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THK MORNING ASTO&Uy. TI'GSDAY. NOVEjTBEX fl, 9.
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ESTCOURT NOW BELIEVED
SAFE FROA1 ASSAULT
British Have Grown Wary and Cannot
Drawn Out Into Boer Traps.
Be
PROSPECTS ARE MUCH BRIGHTER
London Critics Contend That the Boers Have Delayed Too
Lone and Hive Misses Their Last Chance of
the ,1jRrr.paign.
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NFW TORK. Nov. 10. A dlpeiV I10 ot 1SS2 rvlnf quartermaster
the Tribune from London, sys: ieneral. He belong to what is popu.
Estcourt ha remained the center known as the "Wolaeiey ru."
interest for the last M houri eiiice out only ranks as major-jenera! tn
the Dutch allie aw attemptlns; to command of a brigade,
carry out at the tu moment the The real commander of the relief
tactics which might have been most column will be Sir Francis Clery. "-
effective a fortnight ago. ; tess Mr w imam uatacne be substituted
The war offloe bulletin during the for him. They are division commander
forenoon tended to minimise the earlier ! 1th e local rank of lleutenant-gwi-reports
of a Boer repulse by the garrl- eral. Lord Methuen. who hi in charge
son. It was a alight outpost affair. ' of the Arid force on the Orange River,
with a single shell Bred from the naval Gatacre has had larger experience In
gun and a hasty retreat of the small ; war than his two colleagues, having
fire of the enemy. It might have been' served in Burmah, Chitrai and two
explained aa an unsuccessful attempt Soudan campaigns, but he knows noth
of Free State raiders to destroy the Ing of South Africa,
railway bridge a half mile away. If ; Clery was In the Zulu war and Lord
General Hildyard had not reported a' Methuen was with Lord Wolseley in
large Boer force further back on a Ashantee and Egypt and commanded a
high hill. ! horse and field force In Bechuanaland.
The inference was plain that the 01 litenant-generate under Buller
Dutch allies were concentrating several. Wnite- WtIr Freneh anJ
r,n,m.n,t Mui J another will be added when the new
ni.ht .it.M, . .rri., . u in : division gx out under Sir Charlej
t . .mKn.. w. .aia in. ; Warren, who knows South Africa
forwments with field artillery could be;mor Intimately than any general now
WK up from the coast j on ,h? rou"dj
Between the lines of the official dis-!
patch could be read the motive of this (' KXIGHTS WD
maneuver of a weak Boer force which ;
i
was neither reconnoitering nor at-1
tempting to carry the position by a;
sudden rush, but was evidently seek-j
ing to draw out the provincial cavalry'
practlcslly been decided to a.lvlne the
members to tenIr the oW rate of
payment for the first assessment hlrh
Is levied by the uireiiM Indue uftei
January 1. I AM, under the new (iM.r
of thing.
Thul the temt t will le tvfuseU I
certain. The members will then do
'll:ie to nay he m Hint of the ."
ment Mltd this "111 lead to tile mse
W.lon of th iiumlvrw. The nvxt
!te will to f.r th HHMiilx i to so Into
court ami .isk that the supreme l.xl-e
bo enjoined fr.;n susivumUik (h. in in,
from mfrvltg the rllvtln of the new
rate of assessment. The flKht will then
be ui. This action will be- Kwed on th,
ground that wh.ii the im'mtor Joined
the oiW they entered l;t a contract,
which contract will have b.vn binken
by tmpotJnu a new and higher rate of
assessment without the consent of all
the members.
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LADIES OF HONOR
after k a few miles, where it could be' ENGAGE IX BITTER WAR
TO START NKW MISSIONS.
The Episcopal Ohurch preparing to
Krrter the Tem:.ries Acquired by
the Spanish War.
NEW TORK. Nov. 2 Aggressive
missionary work In the Islands acquir
ed by the United States In the war with
Spain has been determined upo by the
board of managers of missions of the
Protestant Episcopal church In this
country. This decision which was
reached at a meeting of the board
held in this city. Is the result of long
deliberation by the authorities of the
church.
At the general convention held In
Washington a year ago a commission
on increased responsibilities was ap
pointed to Investigate the questtim.
"flits commission, of which Tltohop
Dome, of Albany, was chairman, re
ported In favor of the extension of
work to the islands at the missionary
council concluded recently at St.
Louis.
The report was unanimously accept
ed by the council ami the -commission
Instructed to lay the matter before th
board of managers.
THE EICaiENCF OF SKIP OF FIGS
UUuenot only to t-ie ci-i'riiiality ami
simplicity t.f tl.e ml n il,, , but also
to the care tc-.l v.-.:: uisli which it i,
manufacture,! iy .evntihV proetr
known to the t'uiio tvu Fio Sviifr
Co. duly, mill we w ih to imprei iih'u
all the inm-irlaiu o of luuvhaMiijj the
true and ori;;lna! remcily. As tl.e
Cenuine Syrup of Kip is muiiufacturvtl
by the Cai.ikokma Kin Syhim' Ok
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in aroiilitiff the worthless
imitations niaiiiifai'turetl by other par-
t ties. The liik'!i standing of the Cam-
rOB.Nl a Ho srhrr t o. with the medi
cal profesaioii, uud the katiafaciion
which the soimioe Syrup of Kips 1ms
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of Its remedy. It U
far in advance of all other laxatives,
aa it acta on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irrita'lug or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company
CALIFORNIA Fir, SYRUP CO.
a rBtarHc. ru
teCISTILLK. a KW TSHE. M. 1,
SAMOAN TREATY
READY FOR ACTION
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entrapped by a larger body In reserve, j
These tactics, which had succeeded i
after the battle of Glencoe, failed onjv . . .... ..... ,
. ,., , i.NewJerstT ill Secede Prom the
second trial. Military men In com
menting upon the affair last evening t
derived comfort from the practical evl- J
dence that the British forces were be- j
coming more wary and suspicious and ,
also from the plain admission that the!
naval guns were In position.
Order on Account of the New
Assessment Rate.
IS SATISFACTORY TO WW
The Island. Falling to America is
Quiet and the Natives Vell-Uis-posed
Towards United States.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. DiaUsfac-
;tijn is not yet at an end among ihe
The shell which scattered the B.r 6)(J mmberi, of the Knights and
decoys also disp-lld ".he illusion that . La,, uf lliml)r jn Nw over
Estcoui-t was without powerful artU-, ahtf m.ent a,i,nt iol b. lhl gul.m..
lery and Incapable of .1-fense against , ,,)(Jse , g. in Indlaiiap.,Us of a
a Boer gun tire. The naval lriKail" '. n.. a!e!tgnnt raw utj;e t0 gl) nto
was on guard, wen if the three Latter-, .f,,., ,.R january j ls,w. Fn,m pP.
lee of field artillery were barely off the nt ln,ji( ;u!,,n9 ;he 0utc.jm. of th
ship, with horse soft from a protected, ,;v,uble will K a big legal ?ittie b -
voyage. teen r..-iP- i;itiv.- of th N w
The news from lower Natal is Jer. y in.-rnlt-.-ni and tile nurr..-uie
meagre, sinc the insirship s r;?id!y of the par-tit url-r.
enforcnl there. Hut there i a !ir! it wi'l thei U- ...ffuwl wh-th-r -..'
probability that the Bo- r atta'.k ui)ii latt. r has u righi to ivnite ni-m-
EstLourt has been delayeu t'o lore tu h-r. taklnt; Into
be effectual. Military men at the s- r- age, as if th-y
..Ii.lu. l.,ji,u.l fe.4v l:iT Tl t f u-lih.iitr ....,.1 ... V.. f-.... .w... . f
and cntended that the 15n rs m,fseJ 0f them have l,--n
their last chance In the cumpaiKn a .id thar. twenty y-urs, tli.-r.-by Inciwing
Would be Bxm -venWH-ed by su-1 the amourt f th-.ir aswhin..-nUi from
pcrior tiumlx-rs and science. tu ':.j p-r i -nt ov-r tlie (11 rate.
Belated dispatches from the south'-rn At a t-pecial tn-etii. , f .hr l:runj
frontier of the Free Slate only r."l lodge of New Jery ,e,l lrl X-wark,
to exiilain why reinforcements ha 1 Supreme f-- Vr i:T KreudeMhal
been sent to East London and Wester;; and Supreta- M-dh.al Kxa:i,;ner iJr.
border bulletins, especially from Kltn- Uitherai! i ere )'.r-il an 1 li-ctwi down !
berley, wtre so optimistic that !t was in hieir attenipts to adOr-sM th..- r- pr
dlllicult to explain why Lord Me'hu-n s-i.tativeu of ; -ab t dinau.- brtfs of
had Ix- tt ord-d to relieve Klmberley 1 N' w Jers -y.
The c.-ris, iship has Ix-en raised in that: Immediately
THE STltAITS OF MACELLAN.
Ten Wrecks fwip-rtl in I'otis'nueiKe
of the It'int Stonn.
CHIOAtlO. Nov. JV-A siwlal to the
Trlbun from Norfolk, Va., suys:
According to reports brought in today
ten ships are ashore in th-.- Straits (
Magellan. Tlie steamship Kurdistan,
Captain I.ltllehale, r'rtil six and the
Needles. Captain Milton, reported
four. F.oi-h ven. came through the
stniits Uund heiv for cul and h.i l
an extremely rough voynir".
Whil- fT the l'iitai;iiiia c.asi. ih
wrecked vesNels could 1h diseerr.l but
owing to havy v.-athir and the
treacherous fornmtlon uf the coast'
line, neither ve'l d.irel appnsich and
the names of the wrecked pP-niiishipn
or fate of the cr' could not !
l"arnd. The wrvks stretched for s"v.
eral mil.-s. Judging from a former
evprienre of ihe Kurdistan, the crews
of the wiwked vessels may have -n
devoureil by cannibals. Th.. Kurdistan
was disabled si the strahs once and
the crew were oblignd to give battle
t: the nianeaters.
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Wilson Improved Air Tlsht Heaters
...FOR COAL...
Tliis IipiiIit is r-iMH'iallv Hiliiptt'd lor !Soft Ctml
im. I l.ionit,.. rlt Uuy is imtilo of H,isH.,
slot! I'lxlm licnvy liukinr M . mi,,inj
p-nU: Imiv iot ,.xtm lifavy with rj;t asli pit.
Ila.s a nit kfl urn, iiiikt-1 imiiiio plulo nnl W(
nifkt'l iliit"'. nut rails.
Tlio hot hi, i t . raft is sonuisli uc,.( that ht
rM'nj.ii cihrs m, all roiisiiim..!, which make
oj.t vixin in tip. coiisiiiii.ti..ii of fn,..
Price, $12.00 to $25.00.
All Varieties ct Hood Air Tights at
FOARD 6 STOKES.
The"Delsane"
and "Regent"
Shoes for Women
All Styles,
One Price,
$3.50
Equal to Any
$5.00
Shoe
NEW YORK. Xov. A spetlal to
the Herald from Washington says:
It is the expecrtatkrti of Secretary
Hay that toe treaty for the paUori
of Samoa will be finally disposed of
this week. Ambasbador Choaee Is un
dersl.jod to have maileil the text of the
asreemAfit reached by Germany and
Great Britain. When this Is r(Mvsj
final arrangements for sijrninK the
treaty will be iada-.
Ainbassalor Von Holh'ben, the r
man representative heiv, a at th,
state department yest-i'lay but S'-r;-r-itary
llay do not desire to art in
count th--,r pf-vat: tne .sanioan matter until be ha.s bf
re h-w m-rnbrs, jK him the uxl 0f the iigreement b--th-
ra t that manyiUv tne London, and iierlln (jovern-
l mt-nts,
layed agreeing to sign the treaty for!
some days.
There Is no doubt that this kovocii-,
ment is agrable to th- action taken j
by the othr powers in relation to Sa- j
vll and Upoio, so that nothing reriutlns-
to be dors? exopt to forrnAliy sign
' the convention.
As soon as the Samoan partition ne
gotiations are a an .-nd, the thr-.-
governments will determine the dlipo-
UAS ITS fSEFI'IA'ESS.
fl-'rom the Philadelphia Iysiger.
After all, f'sitball npnrs to m an
incentive to edueictlon. After a man
h: been so badljr crlpplel that Ip:
rant walk he hits fiihlng to t but
study.
Also "Queen Quality"
Shoes for Women
$30
E. C. Goddard & Co.
Oregtiaian Iloil.liog, l'ortlatid.
anAAAnnAnnn
5
iru uvuxnvruwu uta
3
Promissory notes are nothing more
or l -ss than pap-T-naits.
r; the -jr-l-r more' on,i c, iu' undcrslnnrl him Ap
Cut Glassware
Bargains..
It's Worth Your
Coming JubI to Hce,
Great American ImportiniE Tea:Co.
fTOItKS 100 IN XUMUKIt
HRIi.'RS AWAY I.'NDKlt
ZU f.'ommer.:lul .it., AstoH.
Astoria Public Library
READIN'i ROOM FREK TO AIJ
afi-r :nij'jijr.une:it i
a- i,ig ri.z j hy the '
in- inters '
re-
(Uain-r and London now knows day anoili.-r rre-t'
by d-jy what ihe guard an.- doing on .1. l.-uiit...- ii. -h .-lr e.ipa'.ir
tli- orange itiver. of the (,i'i-r 'i'l.e .-.upi-em- .llli;.-rs and!
Tlir luiuliird and the Chronicle uud "" visitor. .r....i N-vv iv..rk
oll.ei morning pais-rs have long ac- 'luir'd to Y-.v;h th.: hall ar,. i no
counts by mail today from sp cial admitu-d unL -ss or .h- c iM give j
corr-.'spondei ts describing in detail th.;. tn-. s..-iia-aiiaul ,,:w.v -,r! for N.-A-earliest
battl-eu in upper Natal, and th J1 -rsey. The ass-ssnient quwlon was
retreat from Glencoe. Tie, letters, thoroughly dismiss! ai.d ;t v.f.s finally
while well written, contain few inci- 'JiHp''Sea of by th; appointment of a
dent of real interest and appear 90 late committee to cmsider the advl-iability
that Uttle attention Is paid to them. , of withdrawing from th..- Knights and
The next mall from the ..'ajw? ought I-adl'-S of Honor and forming a new
to have more interesting material, and Independent orkr with j..r.
since it will cover General White's "y lne uucl"us for a national
unfortunate battle and loss of Carle-, organization.
ton's battalions. General Hildyard,! It is not likely, however, that this
who commands the advance suard of committee will reomm'-nd s'-c-s.-ilon
he relief column, was In the navy and Independent organizaUon until the
several years, and is at home among question of the legality of the action
the bluejackets,
army over 30 years and it was with
sitlon of the arms handed over to the ry . from I oeiock to l:
Joint Sanioaa commission by the Mu-
1;iafa and Malietoa factions and. Wt.t Cor. Elntb and Duin ItrMta
brought to Mare Island by the Uadg.-r.
and (K to .m p. m.
8'ib( rlptlon ritna P Mr annum.
TlialV Wlial
Wc urc tryms
totiO-
cati ti theeye o( Hie mllir. V
are doin it, too. Tliin is .'ls 11
by the tiumlier of the putilio who
ointi to 11 r. alxiiit tln-ir Individ
mil eyes. Skill, rate 11 ml honesty
is a '( tii u;tr ion tlmt miir-t win. '
lunnwesi upucaj to.t
Tl.v l.olil.o lll.lii..
HccodiI tin. I Woialilit 1 iii HI
C f IHITI. A N II. (ll(,ON.
wuvLTLrinAriAurtrtnjvuvui ruitAJ
It is understood here that the corn-
V,1S I mission has agrcid to pay for th'-
arms.
The report aa to the prospect of
further trouble In Upolo Is not causing
the authorities any uneasiness. The
American Island of Tutulla Is quiet and
according to the latfst reports the na
tive are friendly toward the naval
officers and mea of the auxiliary crui
ser Abarenda, stationed at Tango-Pan
go, where a coaling station In under
construction.
He- has been in the. of the supreme lodge Is giHtled.
Prnmlnent tnu-vra ha.rA .. .
1 - - ..".. oeexi con-
Lord Wolgeley in the Egyptian cam-1 suited by the committee, and it has
TO CURE LAORIPPB IN TWO DATS.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet.
All druggists refund the money If It
falls to cure. B. W. Grove's signature
Is on each box. SSo.
NORTH PACIFIC
Dental College
15th and Couch Sts I'ortland.
Mcmtjtr of .National Association of
Dental faculties.
Formerly Ta:oma Collqje f Dcnta
Surqcry.
Dental InHrmary open daily from
m. to 5 p. m. Free oral surgical cllnl
Saturday, p. m. to I p. m. A. R.
Baker, D. D. Demonatrator In
cnarge.
Students desiring information, ad
dress North Paclfio Dental College,
Plfteenth and Couch itrevta, Portland.
Oregon.
HIS MOTHER'S
BREAD
He says was always so light
and well baktd.
Well there Is a knack In mak
ing It.
Hut don't furt the kind of
stove or range us-d makes a
difference. His mother used a
Stor ICHtnte lifinge
Elooks
Bought. Sold uiul KxcliuiifjtMl
ut the
Old Book Store
Hmtory, Kioyrspli?. Mechanical,
l..rwee, T.ry. Xwlleal. !
Uw. lUillfious, Sclrntiftci
All standard works.
Umbrellas
Best and
Cheapest
A! lCrMilrlti uiul lU.wrlnt at
Meredith'5
WiliinKti.n Iwlw.unili ami tilh 8lrrla.
roUTI.AMt, OKK.
A Portland Bayer
!eeon. lnn.1 school bmiks, large sbk i
brarie. rnuvht U'gn fl.k f Hovels, llAj'lt,'N. " ''
1.1 ski tite. ' 1 vwin' of cxj'crit'iiet. as a
HYLAND BROS.
!t)KTI.AMlj OR.
tiZW T.mhill Kt., iniluw .SH-on.l.
Teleph.ilie 1U1
i Mi
' Will ! (ilciwil to gifo nrsorui
j lltti-lltilill to lilt CllKtoilltT.
t
1 ( irrtjM)iiili iiri tMilirittl.
I .'5kJ Svoml St., Piirtliuitl.
W. C. A. Pohlt
mm totoin.
Undertaker, nrabalmer
and Funeral Director
301 Washington St, corilfr Kifth t'kH sa.l Funrral H a tipliea constant
. ..... ' l.v oml.
Opxiie Hotel Perkins : ,
I ' Mlh and I ttanc His, Astoris, Ore
IjiIi; Hair Drewing a SjieciaU r
R. MARSCH
( Tonsorial Parlors
lilies enlrsuce to bath
on Fifth it roe t
PORTUM.
., .T . ' f "."ki nr inoMi
, Jrlt,.i,1p,0,i -r. ki..uia, .1
BilnJ
iKltlmur, M4.
Columbia EleetFie & Hepair Go
SticceHHor to
COLUMBIA IRON WORKS
Blacksmiths
BoilerMakers
Machinists
Foundrymen
Loggers'
Supplies
Kept in Stock
Logging ling In on litillt nnct RopnlrU
Heavy Forging Under Power Hammer a Specialty
Suit ManufHdurers of the 1'nsurpiisHetl
... M Harrison Secton" Propellor Wheel ...
Coiitmctor.s for Elct tric Lights mid Power 1'Iantfl.
W. J. BCULLT, Afent,
121 Bond street.
: ...The Esmond Hotel... J
PORTLAND, ORE., FRONT AND MORRISON STS.
Kiiriii-- i pmi, Vii- 1 1 tl.'itl i'r .lit v. OSCAR ANDFRSflN Maii;mnr i
A'""" P-.ll.-.....t.0I..n.y. J&A7L,Cy,k
CHAS. HEILBORN & SON
IRON
AND BRASS
BEDSTEADS
In nil sitiH uiul My Iru.
Wit m 1 1 it 1 1 coiitiiino to It'll
Iron iiml lirusH I'.i'iIhIciiiIi.
ut the mi 11 1 it Low I'rlco,
rnK'irilluss of the ralne In
lli price of ironuixl brnxn
quuAnuiu iinAuvruuiATUVxruv? f
1 ljotel nraraTM aivtw-I
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