frightful storm
last Saturday, when w. B. Curtis, sixty
three years old. and Allan Ormsbee. about
thirty years. both Of New York. and both
experienced athletes. lost their lives on the
Crawford bride path. Their bodies were
found today by the members of the APP
palachfan Mountain Club. now at the sum-
NIT for their annual field meeting.
Curtis was formerly one Of the best
known athletes In America, acting as re-
fierce at nearly all intercollegiate sports
and amateur athletics for many years, and
was one Of the founders Of the New York
Athletic Club. He was an expert noun
tain climber. Ormsbee, a member Of the
Crescent Athletic Association Of Brooklyn,
was an expert athlete.
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Washington stock Exchange.

az :; IS; Z;
FaS ks.'s 20 hsas i
S GEORGETOWN Cas- 70 :. S. Me!ssnihssf Linotyps.
at at i7s. 70 at 1904 10 at 1907 10 at 10
at 1905 IAnston Monotype, io9 At 10; After
a. at 81 Ioo az at washing
Notice-0n motion the hoard decided to suspend
.ns fs ST pc
DAY, the exchange adjourned until Thursday, July 8.
District of Columbia Bonds.-ss 1902, sO-year
funding. IO2 bid; Is, 1901, water stock, 1o2 bid.
Mis- Misceiisneous o Bonds.spital Traction A. 1oex
bid, 107N asked. Metropolitan Railroad s.. i2o bid
bid; Columbia Railroad g. IFS bid. Columbia
R.TSsd 81 SE s Wss S s "na
ll2 bid; washington Ga. series 2, @; 1I2 bid
psse and 10
fesH asked. American Security and Trust e 100 io6
bid. washington Market LIST O., ITO bid Masonic
aa asS 8 ieo BID IL asked American
National Bank stocks.-Bank of Washington, Sos
Farmers and 200 bid Second I iSe Sd
citizens, 100 bid Columbia. Ieo bid Capital, 100
Is ssf bid, 80 asked. Lincoln. lis bid faaef
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies. National Safe
ISan and trust iss bid is s.led An.rcans s.,
curity and Trust, x2o7 asked. Washington safe De-
posit 70 bid, rs asked.
az bid Metropolitan, rs bid. Oorcoran 81 bid
Arlington. 134 bid, 14O asked. German American,
200 bid. National Union. IL bid Is asked. Coaum.
bia Il bid, 10 asked. Riggs, bid, asked Peo-
pies bx bid, 81 asked. Commercial, bid, 8
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Title so bid
IS asked. Columbia Title. * bid, S asked Wash.
bid
Railroad Stochs.-Capital Traction, 1924 I'd lo3
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City and Suburban: 50 bid. 70 asked. oeorsssown
s.s a.. Cas- s2 bid IS a.sd
Telephone stocks.-Chesapsske and Potomac es
bid, 20 asked.
Miscellaneous stccks.-Merrenthaier Ilnotyre
lSo}, bid. lso% asked Lanston Monotype. 127s hid,
lSir asked American -9rapbophone. Ill hid, ilE
ssksd. American Graphophone Preferred isNs hid
ID asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage. IL bid rs
ssked Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, l5S bid.
I En-. dividend
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heretofore acknowledged. =.
$1,000
Rumor of More Murd.,

LONDON. July IA special dispatch
from Shanghai says Chinese reports are
current that two other foreign ministers
were murdered the same day as Baron Won
ketteler.
From the same sources 1t is declared that
the Mission Hospital at Moukden has been
destroyed by fire. and that the native
Christians have been massacred. It Ia
further asserted that the foreigners fed to
New ChwanG.
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Work has begun on the new building be-
ing erected by ]. F. Manning & Co. on the
corner OF 18th and Fl streets. II will be a
one-story pebble-dash-froni building and
will be used as art studio for the dis
play OF Italian and other imported marble
statuary. bric-a-brac. etc. March & Peters
are the architects and Burgess & Richard
son the builders II will be ready for occu-
pancy about September !. at which time
the art statuary now at 122 PENNSYLVANIA
avenue will be removed TO the new build
ing
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vent,on the 1tth Of this month or at some

ventjon the 1tth Of this month or at some
future time.
The feature in Lincoln today D. the Do.
parture for the convention city OF q train
load Of enthusiastic supporters OF NJ.
Bryan from his own town. They include
who will carry all the brilliant co1ors that
can be combined, the Bryan Home Guards,
the Continental Guards and a military
band. They will reach Kansas City tonight.
Mr.. Bryan will have few visitors today
and will improve the opportunity to get all
the rest he can preparatory to the crush
which Is expected in Lincoln at the conclu-
sion Of the convention.
While Mr.. Bryan has stated distinctly
that he will not attend the convention, II
the delegates, before adjourning. request
his presence to address them, 1t Is thought
he will not refuse
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Gone to Admiral philips Funer.l

Secretary Long went to Annapolis this
afternoon to attend the funeral there Of
the late Admiral Philip. He was accom-
panied by these officers. who will serve as
paIlbearers: Admiral Terry. Admiral Cot
ton. Admiral Hfggfnson. Paymaster Gen.
eral Kenney and Admiral Rodgers. Cap
tain Cook. who will serve as the sixth pail
bearer. 10 already In Annapolis.
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Summer Resort Information.

Mr.. Thomas Wilkinson. jr., well known
in this city. is now located at Atlantic City,
where he is prepared to furnish fnforma-
ton and rates at all the hotels cottages,
&C., advertised in The Star.
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MIR. KERR's VIEW OF PLATFORM
FavOrs Free Coinage of silver at "tbs
Legal Ratio"

OMAHA, Neb.. July IA special to the
ld-Herald from Lincoln. Neb, SAYS:
Things are shaping up well in Kansas
City and the construction of the platform
is practically decided. 1t will reafirm the
Chicago platform and have an additional
plank setting out specifically free coinage
of silver at the legal ratio, and will also
have an additional plank on the trust cues
ton
The above are the words of James Kerr
of Clearffeld, Pa. Mr.. Kerr was decidedly
enthusiastic over the prospects for har-
mony on all questions at Kansas CITY and
the probability Of Bryan's ultimate election
with comfortable working majority In
the House to assist him.
LAS to the vice presidency. our delesa.
ton has not had a meeting yet and / can.
not say just where We will stand. but Der.
sonally l am favorable to Shively," con.
tinued Mr.. Kerr. Our state platform re-.
aff1rms the Chicago platform without a
specific reiteration of the money plank; but
we will stand for reiteration at kansas
CITY,
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Action to Recover Alleged Debt.

Proceedings in libel were instituted to-
day in the District branch Of the Supreme
Court Of the District Of Columbia by Chns
w. Scott against the schooner United. now
lying at the 18th street wharf The action
is to recover 1891 claimed to be due for
groceries and supplies alleged to be due the
libellant by the master OF the schooner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-03
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
New York Stock Market.

Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co. bankers
and brokers, 1419 ST., members New Yort
stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. La
denburg. Thalmann Co, New York
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NEW YORK. July 3-Among the passen-
gers who arrived today per steamer AL
lianca from Colon were Francis A. Gudser.
United States vice consul at Panama, and
Sir Harold Courtney.
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The will Of the late Samuel B. Bracket,
dated the 9th of last month, was filed to-
day for probate. The estate is bequeathed
to his wife, Josephine Bracket, who Is
named executrtx.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-03
For Famine Sufferers.

The following additional subscriptions
have been received at the Office of The
Evening Star for the benefit of the famine
sufferers In India:
GarernfOre acknOwledgad e,oo ~
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Given I'D.
interesting correspondence has passed be-
tween officers of the District militia and
Assistant Secretary Hackett OF the Navy
Department in reference to the Naval Bat
tallion Of the District
Under date Of June 81. 19oo James NJ.
Love. ad5utant general of the District MILL
tia. forwarded the following communication
addressed TO him by Commander Robert T
Hams. commanding the Naval Battalion:
Commander Hafns' views
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12
HOLLAND MAY FIGHT
WITH PORTUGAL

London. Dec S.-ShOuld the strained
relations which have so suddenly be-
come apparent between Portugal ana
| Holland develop into actual coniiict, IL
would not need much of tircbrand to
extend the conila grafton to Africa ana
arouse the animosities of Europe. one
cannot imagine many points OF conhict
between the two countries where rlVal-
nv, or the pursuit of each ones paruc-
ular national aims could not cause 4
rupture of peace. To all intents ana
purposes Holland has made Mr.. kru-
ger her protcge. .
The Portu.al-IIolland difference was
first heard of last year. when the two
governments became involved in an
argument over Herr POtt, n Hollander,
who acted as consul general for the
Trnnsyaal and consul for The Neither
lands Herr Pott was the principal
medium between Pretoria and Dr.
Leyds in Europe He controlled the
Netherlands railway through the
Transvaal and was at the head of the
Transvaal customs. He was also the
head of the Dutch East Africa Com
pany, and for a long time had ready ac-
cess to the ear of the Portuguese gov
ernor mt Dclagoa Bay, as well as the
chief of each department
1t was openly asserted that Herr Pott
had a private wire to the frontier and
got his war news twenty-four hours in
advance of all others. About him were
gathered all the other consuls, the Por-
tuguese officials and the German for
warding agents.
For sinews of war, the scales would
incline heavily on the side of the Meth
erlands, for Portugal is practically in
bankrupt state.
There is but one factor which would
give n serious aspect to the quarrel,
assuming that naturally pacific state
like Holland were determined to ven
ture on the hazards of war. If Ger
many stood behind her and were ready
to lend her moral and material support,
there would be danger of strife among
the Titans. But happily that danger is
remote. Emperor William has shown
that he has no intention of embarking
in the South African quarrel.
on the other hand, Great Britain has
the role to play of Portugars best
friend and will doubtless use her infiu-
ence to prevent her old ally from rush
ing to extremes to save Der amour
propre.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12
GRAND INTERNATIONAL LIVE =
STOCK EXHIBITION AT CHICAGO

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. S.-(Republican
Specially - The International Live
stock Exposition has proven to be a
most astonishing success, and though
the grounds occupied by the exhibit
cover several hundred acres, it has been
almost impossible to accommodate the
crowds. Notwithstanding the bad
weather that has prevailed all the
week, the crowds have grown larger
daily, and to-day We're further aug
mented by II crush of children from the
schools of Chicago. who We're brought
out in charge of teachers.
Stockmen were paralyZed with aston
ishment to learn that fully fifty per
cent. of the school children of Chicago
had never seen n COW, sheep or hog.
One teacher having seventy-eight pu-
pills in her charge took a poll, with the
result that only eight had ever seen n
cow, four had seen sheep before, and
only two had ever seen n hog. On the
other hand. seventy-four had seen an
elephant. seventy-twO had seen bear
and sixty-eight had seen lions and
tigers, but not one in the class had ever
been near the stock yards before and
only six knew what stock yards were
for, yet some of these children We're
well up in their teens.
The sales of cattle on exhibition yes
terday and the day before have broken
all previous records. ID. T.. Newcomb
Of La ,Jara, Colorado. sold his champion
black calves to an Indiana man Mt I
cents per pound. They will be put In
condition for the next show.
Eugene Grubb of Carbondale, Colo
RADIO, sold his yearling steers at 5h
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12
ACTIVE BIDDING
ON NEW IRONCLADS

Washington, Dec. S.-Never since the
birth of the new navy has there been
such n gathering of shipbuilders and
metal kings as We're assembled ut the
office of the Secretary of the Navy yes
terday TO witness the opening of the
bids for an amount of naval construc'
ton which Secretary Long denominat-
ed as the greatest industrial event this
or any other country has ever seen, i'll
volvinE the placing of contracts for
about S50,OOO,O00.
There were eight bidders, and most
of the bids were well within the limits
Of the cost allowed by Congress for the
ships. The notable feature was the at
tempt Of the younger and smaller firms
to break the line of the older organic
atoms which have constructed all the
vessels of the new navy up to this
station.
While it is not possible at this mo-
ment to forecast results accurately.
there are indications that in Mt leas
one instance these attempts will be at
tended with some degree of success, foi
1t looks as though some of the work
will be bestowed upon the Fore River
Company, which appears for the first
time as bidder for constructing ar
mored ships. The Pacific coast, too,
presents n likely candidate in the Mo
rams bid. Because of changes made in
the specifications, the general tendency
of which Is to reduce considerably the
equipment of ships, it is not possible
yet to tell which of the bids are actual.
ly the lowest.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12

London. Dec. S.-A meeting of peo-
pie interested in Stratton's 1ndepen-
dcnce mine yesterday attracted an i'm
mensc attendance of shareholders, who
passed Il vote of no confidence in the
board of directors, after one of the
stormicst city meetings on record.
The whole meeting was disorderly.
The directors were Missed and hooted
and the words ''scandalous" and dis
graceful and accusations of fraud
were hurled broadcast.
The Earl of Chesterfield. who presid
ed, read n cablcgram from John Hays
Hammond the American engineer,
asking him to announce to the meeting
that Mr. Hammonds connection with
the mine dated from and after the
shortage of ore reserves was discov-
cred.
His lordship proceeded to say that n
cable message received from State &C.
ologist Rickard of Colorado. dated Oc-
tober Goth. conveyed the first intimation
of serious misrepresentation on the
part of the old management in regard
to the value of ores. This was not
published because it was vague and In
complete, but had the directors had
any conception of the foreshadowed
discrepancy of S12.OO0.00O. as shown in
the subsequent report of Mr.. Ham
mond. dated November 24th, they
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE -
NOISY LONDON GATHERING

would certainly have made Mr.. Rick
ards statement public.
Mr.. Rickard made n personal cNpln'
nation at the meeting and long ana
animated discussion, marked by wiu
disorder and much cNecration, FOL
lowed.
After hearing the report on the nm,
furnished by J. II. Hammond, the
shareholders refused To pass on 1t, de
handing Il months adjournment pend
Ing the receipt of the report from tn,
mines engineers. a motion to this Ell
feet was passed by a large majority
Thereupon Lord Chesterfield demand.
ed that poll be taken and an uproat
followed.
A majority of the stockholders de
nounccd the directors and then left the
meeting.
After the majority had left a poll
was taken and 1t was found that those
present were not in favor of adjourn
ment, so the report was adopted. IL
also decided to declare dividend FOR
the quarter ending December 31st.
The criticism of the objecting share
holders is directed against the dlrec
tors management of the company rath'
er than against the mine itself, The
adoption of the report includes indorsc.
ments of Mr.. Hammond's scheme for
developing the mine. Stratton's shares
today rose from Fl (par) to Fl 1-16.
The Lamar register., 1900-12-12
Extraordinary Tourist Travel.

Chicago, Dec. S.-According to west
ern railway officials, the flow of travel
from Chicago and the East towards
the California winter resorts is now
breaking all records. So heavy has
the traffic become that nearly all the
roads, transcontinental, as well as
those with terminals at Missouri river
points, have been compelled not only
to put extra coaches on their regular
westbound trains, but in some in
stances to run additional trains to ac-
commodate the heavy traffic. Berth,
accommodations for California points
have been engaged as far ahead US.
February.