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1 On.) y v.-.IiS-tf -'J VOL. L Mr. : : . I ASTOlilA, OKEGON, MINDAY MORNING. AUGUST 27. 1899 NO. 77 1 ,hf-Y ...... , . ' mm 1 a z r "I v "tl - i ! ; wit Attic X'okntm von CR0USE& DRANDCEE'S CLOTHING1 I t ! Warr wear ' jloth.a or wt offer you clothing, equal tn workmanship and quality th. Oat ana thoroughly d.lrablaWIII out wr any other olothlng tht market and rialq snap, and color a long aa worn, t ' , . , rrucKs-iT.w to tu pin urr. W bar alto a full Una of tw.II herring bon. bos ooata, PHIL' STOKES. nONT CONDEHN... r' , Hardware Co. GRIFFIN 655" Pacific Sheet MANUFACTURERS OF. Salmon Veg-etatle Frolt ...CAN Lithographing oii San Francisco. Cal. , , Astoria. Ore. , Writ Vm tor Prlt.e Here Is a List 01 some High Grade Goods at moderate prices good things. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO Jlem Zealand Fire Insupaoee Go (i "Jew Zealand. W. P. Tlioir. . , Mgr., San Francisco. UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS. Subscribed Capital ... 15,000,000 Pnid-Up Capital . . . - 1,000,000 AbsoU - 2,645,114 Assots in United States 300,000 Surplus to Folicy Holders 1,718,792 Has boon Underwriting on the Tacific Coast over Twenty-two yearp. SAHUEL ELMORE & CO., Resident Agents, Astoria, Oregon Tho Heint oil Eorlli pay your tailor normoui prices, wh.n .v.ry rtpot to I allor-mad. goods; vary finest; patt.rna and Balih up-to- on V 1 12th Streets. All tl rengtu jKtauMe 'oa iinfortunatfly bought cheap one. Buy a . . . . . . 'SUPERIOR" They aro warranted in every particular, by a firm C'2 years in the tusincw II . t v . i -ROR IIOND STREET1 Books... Blank and Miscellaneous. Paper... NeW CrafJC and I Type-writing. j Waterman Fountain Pens i i Mox DOoritel Paper , and Knvalopew-'roo. & REED Metal Works spice ind Syrup Tin a Specialty; Falrnartn, Wash. I lv. ..' R ALST0X HEALTH POODS In great vartct frcsfrom fie mills. .. - , AROMATIC sVfCCA gusrantccd the finest. TILLMANN 9 l'IRB EXTRACTS. CHASE S SANBORN'S COFFEES are no ' rivalled. Tonether with a host of other WEAK POINTS IN DEFENSE Strenuous Efforts to Keep Clira Prom Lafcorl. Do HfS SICKNESS A CANARD Reputable Physicians Art Refused to Attend Bin' -Friud and Dlsnoa eitjf of Ceaeral Staff. Hf:NNK8, Aug. M.-"UeadmD tell no talra," Thli la the barricade ba hind which Mrrclrr and the general tiff have liiiifrm lird tlivmaclvee. Hut, l her la a wrak point lu thvlr dnfenca. Coloni'l 1'aty du Clam, and the mill- tary rllua are etrlvlng tu kerp blm out j of Lalxrl' clutcbra. If they can pre vent Du Clam, now called "the alck I man of the Preyfu affair" from ap- pearing at the wltnen bar, they can effectively put the alienee of the tomb between the truth and Justice. Labor! U fighting tooth and nail to ! drag him Into court, but Jouanale per ! Klate In n'fmlng him the necemiary aa latance. He decline! tu aend n'putable doctura to officially rrMirt on the state of Du Clam' health, which every Prey- fuaard firmly bvllevea la only diplo matically s(tectl and be will recover ! quickly enough after the trial. I Tbe confrontation toijuy of Colonel i UaureL Cantaln rrey.mettor and Oen "il Uercler mi inatructlve et- poeure or rraun ana amnoneny 01 me general atafT, w hich the absence of Du- Clam alone prevented from being com p,eu- GENERAL MEIK'lER DENOUNCED. charged VTIth Introducing False Doc- ' ' oroent to Convict Dreyfus. PARIS, Aug. H.-In the Figaro, M. Comely says: I "It Is bard to be forced to rank M I DoFreyclnet, or Oenerol Mercler, In j ' one of these categories: Inventive cal- ' umnlators. folk who believe their ! j neighbor's venal because they are venal ! themselves and slmpletona. j j "There la ground for hope therefore. I - i Peaches... A tplendid lot of the celebrated Southern Oregon peachee Jutt received. Other Fruit... In abundance and of all varl- tlca, Vegetables... The most complete selection In the city and all fresh and crisp. Prompt delivery to all parts of the city and outside points. Foard & Stokes Co. Your Wife ' WU1 lia. hi to will th cook. Star Estate Range Satlify all who us. them. If your better half does the cooking, that Is an additional reason why there should be a Star K.tate Range In your kitchen. The uie of them prevents worry and disappointment. W. J. SCULLY. Agent, . iSl Bond Street aH ' 11511 Ml that one or the other of these gentle men will end by stating on what pre else fact, he bases his conviction of the existence of a syndicate armed with 51,000.000 franca and bow he transforms into gain the real nacrlflce of a revision have made for their faith, "I have the honor of knowing M. De Freycinet an-1 have been charmed with his precise and luminous mind. I must lie In wait for him when he comet lo Tarls and beg him to prove the e Istence and Indicate tbe headquarters of the syndicate of treason." ' M. CJemmceau, In tbe Aurore, says: j "General W order It taken In the act of Introducing Into tht dossier a false document In orler to obtain the con demnation of Dreyfus. The coup which be made In 144 with Henry and Paty du (lam, he Is repeating In liVD, with General Chanione aa an accomplice. The two culprits may arrange their lories aa they like, the fact It undeni able they were caught red handed. 'If General Chinolne Is the delegate of General Mercler, at the facta show, ho can the minister of war dare to absolve blm of having attempted to Introduce a forgery Into the dossier Instead of sending blm with Mercler, to the Cherche prison to meditate on the dangers of a forger's trade." CHINF.8B WEitE REFUSED . LANDING AT HONOLULU, Dills Incurred Ity Their Detention Cautet Trouble at Washington All Quiet at Samoa. CHICAGO, Aug. SI A special to the Record from Honolulu, August 19, via Ban Francisco. August 21 says: There Is trouble about the bills In curred In connection with the numerous I'hlneee who were refused landing here by Chinese Agent Brown, last De cember, atrfl were afterwards admitted under the decision of the secretary of the treasury on the ground that the re turn permits Issued by the Hawllan government prior to annexation were valid. The bills were for their maintenance at the quarantine station pending the decision of the question. The amount to about 110,000. The board of bealtb, which has Jurlsdlctlnntover quarantine, refused to pay them and they were sent to the treasury department at Washington. The department refused to pay them, because there was no ap propriation out of which they can be fM The agent of the steamship Cory, rerusod to pay tnem oecause Chinese were detMned without warrant of law. They come back to the board of health, which hat referred them to the cabinet, which hat asked an opinion of the attorney general on the subject. Commissioner C. M. E. Eliot, of the Samoan commission arrived yesterday evening from Auckland. He says that the conditions are now those of peace and q'lietness. A proclamation waa to be Issued by the provisional govern' ment the day after the Alameda sailed from Samoa, calling on all Malletoans not residents of Apia to leave that place and go to their homes. ADMIRAL -WATSON ' ILL," , An Accident to the Launch of Bit Flagship Producea Heart Trouble, WASHINGTON. Ang. 24.-Th. Army and Navy Register says: Recent letters from Manila mention the Illness of Admiral Watson as the source of great anxiety to hit offloera. The Illness Is an effect of an accideift which occured to his' launch while he was on board on the 11th ot July. The Baltimore, his flagship, has been for some time at Cavlte, leaving Manila so ss to escaiHS the full force of the ty phoons. Requiring to make a trip up the river, the admiral started in his launch. A strong wind was blowing and as the launch, the Undine, went under the bridge over the river, known as the brlige of Spain, the strong cur rent, aided by the wind, set against the little boat and she was taken ou of her course and thrown against a hawser from a sailing vessel. This rope carried away the awning and, striking the smokestack took that also. Admiral Watson, sitting In the for ward part of the launch, and witness ing the full danger of the accident showed no sonscloua appearance of having been startled excessively by the occurence or In any way of having suffered by It. Later, however, In fact before his return to the flagship, ser ious heart trouble developed and In consequence he was regarded as ex tremely 111 up to the dute of the let ters of the 17th. No one but his phy sician Is allowed access to him and all business of the fleet Is forbidden. BRYAN UPHOLDS SILVER. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 26.-Hon. W. J. Bryan stopped here today enroute to Donver. "I shall continue to discuss silver," said Bryan, In response to a query, lidding: '.'There was a story from DesMolnes recently that I was putting silver In the back ground. I am not. I will not. I was Incorrectly reported. Silver will be placed along side the other great Issues and It will be given a due share of consideration." WAR MUST SURELY COME England Making Prcparttlonsto Fibttbe Eocrs.-w" MARY CONFLICTING REPORTS Week Oat of Tension la Great Brit ali-Saato Domlnjo Fetela De feat Coverameot Troop- LONDON, Aug, M.-Though no ac tual developments apparently baa tak en place In tbe Transvaal situation, public interest In the crisis bat wonder fully quickened. This It due to a dawning realization that Great Brit- Ian It making the most methodical preparations for war. The utter lack of official news and the serious out look bive made a week of tension. Con tradictory reports from home and. abroad have flourished. An endless supposition has been In dulged In regarding President Krug- er's counter propositions, but from a broad point of view, such details are not Important, at compared with tbe fact that Kruger baa refuted, some say evaded, the "irreduceable mini mum" of Sir Alfred Ullner, British high commissioner of South Africa. It Is nearly a week since the British gov ernment hat been in possession of Kruger't reply. Whether, In the In terests of peace, the powers higher than the secretary of state for the col onies are still temporising, or whether a decisive ultimatum Is already on tbe way to the president of the Transvaal, is pure conjecture. GOVERNMENT FORCE DEFEATED. Santo Domingo Rebels Defeated En emy With Heavy Loss. CAPE HAYTIEN. Aug. 2.-News hat been received here confirming the re port of yesterday't fighting In Santo Domlnga General Pacheco, at the head of 400 revolutionary troops, fought the government troops for three days, Inflicting beavy losses. It Is reported the government force lost 150 men killed and wounded, and the the revolutionists captured two field pieces. General Antoneo Calderon, one of the government commanders was killed. ' ' " The revolutionists lost IS killed be sides several wounded. ; ATKINSON'S PHAMPLET RESPECTFULLY RETURNED. Congressman Bhattuck, of Ohio . Re fused to Take It From Mail and, ,( ' Explains the Reason. . - CINCINNATI. Aug. tt-The follow ing correspondence between Edward Atkinson, .of Boston,- the antl expansionist leader, and congressman, W. B. Shattuck, of Cincinnati, ex plains Itself: ' ' " Boston, Aug. 15. ' ISM. Hon? 'w. B. Shaftuck. M. C, Madlsonvllle. O. Dear Sir: A copy of "Antl-tmpertallst" is returned to me with this endorsement: .'Respectfully returned. , Take my name off your list. I am no traitor to my country." I am very glad to have the Informa tion that you are not a traitor. Had you been, I should have taken your name off the'llat of members of con gress, to all of whom my phamphleta In support of Senator Hoar and others are sent I may add that since we may assume that you do not support the opponents of criminal aggression,' our effort to take your name oft the list of tho members of congress at the next election will be fully Justified. In the Interval you may receive other cop- J les of documents similar to that which you have returned, becaqse I cannot at present expurgate my mail list. Yours very truly, ' ' I "'. EDWARD ATKINSON. Cincinnati, Aug. 19, 1899. Edward Atkinson, Esq., Boston. Dear Sir: I have received your letter of the loth Inst., and beg to tell you that I would not, even for the nomination of con gress support those guilty of crlm-, Inal aggression against this govern ment, (as you are guilty.) Your Inti mation that you may be able to have my name taken off the list of the members of congress, because I decline to receive your treasonable documents. Is already evidence of your monumen. tall gall and egotism. You will succeed In your effort about as well as you did In getting your criminal literature in the hands of Agulnaldo and his fol lowers. You knew what you were do ing whin vou tried to get this trash Into the rebels hands. Your purpose was to give the rebels encouragement to embarrass the government of the United States and to Induce the rebels to hold out, until, perhaps yon could try your luck In having the name of the loyal congru-nen taken off tb. list kt '.he next election. " Nt a precinct In the first Ohio eon. gn-Mlonal dls'rtet would elect you one ot yoir kind as a delegate to a convention to nominate a director for the cojnty por house. The citizens of this district are loyal, patriotic peo ple and I am sure they are not in rmpithy with those who are doing all they can to embarrass President McKlnley and the government' In the effort' to restore order and suppress tbe rebellion In the Philippines. When that It accomplished, it will be to de termine what form of government shall be established in tbose Islands. Our people applaud tbe speech made by our president recently, when be said, tpeaklng of our flag, "it is tbe flag of the free, ths bop. of the op pressed, and whenever It It assailed, at any sacrifice, it will be carried to triumphant peace." That la the kind of talk our people Ilk. to hear. For fear that you will forget It, let me suggest that you make a mem morandum that tb. nomination for consrest In the first Ohio district will be made about September U00. It will be necessary for you, to secure tb. re sult you desire, to commence your work a little before that ' time the earlier, tbe better for I am assured that your friend Agulnaldo, will cease to exist at a military chieftain long before that date. Very respectful r. W. B. SCHATTUCK, M. C. BATTLESHIP KEARSARGE WILL SOON BE LAUNCHED. Expected to Take Place Sepetember S New Improvements Will Make Her Greatest Ship Afloat. NEWPORT NEWS. Aug. t.-The trial trip of tbe battleship Keartarge will take place between September 5 and LV Tbe ship It now within about four per cent of completion and is auf fldently advanced to warrant the statement that she will be sent away frim the ship yard on ber first trial trip, the early part of next month. Reports have been tent out from Washington to :he effect that owing to the delay caused oy a shortage of men during the yellow fever scare the Kearsarge could not go out unUl the latter part of October and the' Ken tucky not until December, but these bad no foundation. Tbe trial trip of the Kearsarge. to being looked forward to with great deal of Interest She w 111 be the first war ship ever built embodying the super oolsed turret Idea, that Is with the eight Inch turrets over the thirteen Inch turrets, enabling the ship, as well as the Kentucky, to concentrate on one oolnt a far heavier Are In less time then any other ship afloat. Cap tain William Folgjr, who will com mand the Kearsarge, has been here for some time superintending the work on th. vessel and he will go out on her when the trial trip between the ship yard and the Atlantic ocean takes place. ' " ' ' ' - Captain Folgjr 'is one of the high authorities In the navy on ordnance and his opinion of the success of the superpotsed turret idea after the trial, will be worth something. The Kearsarge has Just received a coat of white paint which th. will x-ear on her trial trip. The speep of the Kersarge will also be watched with Interest by naal men. "he contract speed Is only 16 knots.', but the Newport News Ship building Dry Dock Company has thus far managed to exceed contract speed in all of Its merchant and gov ernment contracts, and It Is believed the Kersarge and the Kentucky will not 'be exceptions. The thfje little gunboats, the Nash ville., tho Helena and the Wilmington, the best and speediest boats of their class In the world, all far exceeded the contract speed. If the Kearearg makes tn the neighborhood of 17 knots an hour on her official trial, many naval men will not be surprised. IDAHO MINERS' RIOTS. Generl Merrlan Makes an Official Re port at Washington. WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. The report of Brigadier General Merrlam on the miners riots In Idaho was received here today. General Merrlam gives a de tailed history of the events so far as the troops under his command took part. The report shows that gov ernor of Idaho, and not General Mer rlam, declared martial law and that a proclamation forbidding the employ ment of union miners of Wardner em anated entirely from the state author ities. ft A V . V Makes the food more delicious and wuo'eson.0 snvw wn mm o CO., wit. rvfnn i An THE EMPEROR German Diet Defeats tbe Govern v ment on Cflfial Bin :i WILLIAM. -MUCH INCENSED itczarsi n is personal insult ana win ItM Poslskmeit to Offenders . . Cabinet Called to Berlin. BERLIN, Aug. 21 The political sit- uauon una week nas been highly In teresting, fhe unexampled defeat at the government in the diet which was a personal defeat for Emperor William, haa engrossed attention. Tbe absence of hit majesty complicated th. situa tion for the cabinet and the emperor not having expected a rejection of the canal bill, no provision was made aa to what steps the government would take In such an event For several days political chaos reigned. Detailed reports were wired to the emperor, and every member of the cabinet participating in the debates and his majesty wrote and wired re plies la which It was apparent he felt a keen sense of the personal outrage and neant to deal punishment to the worst blunderers aud offenders. It was only on Wednesday that the nation and the cabinet began to know precisely how the emperor stood and what were his Intentions regarding the unprecedented situation. It appeared that Emperor William bad concluded not to dissolve the diet and not to accept the resignation of tbe cabinet Being resolved on this, the present outcome oi ine crisis amounts 10 next to nothing. The emperor and the cabinet will con tinue to govern with the same party w hich brought on the crisis. The crisis It so serious, however, that every member of the cabinet has been re called to Berlin. NARROW ESCAPE OF A SALT LAKE JUDGE. Receives a Box of Dynamite and Giant Powder From a Criminal Whom He Had Sentenced. SALT LAKE, Aug. 2S.-Judge O. W. Powers, a prominent attorney, this afternoon received by express from' Eureka, Utah, a box containing giant powder'' and dynamite. By some In tuition the Judge did not open the box' but handed It over to the police,, who opened It and found the explosives, with matches, sandpaper and percus sion caps so arranged that, bad the box been 'opened In the ordinary "way. It could not have failed to explode. In the express office was found a similar box addressed to Warden Dow, of the state prison. The tender of the packages Is supposed to be a man named John Smith, whom, ten years ago, ' Judge Powers sentenced to nine years In prison for train robbery. . ' GREAT RECEPTION TO , ' CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS. 8treets Lined With Thousands of Peo ., pie and All Civic and Military Organizations Represented. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26.-Th popular welcome of the California vol--unteers reached a climax tonight In a parade which scarcely ever has been exceeded In the city for size or pictur esque features. The crowds In the street exceeded those ever before called out by a similar demonstration.. Almost every civic and military organ ization In this part of the state were represented in a long line which com prised an escort to the home coming troops, and hundreds and thousands of spectators along the line of march were wildy tnthuslastlc. HILL'S NEW POSITION. MINNEAPOLIS, Augl 26.-Jas. J. Hill, vice-president of the Eastern Minnesota Railroad Company Is to be come general manager of the Great Northern, a position newly created. Louis M. Hill, who has been assistant to his father, will succeed his brother , with headquarters at Duluth. j