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V 'Hook?;, P'-ru.UcJrhsu U, NUTini.i fiooks, P-rio'.Ji.ul;, Maj-.aincs, Ac, Hre Not lo bo Trkcn Fiom The ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSSCJATIOH- rary without i mis 1. ...ru l !MJ;",V -? 'in. 15 to Dros'' VOL. L. ASTOUIA. OKEGON, TUESDAY, AlGtST 7, 1900. hi). 32-: vwjiAt'jy I I f 1 III I M I MJ Cfe (. Investigate Your Plumbing.. See Unit il is all right, licfore tho warm scnHon Hits in. Wo will fix everything rij;ht fur you, at a reaoimllo CObt. ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. wv ww mw vw ww w 99 w mp mw m SPECIAL SALE PEACHES, APPLES, MELONS, ETC We huvi rei-eivcil a largo consign went of choice fruits direct from growers and will give our customers fjeeiftl mice! for n few days ROSS, HIGGINS 0 CO. -A 4nV rftWaaV lin TWELVE HUNDRED OF THE ALLIES FALL IN BATTLE WITH THE BOXERS Heavy Losses Suffered by the Russians and Japanese Six Miles From Tien Tsiii on the March to Pckin. FIERCE ANTI-FOREIGN FANATICS IN POWER AT PEKIN Iniolequatcly supplied with food and ammunition. The responsibility tur Inaction la ad dlid upon every contingent exej,t the American column, which, according to all pre accounts, In pulsating with en ergy and anxlou to march upon Pekln v-lih the leaHt possible delay. Two facts stand out among all these rumor of dissensions. One In the re luctance of the Chinese viceroys and Imperial official to have the reli-f col umn set In motion, and the other Is the Impracticability of having an army conducted by a consulting board of nix funeral, or admirals. Two section of the alilel forces, the Russian and the Member of Iht Tiu U Vimui Who Favored Fortlgom Were Cut la TilB-Erl LI frman. are believed to be hanging ... r ,. .l. ... .,... ..... .. ...... "n ma ground mat wee-Admiral Binrni , n.i mi mioi.icra hit lcii renin dhi 11 rial ncimco - Rumor Thai LI HuB Chant Commuted Suicide One ThoiMtod .Native Mo bimmtdiai Miicred Dapjtr Spreading I'p Yiuj-tje Valley. LONDON, Aug, 7.-'The advance of friend of the more liberal Chinese ih allleJ foroea fommeniH'd loluy en t.lii the Krltlnh ronul at Tien Tln. under dot of Aukum 4. Thla In the flmt o'flclul liifurniutlun received h"r that ihi Bin-nipt to re lieve IVkln haa b(tjn. It In accepted an currei t. The ilrltUh rotiKul doe not mention any flKhtlnif, but th SiinnKhul correa potu'i, nt of the Pally Mall, teli'itraphlna; Sjnday, nay: "Tli relief column ! repuried to huve nuffered .1 check. The C'hlnem- are raid tiWonmen are exeeedlntcly anxlou an to their fate under tho Tuan-M regime. Th war. department la In receipt of a rilNpatch from General MocArthur aniioiincliiK thut he hun ihlpped adl tlonul artillery Muppliea to Taku fr ui In the Chlnene campaign. Thene suidillc Include aeveral Oatllng nuti and the retnalnd-r of the rifle and howflier alege train. WASHINGTON'. Aug. d.-The follow- Ing rabl-gram haa been received at the to have adup-eit TiiKela liu-tlci, and j navy department: mier nevnai noum 01 ugniing. 10 nave ( lie roo, Aug. 6. liurenu of Nala- reireiitd." Thl In the only nienHage ; Hon: The ltrltkh torn -do-boat de. received In London thli morning b.ar-, iroyer Fame rejxjrtu unofneially lug on the report of Admiral Hnm-jr .11 engagement at Pel Tsang Sunday SUMMER GOODS. BASEBALL GOODS, HAMMOCKS, FISHING TACKLE BIRD CAGES, CROQUET SETS, CAMERAS, Etc., Etc. GRIFFIN K REED .' m.ji.m. ...WAR IN CHINA... lias ruined tho prico of tea. We laid in a large stock before the raise and give our customers Iho benefit TRY OUR TEAS AND COFFEES AND YOU WILL NEVER REGRET IT... FOARD S; STOKES COMPANY CLATSOP MILL CO.: ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber Boxes, Sash and Doors, Shingles and Mouldings I and ,orimnndr TauHHlg, regarding an 1 eitgiigentcnt at Pel Tnang. I In the .am.? cabli'Krajn. which wan nod In limine of ommonH. (he coiikuI n! Tien ThIp aaya: "New. from the Japanese leguiloni. hna been riTelveil up to Auguxt 1." Therefor.) the edlcla unnouiulng the lafcty of the mlrJutera on that dale r conflrnK-d. Yesterday tha Dilnenc minister com municated to Lord Pnllxbury a m cm age from tho Tung LI Yamun, dated July tl, whl"h contain this Important mate ment: "A sucttimful termination of the con ference with the minister for their conveyance under escort to Tien Teln la expected, but on account of the re commencement of hotllitlr at Tien Tln code telegram fr trar.iniliicin to the foreign repn'wntatlvea are con ldered undenlrable." TMs appear to confirm the statement that the Chinese will not endeavor to atop the march to Pekln by using the minister as hostage. WASHINGTON. At:. .-The an nouncement recclwd through Itiar Ad miral Kemey and Copimander Tausn!g of reported heavy .Ighttng on the river beyond Tien Tsln was new of Inter est In the Chinese situation. Little doubt was expressed at the department that thj new waa substantially cor rect. It Is probable that a later re port may reduce the lint of casualties among the International forces, but It is evident that the mcve on Tekln Is a.t Inat fairly under way, and' that stronsr opposition has been encountered. War department official who have Ueen reticent for several day as to the newa from the aeat of war admitted today wh-n the nava! dispatches were received that the announcement of a battle wa not unexpected. The more cptlmlstlc are Inclined to think that such a severe blow a the Chinese must ha received at Tel Tsang will result In the speedy disintegration of tha force now opixwlpg the march of the International column. In 11ns with this prediction, "it was prophesied that the Chinese government would And mem to end the minis ters from Pekln under escort nnd thus stave off an advance upon the capital. On the other hand a number of officers In position to Judge equally well held that the fight at Pel Tsang was only the beginning of the strenuous resist ance that should be continued to the gate of Pekln or beyond. It was urged In support of thl view that the Chi nes had a hundred men to lose against one of the allies; that they, were well armed with modern guns and had ap parently an abundance of ammunition. It Is stated that much apprehension exists at the reappearance In Pekln politics of that rabid and anll-forelgn fanatic, LI Ping Heng. It 1 certain that, with LI Ping Heng and Prince Tuan In control of the do facto govern ment In China, a religious war of OVr-vlsh-like fanaticism probably will be waged against all foreigners, and the W. F. SCHEIBE, t Manufacturer of he Always Reliable) A loll lint of PlMi, Tobacc. ad 5mokr.' Artlcl. 1 Commercial . PHONlt NO. 1081, "La Belle Astoria" Cigar Schelbe's Opera Star Scheme's Special And Othar Brand. C. JT TRENCHARD, Commission, Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. . Custom House Broker. ' ASTORIA, ORE leant W. P, ACo tad Pacific Kxureu Co t. morning from 3 to 70:.10. AI1M lops in l;IM.d and wounded. U'A chiefly Ruf. slim and Japanese, Chinese are re treating . TAUSSIG." Che Foo. Aug. 6. Hureau of Navlga II m. Washington: Official report be lievetl reliable says about 16.000 tllbi heavily engage! the Chinese at Pel Tiang. daylight fith. REMI-'T." Pel Tsang Is the first railroad sta tion abiMt six miles northwest of Tien Tsln. on route to IVkln. Taussig, .who signed the first dUpatch. is In com mand of the Torktown, which Is at Che Foo. PARIS. Aug. . The French consul at Chung King telegraph? under date of Angust S. that the situation Is be coming more serious on the I'pper Vang Tse Klang. The English Consul, he says, has left, with the custom-house staff, nnd the French consul Intends to leave, with his Japanese colleague. The mall service has been stopped. LONDON. Aug. 6. A Shanghai spec ial. dat"d August 6, says: "LI Hung Chang has officially In formed the consuls that the ministers left Pekln for Tien Tsln last Friday. August :t. with General Lung In com mand of the escort. The consuls are by no means disposed to credit Earl Ll' statement. , "All other reports that have rearhed London Indicate that the ministers have not left Pekln." It Is learned now that the members of the Tsung LI Yamun who were put to death for their alleged pro-foreign proclivities were not beheaded, but were cut in twain, this being the sever est penalty under the Manchu code. NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: News from China at midnight was a mass of contradictions and surmises. The most startling rumor In the air was the tory that LI Hung Chang had com mitted suicide, but it was discredited, tt wa considered more probable thnt he was Intriguing with the P.usslan officials and striving to break up the concert of the powers. Rumors that the allied army had ad vanced toward Pekln were varied with the details of an eight hours' engage ment with the Chinese, but this theory simmered down into a skirmish a few miles west of Tien Tsln. which had al ready been reported. There were persistent reports from Chinese sources that the allied com mander had disagreed on various point and could not be induced to order an advance upon the capital. Those differences of opinion were prob ably exaggerated, but there was proba bly a substratum of truth for these Chinese Actions. The Amerlcans.Brlt- Ish and Japanese commanders are de scribed a9 eager for a decisive action, whPreas Wie Russians and Germans do not consider the united column as- strong enough for the work, and as sume that It will be forced to retire to lien Tsln If It starts prematurely and m Side eciolf.es VERANDA FURNITURE CHAIRS AND SETTEES A new line of these just received. Steamer Chairs, Fcldlng Camp Chairs, Canvas and niiu vvi5 utnujj EH isuiiu CHARLES HE1LB0RN & SON Beymour' mistake must riot be repeat ed, and that marching order must bt deferred until the transport Is In per fect ord-r and the troop are ready to go up to the capital with an lrrelta ble rush. Chinese reports that Rucsla Insists upon acting Independently and la cb-J'-ctlng to an advance upon Pekln are not crell'.vd with those who are watch ing the crisis more closely. Home com manders are more cautious than others, and the urgency of a relief expedition Is an open question when the legations are not und r attack and are probably re ceiving supplies witn tne eanetlon or connivance of the "official. The powers must stand together In a 'ust resjrt in rescuing the legations. Some of the mont astute student of Chinese affairs assert confidently that the legations will be escorted to Tien Tsln as so.m as the 'mperlal authorities are convinced that Russia cannot be detach ?d from the campaign and that a relief column will De dispatched to the capital. NEW YORK, Aug.S. A dispatch to the Herald from Tien Tsln says: The allies are to make a. reconnais sance at once starting with 4000 men against General Ma' army. The Fourteenth Vnlted States Infan try has arrived. Preparations f r the advance on Ptkln are being pushed for ward. A number cf native boats have been command. ered. All lighters have been selied which will stop business with Tien Tsln. The combined forces are Ignoring all commercial Interests. This could not be avoided wlth'ut det riment to the military operations. Land transports will be difficult, as heavy rains are reported to the north. Th Boxers are raiding the villageb south of Tien Tsln. One thousand Mo hammedans were massacred. The Chi nese are said to be operating from Shan Hal Kwang to Tung Chow. It Is reported that the Chinese have made overtures to ransom the Pekln diplomats and close the war. The emperor and dowager empress are believed to be still In Pekln. Their flight or death would produce a great chaiike. The Chinese now silent or nominally loyal will become progressive when they have nothing more to fear. The fate of those who have heretofore dared to utter pro-foreign sentlm-nts terrifies even the semi-enlightened offi cials. Chang Yen. son of a former Chinese minister at Washington, Is still exiled. Yung Wing is In hidina. The Manchu party once exterminated, the People will welcome reform. LI Hung Chang has not put In an ap pearance at Tien Tsln. His former res idence, where he received General Grant and other notables Is now occupied by Cossacks. Quite large quantities of bar silver were taken from the native city. The Americans and Japanese are said to have about a million and a half ounces each of the government treasure. The Russians have placed their flag upon the salt plies. Most of the British engineers on the railways have received notice to quit. NEW YORK. Aug. 6.-A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Shanghai says: Director of Telegraphs Sheng in an Interview says that two members of the Tsung LI Yamun, or Chinese for eign office, were put to death for al leged friendliness to the foreigners, and adds to the previous story the names of the officials and the circumstance of their death. He says the victims of LI Ping Heng's wrath were Hsu Cheng, formerly minister to Russia and more recently Imperial director-general of railways, and Yuan Chang. They had been doing good work In suppressing the Roxers and had supported the ef forts of Prince Cheng to save the for elgn ministers and restore order In Pe kln. For this they Incurred the dis pleasure of LI Ping Heng, and notwith standing their high office as members of the Tsung LI Yamun, they were led out on July 2S and beheaded, as a warn Ing to others who might seek to be friend the besieged ministers. Prince Chlng protested. Sheng declares, but his efforts were unavailing. This, according to Dr. Sheng. shows that LI Ping Heng Is master at Pe kln. and he adds that Tung Fuh Slang has 20,000 troops in the vicinity of Pe kln. He fears that, should the allies force an entrance to Pekln, he will compel the emperor and empress dow ager to evacuate the palace and place themselves under his protection. Then he will most likely murder the foreign ministers. Unless Tung Is suppressed. Sheng fears there Is no hope for the legations. H Kung, Chang Chi Tung,. LI Hung Chang and Eheng. according to toe lat ter, sent an urgent menage, to the em press n"iuelng that General Jung Lu be permitted to escort all the forMgn mlnlHter to Tl,-n Tsln. where tho vice roy could meet and care for them. Tliit was s nt prior to July 21. on hleh day Li Ping Heng arrived In P kln and had an audience with the empress. On August I the same viceroys ent a message. Bhe-ng received an answer to the first In the form of an Imp rial edict datvd July 30, ordering Jung Lu to provide an escort for the minister to Tien Tsln, whenever the latter should fix th date 6r the departure. There was no Intimation, however, wheth'-r the minister1 would avail themselves of this chance of reaching the coast or would regard It with sus picion and wait In Pekln for 'he arrival cf the relief column. DEMOCRATIC APPOINTM ENT3. List of Sub-Committee Given Out by Chairman Jow of the Na tional Committee. CHICAGO. Aug. 6 Chairman Jones, of the Democratic national committee, gave out the list of sub-committee of the main body today. Former gover nor Stone, of Missouri, was named on the executive committee, and Xorman E. Mack, of New York, was left off. The only representative of the East ern states on this body are commit teemen GufTy, of Pennsylvania, and George Fred Williams, of. Massachu setts. John R. McLean, of Ohio, is put at the head of the ways and mean com mittee. Fred Dubois, of Idaho, Is one of the advisory committee. DEATH TO ALL CROWNED HEADS Italian Ambassador Claims This Was Planned at Paterson. ATTEMPT TO KILL NEW KING NEW HAVANA MARRIAGE LAW. Either Ecclesiastical or Civil Cereman Ics May Be Had. HAVANA. Aug. t.A new marriage law, revoking the decree Issued In May last year by General Brooke, will go Into effect next Monday. The Brooke law prohibited ecclesiastical marriages. recognizing only the civil ceremony. From Monday next, therefore, parties wishing to marry may go through the ecclesiastical or civil ceremony or both at their own option. HANNA MAY SPEAK. Western States Said to Be Anxious to Hear Him. NEW YORK, Aug. 6.- Chairman Hanna may Join the army of campaign ers to be heard .In the West for Mc Klnley and Roosevelt. Secr?tary Heath of the national com mittee declared today that there had been many demands from the Western states to hear Chairman Hanna speak. TWO MILLION POUNDS MEAT. Enormous Purchase by the Government From the Chicago Packers. CHICAGO, Aug. 6. The Chicago packers today were asked by the gov ernment to furnish 1,000.000 pounds of meats within thirty days for the Amer ican soldiers In the Orient. This Is said to be the largest requisition ever issued by the government of the United States. DE WET IN A TRAP. General Kitchener Has Penned In. the Boers Armed Mai Detected Lylnj la Wilt lor Italy' New Monarch Brestl It Vr oleat aad Wag Put la a Slraiibt-Jicket. NEW YORK. Aug. 8.-A special to the Herald from Washington say: Baron Fava, the Italian ambassador, ha communicated to the slate depart ment Information showing that he be lieves a band of anarchists In Pater son. N. J conspired to assassinate all the crowned heads of Europe. According to the governor of New Jersey every effort Is being made by the state police authorities to assist the detective employed by the Ital ian officials to ascertain If such a band exists and Its membership. NEW YORK. Aug. 6.-A dispatch to the Herald from "Rome says: . At the railway station here, while the king and queen were en route from Begglon to Monza, a well-dressed Indiv idual was discovered hiding wlrh a re volver concealed on his person. He was arrested aftr a struggle, and after being manacled was sent out to Milan to be examined by Bressi's Judges. Compro mising letters are said to have been found upon him. Former Queen Margherlta and her mother are both prostrated and have returned to Stresa, the Iatter's resi dence. ' MILAN. Aug. 1 Bressl. the assassin of King Humbert, has abnrdontd the attitude of calm which he had asum-?d sine the murder was committed, and has been giving way to fit of pfcjwiin. This has necessitated placing htm In a straight-Jacket for ten hours. LONDON. Aug. 6. A special dispatch from Pretoria, dated August 5, says General Lord Kitchener has narrowed the circle around Generals De Wet nnd Steyn'by driving ut the enemy from one of the flank positions which he held. CYCLONE IN BRITISH ISLES. Considerable Loss of Life and Destruc tion of Shipping. LONDON. Aug. 7, 2 a. m. A cyclone has prevailed throughout the United Kingdom since early last evening. Loss of life on land and sea and the destruction of shipping and other prop erty are reported. DEATH OF MILLIONAIRE. TOLEDO. O.. Aug. 8. Dennis Cogh- lan, the wealthiest man In Toledo and In Northwestern Ohio, died tonight. aged Si) years. His fortune amounted to $15,000,000. MANY DEATHS FROM HEAT. CHICAGO, Aug. . Nine persons died and a score were prostrated as the result of the heat here today. The maximum temperature was 93 degrees. PLAGUE AT HAMBURG. HAMBURG, Aug. 6. A case cf the bubonic plague has been discovered on a vessel In the harbor here. . TRANSPORT SHERMAN ARRIVES. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6. The transport Sherman arrived from Ma nila tonight METAL MARKET. NEW YORK. Aug. .-Sllver. lead, brokers. I; exchange, 44. DEMOCRATIC WALKOVER. Republicans and Populists Suffer a Loss of Fifty Per Cent In the Alabama Election. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Aug. 6.-A gen eral election for state and county offi ces and for members of the general as sembly was held In Alabama today and a large majority was returned for the Democratic ticket, headed by William J'. Samford, of Leo County, who will be inaugurated governor on December 1. The Republicans, Populists and Pro hibitionists, besides the Democrats, had tickets In the field, but the returns so far Indicate a victory or the Demo crats by an overwhelming majority. The Democrats hove also gained sev eral members in the general assembly. The Populists and Republicans will to gether possibly have twelve of the 133 members of the legislature, a loss of 50 per cent. It is estimated by the Democratic committees that the majority will be more than 50,000. The election was regarded as a test on the mooted question of holding a constitutional convention, which Is fav ored by the Democrats, and the Increas ed majorities are taken to indicate that the people are favorable to the holding of a convention which will eliminate the negro from politics. The legislature which meets in De cember will elect Senator Morgan to succeed himself. TRANSPORTS FOR ANIMALS. Thyra and Lennox Will Take 1070 From Portland. WASHINGTON. Aug. .-The quar termaster's department has made out the following schedule for the sailing of ships carrying animals for the Chi nese and Philippine service together with number of animals each ship will carry. The total number of animals is 5406. Kin tuck. 800, August 25. from Seattle: Arab 600, August 30, from Se attle: Thyra 600, September 1, from Portland: Port Albert, 506, September 1. from Seattle: Westminster 350, Sep. tember 1. from San Francisco; Wllhel mina 700, September 6, from Seattle; Oopack Sr.0, September IS, from Seattle; Conemaugh 275. October 1, from San Francisco; Leelanaw 255, October 1, from San Francisco; Lennox 470. Octo ber 1, from Portland. PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED. Three Passengers -and Killed. tha Engineer LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 6. The Monou passenger train baying here at 12:40 this morning collided with an engine running light at South Raub. Henry Whitsill, the engineer was se. verely scalded, and Jaa. Hudlow, the engineer of the passenger train was In stantly killed. Three passenger were killed, their nanies being unknown.