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TUB MORNING ASTOIilAN, SUNDAY. OCTOHBrt S, 18'.ii.. PARLIAMENT WILL BE AT ONCE CONVOKED Mobilization of British Army Reserves Will Be Immediately Ordered. BARBARIC EXCESSES OF THE DOERS Refugees Packed Like Cattle la the Departlof Trains and no Consideration Shown for Women and Children. LONDON, Oct. 7. Dispatches say Pretoria presents a most de strted appearance. The government has ordered all saloons closed throughout the republic. Hep majestj, in privy council at Balmoral, this morning, as sented to the calling of parliament for the mobilization of rescrvis and the continuance in the army of all soldiers now serving, who in ordinary circumstances, would be entitled to a discharge or trans fer to the reserve. Tb Evening New publishes the fol lowing dispatch from Cape Town: Reports of barbaric excesses com mitted by the Boers on refugees have caused a thrill of horror here. In one instance, 70 women and children were packed In a cattle truck so tlghtlr that they were unable to sit, and were thus kept side-tracked for JO hours without food or water. When they attempted WILL ASK OUR INTERVENTION. General O'Blerne Assumes Duties as United States Representative in South Africa. WASHINGTON, Oct T.-General O'Belrne of New York, whom the Transvaal government has apponited its representative in this country, ar rived here from New York tonight and has an appointment with Acting Secre tary of State Hill, when he will take up The Lightest Store in Astoria Wise's Customers See What They Buy nn Coaxer No. I. All men's suits up to $io, now $ $ j All men's suits gbove io up to $ 12.50, now 10 00 All men's suits above 12.50 up to $1$ 12 00 All men's suits above 15 up to $17. 50, now 14 50 All men's suits above 17.50 up to 2o, now 16 00 All men's suits above 20, up to I25, now 21 00 Coaxer No. 2. 20 per cent reduction on all underwear, Coaxer No. 3. 20 per cent oft on all Rubber Mackintoshes, Coaxer No. 4. All men's hats 1.50, now Jji i0 All men's hats up to 2, now 1 50 All men's hats, regular 2,50, now 1 go All men's hats, regular 3, now no All men's hats, regular 3.50, now 260 All men's hats, regular 4, now 3 00 THE RELIABLE to leave the truck they were driven back with blowa Every tralnload of refugees brings harrowing accounts of the barbarities of the Boers of the Or-' ange Free State. There arrived today' a train that had been nearly to hours' en route. The sufferings of the women ' were dreadful. Several births oc-! curred on the way, one in an open cat- j tie truck containing 10 men. j the matter of his recognition by this' I government as the South African re- ; I public's accredited diplomatic commls-' . sloner. I Oenari O'Belrne says that he will ask ; that the friendly offices of the United States government be used to aver; hostilities between the Transvaal and the British empire. He was not clear as yet as to the procedure to be fol lowed. Tho Transvaal government, he sail, probably already has cabled, him full Instructions, but they had not yet reached him. 7 1st U CLOTHIER AND HATTER M'KIXLEY AT THE MARQUETTE BANQUET (Continued from First Pace.) voked In extraordinary svsalon at the earliest practicable moment, and a tar iff Uw was enacted. It has served well Its purpose. It Instantly gave confi dence to enterprise, quickened de pressed Industries, and trie signs and evidences of commercial activity were soon witnessed on every hand. Domes tic commerce took on new energy and lite, an.l our foreign trade soon reached and passed h high-water mark of the sucevsaful and splendid administration of Benjamin Harrison. "The determination of the adminis tration to preserve Inviolate the publlo faith and Inflexibly uphold the gold standard gave an assurance and confi dence to commerce that had all of the potency of the most solemn congres sional enactment Commerce knew that no chimerical monetary schemes would be allowed to corrupt or tarnish the circulating medium while the pres ent administration waa In power. It knew that free silver coinage was, for the time being at leant, as dead as the Rameses, anj that in the light of prac tical experience the American people could not soon be led to adopt any of the current financial sophistries and heresies. "Prosperity came. It came to the 7S.000.004 of American cltisens. and In exceptional abundance. It came by the assurance of wise and conserva tive administration, by the enactment of wholesome laws, by the subtle touoh of the magic wand of confidence con fidence, which in the final analysis Is the source of all progrves, all success, and without which there is stagnation and death. It come contrary to many fervent and unwise predictions. It came through the harmonious co-operation of the three agencies a protec tive tariff, the gold standard and a sound, patriotic administration. "Were the present administration committed to a debased free sliver cur rency and to free trade, the splendid transformation we have witnessed would have been an utter and absolute impossibility, and the calamities from which we have successfully and hap pily escaped would have been but mul tiplied. "There were, Indeed, domestic ques tions numerous and grave enough to absorb the attention of the administra tion, but It Inherited an ample legacy of International problems of more than usual gravity. "The national conscience was stirred by Spanish atrocities; the people could endure them no longer. The Cuban spectre would not down. "All of the powers of diplomacy Were Invoiced to bring peace and order to the blood-stained Island of Cuba. There P UUniS.NOT FOR ASTORIA VV11W IS It shall not be said that Astoria trade goes to Portland because Astoria merchants are not wide awake enough. We keep as fine clothes as money can buy. 2nd. We sell clothes cheaper than Portland can. 3rd. We are Itoith you on every proposition, while Portland is against READ TMCSE GOAXERS THESE PRIGES WE QUOTE! Will 50c fare induce you to become a TRAITOR to your town? HERMAN was no thought of w.vr, no desire for war. No one knew better than the' president the dreadful consrquctuet of an antenl to the sword; no one knew. better tlmn he that nothing so becoimt power as Its sparing use, "While the administration was m- ploying all possible agencies to secure peace and honorably avert war. there were many of our countrymen who were Impatient to recognise the bclllg. erenry of the Cubans, the Indennd - ence of the so-called Cuban republic. reunited nd unified forever. nmUwere Insistent that the conflict' 'Hut It has been said with noms uno shouM begin. They challenged the pa-' ,l"n the administration did not de trlullsm of the administration and lr wr- He It so. It Is a grave mat- lUestloned Its courage, although the presldor.t had authored harvests of en. during fame upon the battlefields of his country. 'For humanity's sake, the admlnts- tratlon had appealed to 'the Snanlsh cabinet In behalf of Cuba, but medieval government would not hearken to the'"1 republic when the president of ths voice of nineteenth century civilisation. I'nlted States shall love p uce less than aii riiviii iu wruiiv pence nnvins;. failed, the jread alternative of war alone remained. "A crisis was at hand, as sharp and severe as could possibly confront the government a crisis which coitus but aetdom In the life of a nation, std yet too oft. The administration with one hand delayed the oncoming storm, while with the other it pushed wish all possible dispatch the coast defenses, the purchase of munitions of war and the enlarcem.Hrt of the navv. whleh was to give such splndld report of tt- self. The crisis was supreme, and lt( superuir m-t. nen me ora-r, ,.,,, V CUnCTV ,n,and with exoe,l:o.ul unanimity, de .. "'"""' " ana consc.ence ana the Inexorable de- termination of the American people. declared for war. Spain's fatal hour kt A AAM tl .1 I . I r, ,n.....sAnuHi ready to strike. The thunderbolt of w . . . . ooure naroor or ,-uiuuia, utuay me oeei Known naroor on the earth. "The supreme demand of the Ameri can people waa voiced in the order Of the administration which flashed to Hongkong. 'Find the Spanish fleet and destroy It.' How well this order was Interpreted and executed, the world knows. The Intrepid Dewey, In one short hour, stood with the foremost ad- mlrals of all the ages. All honor to him; all honor to his brave men. A nation's gratitude to them each and all. "An r.imy of a quarter of a million men was called from th myriad vocn tions of peace, organised, equipped and put In the field with almost Incredible dispatch No better idlers ever ans- -e..u , , rms. iny were American Midlers, ivady and eager to serve at the post of duty. courOli.g no sacrifice too great in their cuntry's "They came from the four quarters of the republic Federal and conf.der- ate and their descendants stood to- AGAINST gvther in a common cause, Inspired by one hop, actuated by on high purpose and thu was to preserve a common Inheritance, lh glory of common flag. The llrants a'ld thi Lees, the Hhafwra I and the Wl.clita, the Wilsons and h Hutlcis, bore commis.ilons from ths 'ft'11 president. The administration 'd country welcomed the dlsan- ' leraiioe of sectional differences. The ' republic has exiwrlemwd a new birth of ' Patriotism, and. let ui hope and pray, ! t r ' th mighty enginery of ' JS.tWO.ooo of people, brave and proud, 1 though Just they are. Finite mind can 1 compass the beginning, but omniscience ' alone can set the boundaries of Its end' 1 1. I "It will Indeed be a fatal hour for " "The a. Immigration sought no sor did ends, no territorial aggrandisement. It sought no Napoleonic extension of empire; it desired only eace, with her boundless Joys, her limitless oosalulll lies react of which the country had been so long enamoured. It had added Hawaii to our domain through the In atrut'ienialliy of diplomacy and from j the dictates of the highest statesman "hip ' the national Interest, but II cov ettd no other land and no other peo- I'h-s. lUwall were Indeed trophy enough to signalise the administration Thl, Cs)ntrfU .,, du. .i.,,lt.rM ,w dared war. ind the senate .rf the mi- 8tllttHl ,fM. WMt m,j th, of t .. h , c(un, ,.. ,, 1 mnt0 new ,w,,,.,, ,. nd un , ,lpecuJ rw,,,on.ll,ltl.. but Ihey came ,he j,.,, 1U,,1U:(, lf tt,r, Kni n(tt as the fruit of Its supreme purpose. 'The sword was drawn In the high and holy cause of humanity; It was drawn to liberate peoples from bar barous, tyrannical rule, from horrors which disgraced savagery. "By the articles of peace, Porto Rico Is ours, to be administered as an exalt ed sense of Justice shall require. H'ultM Is eommtf t,.t t., lis In trust mnA l0 glwi ,,, ,,, 'fov. ernment according to our pledge, The Philippines are ours, by title ab solute, unaasallahli . Tlc-y have come to us and are ours by right universally reognlzed among the nations of the ',.,, They passed to the Jurisdiction ' of the vHfi SW, ,)V , ,.,., of tho ,r(Mlt). of ll(y ,nd eX(,hanK,.,, thr tw ,,,,., ,.11fl,ri)j ln Wttr. Wllh h(i ,lf our BOV,.rvlgn(y r(llm. lIml,., whu.h Am.Htan sovec-lgnty lmp!l-; the en- ! forcement of law and ord- r; the nr' servation of the p, nce A portion of the Inhabitants of the Islands denied the senremuey of the Unite,! States In ths Til HER! WISE Archipelago, They challenged ths ailed purpose of iths government; thy wantonly flred. upon the American troops prndlng the ratification of the treaty of peace. Without ths pretence of provocation or the shallow of Justl flcallon, they have assailed ths flag whose mission Is merciful. "Tho administration resisted the at tack and did what the plo of the United States desired It should do; It ill! Its duly by asserting the supre macy of ths national authority by force of arms. "Our forces In the Philippines formed no ie.igue with Aguliutldo; made no compact wllh liltn for suttonllnatlng the authority of the Unltl mates to his elf-constltuted dictatorship. Our peerUs r plain of the seas, added Im perishable glory to the American flag He could not have surrendered the fie! ! of his Imcomparable victory to the In surgent chieftain. "When the administration overthrew the Hpanlsh authority In Manila, It owed a high and solemn duty to the Americana, the British, the Germans, the Fremh, the Spaniards and other nsthMallllea in ths Archipelago, to preserve them from massacre, and lo save their homes and property from pillage and the torch, It could not have withdrawn Its support and left to chance the protection of ths thou sands of cltisens and subjects of the leading nations of ths world who were there under the guardianship of the Spanish authority. "It would mst have comported wllh the dignity, the Justice, and the mercy of the republic for the administration to hsv recalled our Victorious forces lest tiy staying we should assume some unex ted responsibilities. Such a po licy would have been dlstardly and would hsvs dishonored the flag, whlrh la without Its first blemish. Tea, mors thsn thst. It would have been ths mas ter crime of the age, "Moreover, we never forgvt that we were under a large moral obligation to the peace of the world which an aban donment of the Philippine would have placed In serlcus ferll. "We are not now concerned with questions of Imperialism, or of expan sion. We are occupied with the para mount question of enforcing respect for the national authority, of suppressing a rebellion against It Opposition to our authority, wherever It hss been extended, under Universally recognised law. la rebellion, whether It Is In Illi nois or In the Philippines. We have an Irreversible and Irrevocable cods of I national duty; the flag must be pro tected whenever It Is lawfully raised. What American ran demand less? "We wish the war had been honor ably averted, great and splendid as have been its tvsults, but In God's I providence that was Impossible, e coiMd not desire to avoid any of the rrspontlltllllU'S or duties which Justly devolve upon a victorious armyi E BETTER THE GRADE, THE BIGGER THE TRADE. m Coaxer No. 5. All men's overcoats, regular 10, now j 7 75 All men's overcoats, regular 11,50, now t0 00 All men's overcoats, regular 15, how u Oo All men's overcoats, regular 17,50, now 1450 Coaxer No. 6. jo per cent reduction on all nys' and Children's Suits ami Overcoat!), Coaxer All 50c sox now All 25c sox now All 15c sox now. you Coaxer All 50 ccnt Tics now All 25 cent Ties now a country brave enough enough and lust enough lo go to war In humanl. ly'a name must be Just enough nnd bravs enough lo aciwpt the const quences. whatever they may be. To attempt lo escape the burdens fairly arising out of our own course and con. duet would earn for us the reproach of lh clvlllerd world and the forfeiture of our national self-respect, W Imvs bul one way to go, and that Is In Iht path t f duty. There all honor lies. "I iilll the Insurrection ends, there li bin one duty before ths admltilstra lion, and thai Is to conquer II. The su prelum V of the t'nlu-d HI ales must tie n Imow lrdged. In Ills felicitous an guage of the president, There must b no useless peilvy, no pause, until the Insurrection Is suppressed and Ameri can authority ark now led gM and estnb. Ilshed.' More than W.000 at the front nd now upon the seas emphasise ths aggrrsslve purpose thus expressed, Whet, peace Is restored, thn will coins the discussion of our future relation to the Filipinos; then will come ths question of granting them, through ths wisdom of congress, (he fullest meas ure of nrir government and ths am plvst liberty consistent with our duties snd reiH.tnllillltlrs and with their needs sml capacities. They are not ths truest snd wisest friends of the Filipi nos who counsel their further resist, ance to the authority of the United Hlnles. "The administration has been able, well poleed, (Inn, courageous, avoiding no responsibility and shunning no duty. It has been an epoch-making adminis tratis. It has walked In untried paths with no guide except the national con. arlere. It ha observed the wholesome truth that In a republic ths people are the source of power, and It has taken them Into Its confidence In the fulleat measure. lis North star has been ths people's will. ' It has managed well ths finances of (he government. Illinois Is entitled to her full share of credit for this, for shs gave to the administration a secre tary who ranks with the foremost see. reiarles of ths treasury, with Hamll ton, (lallatln, Chase and Sherman. Ills mastery of ths sclenoe of finance ena bled him not only to preserve ths credit of the country from the shock of war, but lo advance It to the highest point ever attained. The ordinary flsoal re quirements of the government hairs been promptly met, and the war-chest has been amply supplied, TV I'ulted Htates never stood high, er In the esteem of the great power of the eerth thn now. Her Justice, her inftk'iinnlmlty and her power have be come manifest to all, It Is Indeed of the utmoet Importance that our coun try should sustain relations of amity with other countries, our commerce Is enllug and more than aver ek. Ins distant markets. Nothing will mote iil.tlm tly aid In Its extension (Continue! on Third Psge.) No. 7. jj ccnt, 3for5ocents 3 for 25 cents No. 8. jj cent, centg -ASTORIA, OREGON