s- z : 7V ' v Librrone Tan From The Lrary without permission. W WW be luble to prosecution. " 4 VOL L. A8T0K1A. OttKHON. Fit I DAY MORNING. 8KITEMBEK 15. JM9 N0.nJ4 mm We arc tht selling agenti in Astoria for the New Born Steel Range I'rkcs from $25.00 to 10.00. Every Kaime Guarentcid. Bclipso Hardware Co. .HOB UOND BTREBT AIm sole iQtnti for the Cctcbntcd Superior Sat and ftiagts tad Cole Air Tight Cole timers. mo Books... Blank and Allscellaneous Paper... New Crape and Type-writing. Waterman Fountain Pens llox Decorated Iciper nd Knvclopew-too GRIFFIN & REED Pacific Sheet Metal Works Salmon Vcjetitle Fruit MANUFACTURERS OP ...CANS... spice tod Syrap Lithographing: on Tin a Specialty. Sao Francisco. CJ. Astoria, Ore. Writ Ua for PrUa Falrnaven, Wish. Here Is a List O! some High Grade Goods at moderate prices RALSTON HEALTH POODS la great witty fresh from the mills. f ' AROMATIC SPICES guaranteed the finest. TILLMANN'S flRE EXTRACTS. CHASE SANBORN'S COPPEES are no rivalled. Tancther with i host of other good things. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO OUR FLAG IS AWAITED Samsr fSatives Oppressed by Agulnaldo Ask Protection. NO FAITH IN TAGALOS Tb reoplf Art flair Starved Aid Are fraylof for Amtrlcu Rale WASHINGTON, Sept. H -Mail ad- vices at th. war department from M an il, state that the natives of the Island of Humor art preying fur the speedy arrival of Americans ami will welcome the holatlng of th American Hag. It la aal that a a result of the fmclbi collection nf uihi by the emis saries of th Insurgent, who take all they have gut, th native art- In a tut.t of arriil-atarvatluii. They have no faith In Tagalo. and they earnestly i'lrn American protection. The Insurgent leader General Lutban, ha bolted to Japan, taking with hi $!.TO collected ly him for the Insur gent. The Insurgents endeavor fore the native to join their force., which they will not c!o, The condition of the laland, It I. amerted, la rapidly approaching rlt and anarrhy. LASTED TWENTY MINl'TEfl. Filipino. Attacked Gunboat Parajrua, Put Were SiH.n Silenced. WAtUIINOTON. Sept. 14-The fol lowing dthputch hna been received th ravv department: Manila. Pept 14. Secretary of the Navy, Waahlngton: Davidson, com manning the Paragua, report, a afcurp engagement at Maleniao. The vessel was .truck many timet by rifle thott, but there were no casualltlea. The Par agu .ilenced the Insurgent.' fire Jo minute. The range was 400 to M yard. The wcaalon waa the rapture ef Filipino arhooner, which Davldtei detnyed. WATSON, Malcmano la In the province of Mas- bat a. south is? Luion and north Vlsayas. Worcester, mmber. of the PhfUp!" commlaalon, have received In.tructlons from President McKlnley taking them to return aa toon aa possible. They will embark on the .learner India which .all. from Hongkong September 21 It la not known whether the cleri cal force will return with ;hem r re main here. The commissioners have Ju.t moved Into new ofTlces aud expect ed to tpund torn, montht working on the eatabll.hmcnt of municipal govern inent. me Nevada cavalry waa unable to tail on the Newport. They will take the next available transport. WAR CANNOT BE AVERTED ORDERED TO RETURN. Peace Commlashuiere Will Leave the Philippine and Agulnaldo Can Have All ,the War Ho Wants. MANILA. 8ept lt.-ll:M a.m. Col- tiel Charle. Denby and Prof. Doan eaches... A splendid lot of tht celebrated Southern Oregon peaohtt Just received. Jleou Zealand fire Insarauee Go Qf New Zealand. W. P. Thomas, Mgr., San Francisco. UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS. Subscribed Capital . . $5,000,000 Pnid-Up Capital . ' . . 1,000,000 Assets . V ' . . 2,545,114 Assets in United States . . 300,000 Surplus to Policy Holders . . 1,718,792 Iha been Underwriting on the Pacific Coast over Twenty-two yenr. SAHUEL ELMORE & CO., Resident Agents, Astoria, Oregon Other Fruit... In abundance and of all varl- tlee. Vegetables... Th. moat complete aelectlon In tht city and all freah and orlap. Prompt delivery to nil parts of the city and outside points. Foard & Stokes Co. DKCLINB TO INTERFERE Brltlnh Offlcert at Hongkong Will Take No Action on the Tartar't Detention. NEW YORK, Bept. R-A dlaoatch to the World from London aayt: The Dritlah local offlcert hart declin ed to take any action upon United Btatet Contul Wlldmant nroteat agaln.t the detention of the American tranaport Tartar. Thla leavtt tht mat ter entirely In tht handt of tht Hong kong harbor matter, who positively de cline, to allow tnt tran.Dort to aaJI with more than 750 eoldlert on board. If the Tarter anil under thla rettrlc- llon a large numlx r of the Kanaat vol unteer, will be left behind. Many of lhee voluntera have been permitted to come aahore from the Tartar. Borne of them met a man named Etiel, who It waa aald had Uught the Filipino, bow to ue machine gun. There waa a row. the Americana threatening Etxel, and he appealed to tht police for protec tion. Thla waa accorded him and the vldiert returned to the thlp. Final Ff ply of Volksraal Will Be lofavoratle. SITUATION , I N LONDON Chtfflbtrlala's Attftsde la Looked Upoi Wltl SmpUloi . kylha Boers. . taught England and Europe the liberty tney now proreaa. were Dreyfua an Irishman accused of a political crime agaln.t England, he would be tried, condemned by a plc.'d jury, sentenced by a political Judge and Imprisoned among thieves. "The fact that Dreyfut Is .uapected of treachery to France la enough to make him a moral hero In England ana to cause the British pres. to use the case as a weapon with which to ttab France. Neither England nor Ameri ca ever ran one hundredth part of tht risk face by France in order to ret at tht truth concerning one man's act or his Innocence. I do not bellevt htm al together guiltless, but I hope bt will bt pardoned forthwith." OPENING OF NATIONAL . EXPORT EXPOSITION. Governor Stone Hakes the Address of Welcome and Outlines the Poller of tht Association. THE TRANSPORT TARTAR 13 ALLOWED TO GO. I Finally caven Clearance Papers By the British Foreign Office at Hongkong, WASHINGTON, Sept. .-The war department received a dispatch today containing the information that clear ance papers have been allowed tht tranaport Tartar at Hongkong. It It expected that she will proceed to the Lnlted States At once. It is supposed clearance papers were allowed upon tht suggestion of tht British foreign otnet to tht British governor at Hongkong that It would bt unwise to Interfere with American transports. A dispatch from Colonel Metcalf, commanding the Twentieth Kansas, in reply to one sent yesterday, state, that the Tartar was not over- urow ded and that tht food waa aa good as on the other transports leaving ilaiill. He said the trouble arose among discharged regular soldiers, who were returning home on beard of th. ship. PRETORIA, Bept 1.-The discus sion of tht first draft of tht reply to tht British not. ended this evening. It Is understood tht government will draw up a final reply la its form to morrow and submit the same to the volksraad Tht situation this evening is not con sidered so favorable aa It was duringl tne rorenooo. SITUATION IN LONDON. Result of the Volksraad Debate Is Anx lously Awaited. LONDON, Sept 14.-While the staff of the foreign office will maintain a con tinuous communication tonight with Mr. Chamberlain a Birmingham, It is noi oeuevea now that tht result of tnt debate in the volkaraad will be re ceived before Friday. The dispatches from Cape Town, dat ed midnight, attach great Importance to the articles In Outland, tht organ of the Afrikander bund, which urges the Transvaal government to renew Its of fer regarding the conference, declaring that there Is no reason why the Trans vaal should not accept the conference and calling attention to the fact ihat the word "auxeralnty" is not mentioned by Mr. Chamberlain and that, there- DREYFUS VERDICT CONDMNED, iajuux. sept 14.-Jewish atone ment day was celebrated here with Dreyfus demonstrations and and ooces- fore. there la nothing to Indicate obU-slvn with a banner Inscribed "Dreyfus, PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 14.-At tht opening of tht manufactures exposition today Governor Stone made an address welcoming the visitors, accepting the exposition and turning It over to the mayor of Philadelphia. Governor store said: The national export exposition is the result of the work of two great Philadelphia Institutions," the Philadel phia museum and the Franklin Insti tute. Its object Is to Increase the ex port trade of this country. By the ex hibition, the country throws down the gauntlet to the world and challenges any and aU countries to product ar ticles aa good and as cheap as those here exhibited." DRETFU8 WILL BE PARDONED. Paris Newspaper Asserts That Decree Will be Signed September 11. PARIS, Sept. lt-The Matin this morning asserts that the cabinet has agreed to pardon Dreyfua and that the decree w 111 be signed September 1. CONSUL MOSS IS SCORED Van Wyck Becomes In jnant ta Mazet Investigation. UNLAWFUL DOCUMENTS Moaa Attested Instruments Wlttoit taf Kaowledfaoftke -Slgaera Idaattty. gatlon en the part of either tht g-ov ernmenx to abandon Us views on the subject. SENSATJpNAL RUMORS ARE RIPE IN LONDON. Newspaper Devices For Selling Fresh Editions Exposition to be Boycotted. THE INSIDE PASSAGE. CHICAGO. Sept 14.-A special to tht Record from Norfolk, Va., says: Tbt torpedo boat Talbot will shortly bt given a spin through tht recently opened Dismal swamp canal, which will form an Important link In the system of inland water ways that In time of war ant expected to afford safe passagt for torpedo boats and other small craft unable to cope with a hostile fleet On this trip, the Talbot's newly-Installed petroleum fuel furnact will bt given a test. CHARLE3 NELSON CHARTERED. SEATTLE. Sept 14. The steamer Charles Nelson has been chartered by the war department to carrry troops to Manila. RALSTON HEALTH CLUB Breakfast Food Barley Food Select Bran . Yeast, Cocoa Acme Gluten Farina, Acme Wheat Flakes and Standard Rolled Oats E A. V. ALLEN'S Your Wife Will Ilk it; to will tht took. Star Estate Range Satisfy all who utt thtm. If Tour better half dona tha eooklns. that Is aa additional nurni whv there should be a Star Estate Rang. In your kitchen. The UN of them prevents worry and disappointment. W.'j. BCULLT. Agent. 4S1 Bond Street STYNER The Electric Doctor FROM Styner Theraputic Co., Of rOlVTLAND, ORE., 11a. a saw lyitim of treatment (or NERVOUS AXD CHRONIC DISEASES OP MEX AND WOMEN. fltfEUpTI Gan be ea. Styner, The Electric Doctor, Main Street House, 150 9th Street. Advice and Electrical Disease Rending Freo. Hour. Irou 10 to 4 oud 7, to 8 dull" scw xukk. sept 14.-A dispatch to tht Trlbunt from London, says: The news venders have had a carni val of sensations and have placarded every device for selling fresh editions. "reyius nas been alternately dying na pardoned, and tht Boers have been raiding across the frontier of isatai, and suing for peace under iun-eigni nours ultimatum. Mr. Chamberlain's last dispatch has been summarised and printed In detail via isrussels and amended and contra uiciea. important particulars are still unpublished. While Journalism may not oe yetiow In London, It would not bt the worse for Judicious bleachlnar. - . . . . wnicn stand out are the Jitlng tide of English Indignation over the Dreyfus rerdict and the ebbing lorce or noer resistance to British de mands, supported by an army of 25,000 men, which can be readily increased to 40,000. The commercial movement for boycotting the French exposition is steadily gaining Impetus and Is good proof that moral England has ceased to be a sheepkeeplng station. Alarm ing rumors from South Africa have not created any undue excitement, either in the stock exchange or the govern mem ontces. Mr. Chamberlain has demanded all that Kruger was willing u conceae, ana something more, and has Intimated that an answer must come quickly, but he has not closed Ihe door for further negotiations, and It Is likely that the Boers will make the concessions required and that war will be avoided. Kruger can retreat safely, since nobody here believes that the Ultlanders will renounce all al liance to the British crown and be come ctttxens of the Transvaal In suffl. dent numbors to menace the ascend ancy of the Dutch burghers. the martyr. AU the civilised world demands his Instant release," marched through Spitalflelds. Chief Rabbi Alder preaching In the great Synagogue, said "The day Dreyfus was sentenced was more disastrous for France thaa Waterloo, and more humiliating than a Sedan.1 HAVANA PAPER SUPPRESSED. WASHINGTON. Sept It-Secretary Root has approved the action of Gen. eral LuJlow in suppressing the Recon- centrado, a paper formerly published at Havana. After the paper had been suppressed, the publishers appeared in Washington and protested to the sec. retary of war that the action of Gen. erai r,uaiow was an infrlngment of the lights of cltixenship. Secretary Root disposed of it with the following endorsement: "The Reconcentrado appears to have been a vile publication. Its suppression raises no question of liberty of the press. The government is bound to protect the public in thla aa well as In other forms. It Is to be regretted that persons responsible for the publi cation cannot be criminally punished." MICHAEL DAVITTS VIEWS ON THE DREYFUS VERDICT. Says the Hasty Action of the Civilised World Is an Outrage Against the French Nation. NEW YORK. Sept. 14.-A dispatch to the World from London says: In response to the request of the World correspondent for an opinion re garding the Dreyfus Verdict, Michael Davitt wires as follows:. "The comments of the American and English press upon the result of the trial at Rennes ore a greater outrage on Justice than Is the condemnation of Dreyfus, even if he Is Innocent. It is a moral assassination of a nation, for the action of the court-martial, had Dreyfus been a poor man, would have exolted no sympathy In London or New Tork. As It Is, the rich English-speaking world works itself Into a hypocriti cal moral rage against a nation that SHIP HOOKER MAT BE SATED. WASHINGTON. Sept 14.-A cable dispatch received from Quartermaster Miller at Manila gives information concerning " the " cable-ship Hooker, which was wrecked on a reef near Cor rigedor Island, more than a month ago. It says: - "The position of the Hooker on the reef shows a slight alteration for the better. Bids for saving the vessel and cargo opened September 15. Have sent to Hongkong for appliances." COLORED OFFICERS APPOINTED. VANCOUVER, Sept. 14. Two mem bers of the Twenty-fourth Infantry (colored) stationed at Vancouver bar racks, have been appointed omcers of the Forty-ninth Infantry, United States volunteers. They are Sergeant Major William R. Staff, who has been ap pointed captain, and Seargeant Beverly Perea, of company B, who will receive a second lieutenant's commission. PUGILIST M'CONNELL. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14.-Police Judge Conlan today exhonorated Frank McConnell, the pugilist, who some time ago killed Jim Franey In a boxing con test before the National Athletic club. Judge Conlan held that the contest was held under the. provisions of the law. NEW TORK, Sept It-Mayor Robt. A. Van Wyck occupied the witness) chair before tht sseemblv commi,. InvesUgating tht varlou department v me municipal government From the outset the examination of th. mayor by Counsel Mots took the form of an acrimonious colloquy, In coin's, of which Van WTyck Intimated thai Moss waa seeking; to reach a seat upon trt supreme bench by pressing a par. tlsan investigation and sneered at the counsel's atalnmenU as a lawyer. Va.i Wyck said he would consider the Ramapo Water Company contract when It came before him. "When will it come before vouV asked Moss. "Whep I send for It," "When will you send for Itr "None of your business.' The witness was not convinced Utera was any fraud In. the Ramapo con tract Counsel began formulating the ques tion sa to the duty of the mayor t4 remove commissioners who wera In competent Oh," broke In the mayor, "vou'ra. talking of removals, and you hart been talking of legislating tnt out Why don't you go ahead and do It, and not be talking such impertinence I Richard Croker followed Mayor Vaa Wyck. He testified that he had not advised any of the commissioners on the subject of the Kampo contract. Before he went to Europe' last aprtnf a committee of citixens bad called .p on the witness to urge Ute need of aa Unproved system. "What are you going; to do In th. way of advising these gentlemen in th way of public improvements, after you have made your Investigation f asked Mr. Moss. - ' "I am not going to tell you. You'ra not here for fair Investigation - , plied Mr. Croker. .."You're here for one Bide and fo one purpose onlv. Tv. i,.,. you up, as I said I would when T w.i on the stand before. I will prove yod a man of bad standing- in thla city. I will give what I know to the nreu here today. I have here a demotion from the supreme court." So savlna- Croker handed a written statement to the reporters. The statement concerning Moss which: Croker gave to the reporters waa an extract from an opinion of tht Jus tices of the general term of the supreme court In a case In which there waa In troduced aa evidence a deposition at tested before Moss and another as no taries public Moss waa examined In court as the authenticity of the signa tures of the deponent and witness, but admitted that the document was not : signed In his presence and that he only knew the witness through lntroduc. Hon by the principal. Justice Van Brunt expressed the ' opinion that the notaries (one of them' Mr. Moss) should be criminally prose cuted for attesting Instruments without having seen the signing of them and ithout the knowledge of the signer's Identity which the law required. MURDERED BY HIGHWAYMAN. SPOKANE, Sept. 14. -Sheriff Cole re ceived a telegram tonight from Fair field, this county, reporting that H. Sutton was murdered today near that place and robbed of $200. It Is thought that the murdered man was held up by highwaymen. The sheriff and coro ner have gone to the scene on a special engine. COLORADO SOLDIERS WELCOMED. DENVER, Sept. It The Colorade vol unteers were welcomed home today with a demonstration that atoned for the lack of enthusiasm manifested when the regiment departed from this city in May 1)38 on its Journey to the Philippines. V SCWIEWPtVBE ' Makes the food more delicious and wholesome . ftOVU. SAKtMO POWOPB CO., NFW YORK.