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HEN'S CLOTHING
Our nw lint, Crouss nrandegee'sj
mak. hi been ioleot.d not only with
t view la th deilrsblllty of th tyl
and. pattern but also an account of
superior wearing qujUltle.
jitefr's slides
Our rll tnil Winter stock of th
very bout make and vry latest styllca
have been received and for low price
and ioi;nt values cannot be equaled.
PHIL STOKES-
Com.lt l2ib Streets.
THE TRIAL
WAS TAME
rteltber SMe Pleased With Yet
. .. ."
terday s Proceeding.
CONDEflN...
AH itU-cl rangwi bfcauw you unfortuiiaUly
bowght i chep one. Buy a . . ,
"SUPBRIOR"
.They are warranted in every particular, ty a
firm O'i yenra in the LusinvM
EVIDENCE
OF COL. CORDIER
,IPSE
...H&rtHvaro Co.
-OB MONO STREET
Much of th TcsKmoBy Wholly la
Favor of Dreyfus-Mercler
SubJe'ci o ArfVit.
Books...
RKNKEB, Aug. IV.-Nrlthor .Id. wat
plrawl with the outcome of today'i
prixtdln ' bffura tha courtmartlal
that ta trying CiiIii Dreyfua. Th
DrvyfuMirii HctcJ that Colonel Cor
illcr. who waa deputy chief of th Intel
ligence (Jrpartment under th late
Lieutenant Colont-I Henry, would tr
tlfy that the burdtfr.au waa received
dlrrctly by th. late Colonel Bandherr.
Had the rxpM'tatlon been rrallied,
the teatlmony would be a elrutif point
In favor of the accuaeed, becauaa It
would have been a reply to the antl
Dreyfuitarda who have all alone con
tends! that Henry received the bor
dereau and forwarded It to Bandherr, J
a thlnf he would not have done had
the bordereau been, a the Dreyfua
an! I .rt, written by hla accomplice,
Eiterhuy, for In that event Henry
Mr- . : would nav re-oinlxe(l the hand wrlt-
JNeW Crape and , Ini when he recelve.1 the bordereau
TyD"Writin? ' frum ,h f!,rnuu1 emliiy and would
" have auppre.aed It Instead of forward-
... ; , ..., ' ' Ina It to Bandherr. Colonel Cordler,
Waterman Fountain Pens ouevr' ',m'1 WM
abeent from the Intelllgenoa depart
j ment when the bordereau Arrived, but
-womwu Pr. that ha believed that It waa received
Blank and
Miscellaneous.
a d piece of tactlca from the point
of view of the antt-Dreyfualtef, be
cauat all the point they eonteeted were
not of the flrat Importance,' yet their
very appearance on the etage and the
contradiction of aome of , Cordlera'
tal.tn.nl, left a dlareeabl lmprea-
alon. -. - i i. .
The appearance of General Herder
to qu.-itlon Colonel Cordlvr came aa
urprle to many In the audience who
had auppoael that after laat Satur
day' icene, when Uercter waa eon
fronted with Captain Freyitmeeter, he
would remain quiet But Hercler la
tame to the death.
HI action uday I Interpreted aa In
tended to (how that ha la not going tp
throw up the aponge. , The part be
played In 18M lay blra open to arreat.
and thl 1 a coaaunt toplo of dlacua
Ion la the cafe and at other meeting
plaeea In Rennea.
There appear, however, to be good
reaion why the. government will not
take any auch aerloua atep until the
trial I over.. . .
Colonnl Jouanate, preildent of the
court-martial, could adjourn the trial
IndeAnltely If Merrier, who la an Im
portant wltneaa, waa arretted. If the
trial were adjourned for more than O
hour It would lapee, and the proceed
ing would have to be gone over again
from the beginning.
Paper...
atnd Envflopeaxioo,
GRIFFIN & RBBD
Pacific Sheet Metal Work
by Henry.
Naturally thl atatement elated the
ntl-Pre) f uaard. but they bad no
good reaaon to congratulate themaelve
upon the remainder of Cordler' teetl
mony, aa It waa wholly ta favor of
Dreyfut. . On th othor hand the pro
ceeilon of general and offloer of the
general ataff who denunded an oppor
tunity to confront Colonel Cordler, wa
MANUFACTURERS CF
Salmon
Vefetitle
Fruit
CANS
spice
'Syrop
Peaches...
A aplendld lot of th celebrated
Southern Oregon peichea Jut
received.
PLANS OT. THE DEWET
RECEPJION COMMITTEE
President McKinley Will Attend and
Uun-ho Will 8 team Down th
Bay to Meet the Admiral.
NEW TORK. Aug. 21-When the
committee of the Dewey reception com
mittee waited on realdenta at Long
Beach laat week, Preldent McKinley
told them be would willingly do any
thing In hi power to do honor to the
admiral. He expreaaed hla fear, how
ever, that hi preaence aa president of
the United 8tatee might divert aome
of th honors that ahould be wholly for
Dewey.
Acting Mayor Guggenhelmer said to
day that the committee expect the
president to com here on the Dolphin.
If he does, the mayor of th city and
the governor of lb state, will atearo
down to an anchorage and Admiral
Dewey will visit them. Then the may
or will return to hi official boat. Ad
miral Dewey will go on board of the
Olympla and the mayor will visit the
Olympla, Hi visit will be returned by
the admiral, who will be presented to
the visiting governors. In the mean
lme th Dolphin, with the president
on board, will steam away and Presi
dent McKinley will take no further part
In th orllclal proceedings.
1 U lAJIf III
NEW FORGES
Secretary ( Root Overwhelmed
1 Wltb Applications.
TROOPS Will BE RUSHED
Tnasporta Aoovt to Leave Froa Sib
1 FriaHx- of
Afolaildooa Jply 22.
Lithographing on Tin a Specialty.
San Francisco. Cat.
Astoria. Ore.,
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Write Urn tor PrUa
Falrbaven, Wash.
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1
Here Is a List
Ot some High Grade Goods at moderate prices
. RALSTON HEALTH POODS la great variety
! ' frcsfc from the mills. f ! . ; ',. '
AROMATIC Slices gaarantccd the rinest.
TILLMANN S U1R8 EXTRACTS.
CHASE SAXHORN'S COFPEES are an
rlvallcd. Toncthcr with a host of other
good things.
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO
flem Zealand pre losaraoee Go
Of New Zealand.
W. P. Thomas, Mgr., San Franclaco.
UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS.
Subscribed Capital
Paid-Up Capital
AsAots - . . , .
Assots in United States
Surplus to Policy Holders
Has been Underwriting on the Pacific Const over Twenty-two yeair.
SAHUEL ELMORE & CO.,
Resident Agents, Astoria, Oregon
15,000,000
1,000,000
2,545,114
300,000
1,718,792
Other Fruit...
In abundance and of all varl-
tle.
Vegetables...
tv
The most complete selection In
the city and all fresh and erlsp.
Prompt delivery to
all prtn of the city
and mitidc points.
Foard & Stokes Co.
Your Wife
Will like It; io will th cook.
Star Estate Range
Satisfy all who us thtm.
If Tour better half doea the eooklna.
that I an aildltlenal nuoo whv there
should be a Btar Estate Range In your
kitchen. The use of them Drev.nts worry
and disappointment.
W. J. SCULLY. Agent,
4a Bond Street
IDAHO AND NORTH DAKOTA
VOLUNTEERS ARRIVE.
Transport Grant Arrived at San Fran
cisco With tha Men Late Last
Night.
8 AN FRANCISCO. .Augi " l.-The
United 8tate transport Qrant, bearlnf
the Idaho, North Dakota and Wyom
ing volunteers, arrived here tonight
ahortly before midnight. The Grant
left Manila on Aug 1, touched at Nag
aaakt and Yokohama and left the latter
port for San Francisco. August 11 Ow
ing to the lateness of the hour, the fed
eral quarantine officers did not board
the transport and pending thla Inves
tigation she will lie In the stream. She
will be boarded early tomorrow morn
ing. The Idaho has the largest delegation
here for the reception of the return
ing soldiers, the welcome committee
from that state being headed by
Governor Frank Steunenberg and
United States Senator Shoup.
The reception plans Include a break
fast for the boy upon the day of their
debarkation and a banquet at the Pre-
sldlo after they reach their tenting
ground.
CHOYNSKI DEFEATS RYAN.
WASHINGTON. Aug. .-Wlth .
bout 100 commissioned places yet to
fill the, ten new regiments under or
ganltatlon. Secretary. Root finds blm-
If overwhelmed with applications.
even greater In number that the sum
total of those received at the beginning
of the Spanish-American war.
It 1 aid at the war department that
large majority of the men who held
commission In the volunteer army In
that war are again applicants for serv
ice In the Philippine .campaign, rein
forced by nearly all of those who held
non-commissioned places, i This same
wllllngnesa to re-enter the service Is
aid to be observable among enlisted
men, and official cite as a case in
point. Colonel Bell's regiment, the
Twenty-seventh volunteer Infantry.
made up of 41 per cent of the men who
served as volunteers In the Spanish
American war and nine per cent who
were In the regular army In that war.
or a total percentage of 57 In one regi
ment.
Secretary Root has resolved to en
tertain no personal applications for
commissions and insists upon aU being
referred through regular channels.
TROOPS WILL BE RUSHED.
Transports to Lesve San Francisco
For the Philippines.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. J9.-A11
haste Is being used to dispatch the
troops now waiting here for Manila. It
la expected that the entire casual de
tachment now at the Presidio will set
sail nlthin two weeks. The Puebla left
today with 650 recruits, the Warren
goe on the first and the Columbia on
the fifth with as many recruits and
casual as they can carry. If these
assignments do not take up all the
recruits now at the Presidio, the re
malnder will be shipped on the Sher
man, which win be ready In about 10.
days. The Lelenaw will leave with
her horses on the Jlst ot this month.
DEATH OF AGUINALDO RUMORED
Japanese Paper Prtnta the News That
'He Is Shot by General Pilar.
HAMILTON, O., Aug S.-B. O. Maya
and Z. Tang, Japanese tea merchants
of ' this city,- today received a copy pt
the Chu Klse . Shlnko, a ..newspaper
printed In Nagoga, Japan, July 23,
which contains a dispatch from Manila
that, has not yet become public In
America. Under the heading, "New
rnmppine information," the paper
prints the following:
t "In the later part of June, near San
Fernando, Agulnaldo was killed by
General Plo del Pilar. Pilar visited
him to Inquire about the death of Gen
eral Luna and Auglnaldo answered
that he never knew anything about
this case, and told Pilar to mind his
own business. Pilar then called Agu
lnaldo a liar, and, pulling a pistol, shot
Agulnaldo In the forehead, killing him
Instantly."
surrectlon has thus far been remark'
ably free, .from bloodshed, although
there are vague reports of severe fight
ing In the Interrior.
AD the telegraph lines to the Interior
of the Island have been cut by the
insurrectionists and communication by
wire ha been Impossible for several
days, but refugees nay the revolution
Is spreading. ' :
Govern Lionas, of the La Vega dis
trict has gone over to th. revolutionists
taking with him many soldiers. . 'Borne
of tha Dominican gunboats have put
Into the liver and It Is rumored that
the president and cabinet, In case of
emergency, will flee to Porto Rico.;
If more serious trouble comes, the
people ber. are looking to the United
States for protection. Ia case of riot
ing, the New Orleans and a French
cruiser are prepared to land marine
to protect th consulate.
CONDITIONS BEFORE SURRENDER
NEW YORK. Aug. 29. A despatch to
the Herald from Santo Domingo, Fri
day via Key West, says:
The tide ot revolution Is rapidly
nearing the capital. The revolutionists
have crossed the mountains and are
now only six hours distant by horse.
The government Is tottering and ap
parently unaole to check the lnsur-
rection. Yeetorday It despatched a
j commission to confer with the rebel
strictly on points. Choy- ! Ieders for the purpose of trln t0
close to 158 pound while I ?ffect a P'3 Meanwhile there
I is great suspense, rne capital may be
j beslegsd in a few days if a compro
mise fails.
Among the people there 1 general
alarm. The president never leaves home
by night or day except with a double
guard. The, city la virtually under
military law. The soldiers are patrol
ling the streets. The foreign consulates
DUBUQUE, Iowa, Aug. 29.-Joe
Choynski was given the decision over j
Australian Jimmy Ryan at the end of !
a 20-round go here tonight for the
light heavy weight championship of
the world. Choynski demonstrated
great cleverness throughout. Ryan
stood Joe's continual left Jabbing In
the face and showed little signs of pun
ishment at the end of the bout. The
decision was
nskl weighed close to 158 pound
his opponent was six pounds lighter.
THE DENVER MAN WINS.
DENVER, Aug. J9. Billy Otis, a
clever lightweight from San Francisco,
again met defeat at the hands of Kid
Parker, of Denver, In the ninth round
of what was to have been a W-round
go, before the Olympls Athletic As- ! are crowded with aliens apprehensive
AN UNDERSTANDING CREDITED.
A Belief In Canada That Laurler and
McKinley Have Already Reached
a Secret Agreement
CHICAGO, Aug. . A special to
the Tribune from Ottawa, says:
The Washington dispatches relating
to an alleged secret understanding be
tween the United States authorities
and Premier Laurler are regarded here
as having some foundation In fact.
though they may be to some extent
conjectural Any understanding is
necessarily unwritten and private. It
Is stated. It Is unofficial and tempo
rary and disposes finally of none of
the questions, but simply holds mat
ters In statu quo.
The secret understanding, according
to ministerial circles here. Is merely to
hold la eheu and to defer the poraibi?
demonstrations brought out by the
mention ot the president to cede to
Canada tree port In the Lynn canal In
return for Canada's relinquishing her
claims to the entire headwaters of the
Inlet, Including Dyea, Skagway and
Pyramid Harbor.
SAN DOMINGO REVOLUTION.
Gaining Strength Daily and the Gov
ernment Unable to Check It
NEW YORK, Aug. . A dispatch to
the Herald from Porto Rico, says: 1
An attack was made by the insur
gents today on San Domingo. The
revolutionists are gaining in strength
dally. . 7
Another camp of the insurgents has
been formed outside this city and res
idents are leaving hourly to join it
The government has sent a commit
tee to the revolutionists with a propo-
altton to suspend hostilities for M days
and then proceed to elections.
Owing to Its financial straits the
government will not be able to sus
tain long. Beside, American Interven
tion Is feared in case there la much
fighting.
GOVERNMENT FORCES DEFEATED
WAR MUST
SURELY C0m
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Eflf lani Enlarf es Miln&ypfi,
mtnis on Knitr.rz:
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NATION WILL RESIST -TEESli
6oer PreiliJeat Will Oaly Cviitii'i'i
forttais Already ReporteJ eJt,.,3
Leavlrif Traasvail. -i
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LONDON, Aug. .-A Pretoria &r'-
respondent of the Dally Chronicle? tMt
egraphlng Tuesday, says: , ,,-.
"Events (have taken an alanotor .
turn. Great 'Britain, at tha' request
of the Ultlander' council, has enlarged 1
the original demands of Sir Alfred' Mfl-:J
ner, British high commissioner, aad-iar
adopting the view of Cecil Rhodes th,ats
President Kruger will never withstand ,
an ultimatum. '
"I have,- however," high authority for 1
asserting that President Kruger. Vol-
ksraad and the nation will unitedly;
resist an unconditional demand , fos,
giving effect to the Mllner program.
but will concede reforms on conditions
already reportei" j-.i-j
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LEAVING THE TRANSVAAUi nri
LONDON, Aug. It- The Cape Tew
correspondent of the Dally Mall, says j
A pitiame scene was witnessed at
the railway station today on the ar
rival from Johannesburg of a I50x:nft-S
dren. whose parents are too poor: to
come themselves. It Is estimated tt 3
15.000 people have left the Transvaal
since the crisis began.
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NEW YORK. Aug. .-A despatch
to the Herald from Cape Haytlen,
Haytl, says: . -
There was A battle at Dajaboo sev
ers days ago in which, . according te
reports received here the government
lost " men In killed and wounded and
the Insurgents only five. " General 'Es-
coboas was among those killed.
By Instructions from General Jim!
net, Ramon Pocheco has been made
commander In chief In the northwest
pending the arrival of General Toriblo
Garcia.
Private letters from Porto Rico quote
the governor there as saying that he
will surrender the town on the ap
proach of the insurgents. He says that
as It Is a national uprising he wfiuid
avoid shedding blood.
srruATiox is critical.
JOHANNESBURG. ' Aug.
Standard and Diggers" News credit"5
General Goubert, commander In chief
of the Transvaal forces and vice-pres-a
ident of the republic, with the state- (
ment.' that, although he Is personally
desirous to do everything to preserve
peace, the situation is-such thar11
republic must be prepared for wartna.tt
. wl.--dT
WILL PETITION THE QUEEN;,-, B
CAPE TOWN, Aug. .-Dtspatch,
received here from Pretoria and DjUr-j
ban show that the Uitlonders are suf
fering greatly from the strain Involved
in the present crisis. Many ladies' aTrc -1
leaving Pietor-Marluburg, the captydo
of Natal. . . , M c.,
Women are preparing a petltlqn to
Queen Victoria In favor of peace whicn'1
win be sent to all parts of the colony- -1
for signal uresw , HW:i
CRUISER NEWARK ARRIVES.-MH
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SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 29. Th
United States cruiser Newark arrived
today from "the Atlantic seaboard after
a long and hard voyage.' ,-ioT
The Newark was delayed at Point"
I Low on the west coast for three,.wtJts
in consequence of ber supply of eosD
running short The vessel bad to bunl
wood and took In 500 cords to keep ta.;
fires going. Whiie in this condition, ,,5
Chilean man-of-war arrived In port r
and helped the Newark with sufflcjlPtWj T
coal to reach Valpariaso. A countT..j
martial has been ordered to fix the fo'.t
sponsiblllty for this condition of affairs.
The matter lies between Captain Gooj
rich and Chief Engineer Morits. - S)
RIOTS AGAIN BREAK OUT.
Four Cars of Big Consolidated Railway
Nearly Demolished at Cleveland.
CLEVELAND. Aug. J9. Rioting and
disorder broke out tonight in connec
tion with the strike on the lines of the
Big Consolidated Street Railway Com
pany, and four cars were nearly demol
ished while the crews were compelled
to flee for their lives.
It was only after determined efforts
on the part of SO policemen that or
der was finally restored.
BRYAN GOING TO CALIFORNIA.
WINNEMUCA. Nev.. Aug. !9 Hon.
Wm. J. Bryan passed through Wlnne-
muca this afternoon on his way to
California, where he will visit the
Yosemlte.
CUBAN SOLDIERS PAID. : rfT
HAVANA, Aug. 29. The commission !
which has been engaged In dlstribut
in the J3.000.000, appropriated for the"
purpos of paying off the Cuban sold--;i
lers who surrendered their arms to s
the American officials, has returned t' l
Havana. It reports that 86.S59 person
have received their share of gratuity,' I
and that the total amount distributed H
is 2,526,90O. ',,
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MRS.' BOTKINS LAST CHANCE. "
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29. A fuN -i
ther stay of 15 days In the case of Mrs:"'f'
Cordelia Botktn was granted by Judire 1
Cook today, so as to permit the com- l'1
pletion of a bill of exceptions, on the :'
appeal which is to be taken to the
supreme court. iA.
gnclatlon tonight.
JEFFORDS WHIPS BURLEY.
PORTLAND, Aug. 29. Jim Jeffords,
the big heavy weight from California,
tonight knocked out Nick Burley, of
this city, In two minutes. Burley was
no match for the big fellow.
of disorder.
The military commandent of San
Cristobal was assassinated on Tuesday.
Placards demanding the death of the
cabinet ministers are posted nightly In
prominent places.
Military preparations are being
ruahe-l by the government and the
reserves are under arms, but the In-
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