tofiw i.'iy v .1.1 ) nro Will '. ' VOL. L ASTOHIA. OKKOON, N1VUDAY. KOVEMBEK 2b. NO, 154 The Eclipse Hardware Co. ffWf Jinn KciiiovoI to i! New QiiiiiN'Ih next lo the Columbia Kli'cti'ical A Itcjmir Co., llnir door form tlu "hi Mnml, whcru tli-y will coiitinun to miry tint fluent htock of htovt-H lii Astoria. - - - BOND STREET. FILIPINO REPUBLIC NOW ON ITS LAST LEGS f'.ur.ij burl-J Mi the w'.xv A n bluff tlir.- mil w y,'- t hi l ily fhlx morning. Thw man hud I-u Iilll'-'J wllh u gunshot wuuvl In the br:urt. I The munliir hud drorg"d the body. ' 2W yards and burl-d It. Kpl,.-In p"lnl li, VVililain Frank, a Ovrmat, who SITUATION IN NATAL CONTINUES VERY GRAVE Prominent Officers and Generals Suing Peace and Offices at Manila- hut n,ii-J- throats bhImm '.h;h, ,Mi a---! for IT Censorship Maintained Adds Much to Prevailing Sensation of Uneasiness. IMPORTANT NOTICE Vi-li't,Uy rM'riv-. Milli'o fruto iitilillnlirr of llm Wkiokm Knirin or tiik KwrtnornDu nniTAVHHu, that nwiiitr In tin' wiortii'iiit liu rvhn' in Out price of nH"r ith In llio 'NI d'W ri k,llii'X would shortly i(hdra tlirmle til llirir Kln'Tliiifh at llif ireoiil irr. Our cvii, trai l H till tlm IHif'llnln'iH fiinlili n In iniiki' I lii' lame liU'iul of fir liii'lii(iir. Tlilily larue tuliiinc u( t lit Ktirycloi. dm. onr iiiililn Irt Svili'iimlln J lending of llir FtiryHopeiliu, Oiik l'.rijjlit (Ink Hunk' no mi'l tlni' I wir j(t WeUlir I n ryrtiKHtm it ut charge, All lht above will tut It ) ti-I tl im lm mini!! H)iin ht of oini: doli.au Iliilniice in iinall tniilillilv m) ini'tit. Cull and look liilo till oiler. w ' rr x TROOPS EVERYWHERE ON THE A10YE BOERS SAID TO BE GREATLY ELATED time for iu:ko,;m i i fcui KraiwlHC-rj Ofll'Wtl Tp-iiirrwnt rf thlmo tu I Ir.v.Htlifat'r.1 by FihItiiI Autlwrlty. HAN FnANT8(. Nov. 23-Th hrnl Ic uy that trx- d--n!h of Hoj Agulnaldo Abandons His Baby and His Wife With . Her Gold In M',n;a '"' ttt r,'un,y Jtt11 No News From Udysraitb Since Friday When Union Jack Was rwiull In an int-matl'Mal ioni.l!c(Ul'n 1 " J His Headlong Filght-Every Fellow Nov r. m cut-iy t r j- mi om-i Still Flying Recruits for Boers Said to Be Raised for IllmSelf. r,al a'u1" 'HxTtatUm t- H.Ino. hl imrnlifni'loit rvrtllliHt" having t.n. In This Country. f -una to f d-f'Jv. HI j. ;i;h I l- 1 1 : 3,000 lbs 111 I I :i A ! If i 1 (m f Fine, Fat Southern Oregon i urueys ALHO U Chickens. Geese and Small PUs for c Roasting. Mince Meat, Pumpkin, Squash. Nuts, Raisins, Plum Pudding and Kwr tiling m w iiikI nice. Lvuvc vtmr unli rx i-ailv. ROSS, HIGGINS 0 CO. -II?. 1 WASlllMi'ION. Nov. 'J.r 'I'll.- adjutant .ikmI has re n ivfil tin- fnl(wiiip calili-ram from (iriicnil a Hi.: "Manila A vi I fmiii I.inayi n u!f wilh I tj att Ikh frmii WIhhIoii t tin- "J.'lil in-l., lirmilit in IttU'iirarniuo, the in iiri lit Mrrvtarv of xlatc, cajtnri il on tin- L'lst iiit. He savs Ajjuitiiil'lo iiinl lii party ! It Turlac on tlu- niglit of" tlic l'Hli i to In- M-oilul north "(hmi tr.iopN Irom I'.avoinliong nixl I)ajjiiian. 'I Ih m' iriMij N Whiatnn !tni k at San Jacinto, ami r Yoiinj tiiht wniil. v "Ajriiinalilo, with j.art of his faiuilv, iscajKil n(,ri, with J(l nun, passing ht lvum Youn and Whi aton. Youii is still in (iiiiMiit at la.-t atcoiinls, and has hci ii ratiomd ut San : FiTiiaiido. AtiiiiHliln' niotln r and oldt ht hild,.Hith iUun ;i ciiiiiino, liicaiiM' m I'liratt d fmni the rot of the party, the ; J mother L'l ttiii" ht in tin- wood and the child. I vear old, is ' now with Whi-aton's troojKi Two lln.ti-aiid ilollar in pild, v neionpinn i tne inoiiiir, was t aptiinii niui is i 'j Maiiilu treasury. $ "A heavy ,.torni in I.ingayen ull ' ha preveiiteil the land- ;; ing of troop there for tin- north. MncArthur has captured ; the iniretit diretor of the railpmd. w ho nnleavon d tn d- slroy the railroad to I'nuiiaii: aNo Captain Lawrence, an i l'jilihiiiiiii, who i ved in Auina!d artillery. ? , The telegraph i not working i.oith ofTarlac today. 5 "Law tun is lielifvcd to he on the military road to lSavoni- I mil T . I he roinls are now praetiealilc for wagons and supplies fur him. and they are U injj forwiinh d. The troops have liln Tut'.d "Ml Spanili prioiiei, recently." li'Ki't to have chUwI (y tl'-tW't.! IrrMmtally It han l.-vl.j-, that th' ,.ty ut..y ,urm h a,H lhat-SSSSa the m.n .....t ..f i,.an ma,io LONDON, Nov. 25. The situation in the northern part t only u M.irt.lxl ,.mlnatl., ,.f th-' '( r f ... , . .n,;.t.. , W. t v. .viunj i.-i ui.iui an un.iii.TiiiLiwi u. 11 lull Or. 1 lie Jioers are turning up in all directions. h.x'y. The -hin.i Six '..rni.nUit will INFLUENCE OF in the riu.i th-ir -nul f ak riiratl.i ' ' u,,t l,tJ""- (i. fr..in th.- v .-ifii stat K'.v.rnmwt. 1 1 LajxsJown i.,at4he6 received tonight rfjmrt that the ' ; . enemy have blown up the railway bridge between HoMtiead (S, Junction and Middleburg, with the object of preventing the advance from Port Klizabeth. I The effect of blowing up this briJ-'e will tend to Isolate 'i UNITED STATES aauwI"ort recently re-occupied by British. . g PIIILADELI'IA, Nov. 25. It is a-. rted that on last $ Thursday night 450 men left this city en route to the Trans- $ , i vaal to join the Boer forces. , I Hecruits in much larger numbers are said to have been I Forces the Door Cten in China shipped ut numerous intervals since the beginning of the war. and a Re-adjUStment Of Policy 1 1 11 " a,so u'rttJ that recruiting is going on in 'all parts A GREAT DIPLOMATIC FEAT IS a, i (S. on the Part of All Euro pean Powers. of the country. m. He Rent New Typewriters Muny N lmirvtviiwtil AJJi-.l SFK Ol'Jt LATUsT Smith Premier Typewriter NkW A It r CATAIoi.l'i: ikki: I.. AM. I.! XM)I.K It CO., I'hiinc Main MX Cxelimlve JNmillc (iwti IVntrr. M Stark SI. l'ortland MNII. Nov. 2" -The tifwn which , aK.'ii.ift the imuwnu In the Inland tl - t.Tinmhli llrutim lirlnipi fim l.iK-f pa nay hiui Miult.-.l in ilrivlng them '"" t lh mountain. 20 milfs InworJ. I t-rtimhltiiKt Tl)(, Am,.ru.Hn!l ln Hiv h:ul five klllcil yi'.in 1 1 1 I nil iiitt( that th nill'-il l llli'li... r.nlilli like ,i hull".- f ciirilh. AKiilnaMa l .Lwrt.l or i-liif annj.- i . , ,,,,..,. ,.ml r.Jon.. Eiltnund ,.,..,l hy ihv .llil.ana a n. M army Ki(S, l,,11MlttIhlfM, (lurill(r , var1oui which a f .rtiilKht ajfi wan .ivtnuchod at T.irlac aji.l n.'n.lH.'.l a 1' fact.. Kv-! i . iptnci't ov r nii-tNiihn of tlw in-onlc of l.iii'in. an.l lu- Ih mnv a fuidtlvc In ''! rlKho-J l! by A. latr.l Piviw.) UtSlKiS, Nuv,i'. .U f. rvm'.i ut th L'nluj Sut.-H rfUcst to tile jxmrrs for ituniiH-cs r.ttanltiiK th. nuiint.-n-aiw of the "mwn d-Hir" In I'hina, the AasK'iatiI prvMi I able to say that lu-KiKLitimio have U'-n riiteivil into 1'Kiklng to u miirr jx-i maii-'tit and im Mrlnt iie.ni.ill.mal HKiiii.'at than Vt l).l(l. ThotiKh the Breatt otticlal n-tu.v m oU-rl ut ull capitalu p'saiIInn th r t nn v-nunt, thTV In pxid cau l' believing that negotiations have rcuchevl a ho-ful state. According to Largest and Best Equipped Offices In the Northwest PORTLAND DENTAL, PARLORS Top riuor YV hliitoi Huilil- Oown and Uruliro Work, ft.M mr tooth. BtmratiteeJ. Kent net Twili. $5.00 fit ttunmnteeil. licHt FillinttH, r(): up, nuurantuiut. All Work Positively (itinrantecJ ' toulvu IVi fcct SatlHfactlon OK NO PAY. Wnnhinstton Bnildinif, Corner 4th ami Wushinglon Sli. Fifth Floor, Roonm-47, 48, CO, 61. 82. 'Phont Oreuon, Hrown 40.1. Columlila 569 ih ' inoiintai'M. with xniall h"' of n-1 i MiablihltiK the tnachlne. I The anny li aciil terr.1 In the IiIUh on J hold Mile of tlw railroad and lt wide-1 ly viiaiAied iHucliiiK-nt! are wltlitn ti e c.ird r which r.Mienl I.uwton an.l (' neriil Wh.Nit.in Jiave ivtivntdl. The rulinir )irlt of the cabinet la a lnlso.fr ti, Manlln, a white ee.hant on the hand "f the authorlti, ami the ainaU fry are liiinblliiK over one an other to net to Manila, Tlmv I'luvlflonal gowrnnor haw arrived In Mnnlla.to qiut Om'ial OtlM to Install them In their old ifflrv under the n.-w t-Klnx. Dr. Limiv, brother iG.-nenU l.una. and a iiml iKitt liiHiirr.vtlonl'.t. Iww arrival here and hU friends and many other hi applying t Kneral Otla for pvrmlHul.m fo enjoy the luxuri. of Manlln. Tho only lai-KV frvv of liumrn'genta known to tvmnJn aw thiwe In CaTtte province, at San Mut ami In the Sanibic mountains, thotiKh evrnl port yet have lunsv (rnrrlmma Agu Inaldo Ix-giin hi rvtivat with 2,000 men under Oem rul Oii rlo del Tillar, That force was probably brought to ls pres ent iiinportlini8 by desertion. , . The Inst dvftnlte news as to AKiiinal do's wherealHiuts Is that he piuwed through Trlnadad. east of Artlngay and toward rtfteomUioiff, cscort.nl by 20, men of tho r.ulacan battalion, who had dwindled fiMiu 600 within a week. MOVKMKNTS IN PANAY. Serlea of Engagvinenta In Which the Natives ar Driven Back to the Mountains. in. I 1v v.'iioti.l.l li,m,,m lfovh.M n..ri-i ! the reports curn-nt here, in constequen. eral CarH-nter and CNJon-l Edmund, .,., j ratlsfactorlly to Washington's nquest, the fnlti-d States has decided lo take up the Chinese ijuestion still more vigorously. The eo-oieraiion of Ureal Britain to light. Thirty-two insurgents wT killed In the engiiK'inems and the na-j 11 V refu ted thlU 19 citl.liJi j wound.-.! were taken aw-ay. , Am,.nK (he Ani.-rlcans kilUsl werv aj (hjl( em, , aiVmod ttos s-H-ured an 1 lieutenant of the Kightnth r,imem ; j( s M, UIHm ,he lllUil4tiVt. of (he and a m-twint of artillery. Twelve ob- j VnJUs s.(ut WVJV sole-le cannon were cai.tur.sl. j u, ,oollri nt v luas,UraiM..v to th-, The Third infantry. i,omiioilering i'jjt StattT, but u definite agreement! from Hailing?, met the insmr'nts n;oe,ttliV ttt, Kuronn powers thm-i the innlp r.vid and had a running (U'lit j selves. I to Sun ldefonso, wh.w tlK'V drove j Such an tndcrsiamUug lo the aver-j ,l(Hi rillplt'o from the old Sanlsh r.-1 ;,g-f European statesman has long doubt. ! seemed t.'toplan, yet tixlay the Assoct-j Proccsllng towanls San Miguel, thejated Pr.s Is Informal on good author-' Amei'lcniio found the Insurgents tn akty there are fair chawes of r.rwit1 . 1 series of strong work two miles south ltrltain, Russia, Germany and Jawi, of the town, probably. General Hio del llnar's old commaml. numbering 710 men. An oflleer and a private w-ere killed. The Insurgents had four men killed and 10 wounded. Nine Filipinos were raptured. This I hrobably tho largest baid of Insurgents north of the Vnrtf rlwr. j Lmdon, Nov. 25. Ttui ioBftlo In ;Nital remains full of perplexities, whirl) the .censorship has Increased. Although a division and a half have tkiw' reached Durban, that place' 1 prattle-ally powerl-ws until supplied with cavalry and artillery, and un;ll these arrive the situation will undoubt edly rerniln grave. With three b-leoifin-ivd garrisons; in Natal Lettides Kimlx-rley and Mafeklng and no algns of su-cor ii the Immedi ate future. It is no wonder that the outlook Is regarded as distinctly gloomy tonight and that the moat possible is m.idtf of General Methuen'g success such as It was. That battle decided nothing. Front no other point can even the semblance of success be reported. Mufektng appears in a worse plight than the Britishers have hitherto cared to admit and It is difficult to v how It can be relieved for some time to cone. While an offk-ial dispatch from the Boer head laager outside of Ladysmith. dated Nov. 24, sho.ved that the town was still flying the Union Jack on Fri day, the cheerful tone of the message and the evident anticipation - of a sp"edy reduction of Ladyamtth is not calculated to -heer- the anxious relatives. THi: BICYCLE RACE. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Nov. 25.-Th score at the end of the 3Ind hour In the -day bicycle race . as follows: Waller, t43 mlled; Llngenfelder, git miles; Niederhofer, 503 miles. SCHLEY HAS SAILED. NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-The cruiser Chmicago, flagship of the South Atlan tic, squadron, under Rear-Admiral Schley, sailed for her station today. DIRECTOR GENERAL DAVIS DEAD. CHICAGO. Nov. 23. -Colonel George R. Davis, form?r director general of the worlds fair, died at his home ln this city tonight from tie-art disease. 7K 3isV Visit tha "Quality" Stare when you are in Port and In conjunction with the Vnited Stab's, becoming signatories to a treftty de- (imitating spheres of polltlral Influence In China and determining their fiscal policy in that quarter of th giobe, t i 4& ft ft ft Boys' Clothes, based on "the oen door" principle. . Such is the scope of the negotiations, the projected arrangements may be j retroactiw, for Instance, may -change hands In return for other privileges. France apparently haa exhibited the - greatest opposition to this plan to 1 t THE SHERMAN IN. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25.-The 1'nlted States trantqiort Sherman ar rived from the I'hlllplnes today. There, far. but assurances have been received were IS civbin passengers and 191 dis-j from Russia; and her apparent willing-, chaiged and sick men on ourd. Eight I news to enter Into agreement wl;h the died on the voyage. j VnKcd States as a leadiivg factor hnsj ' j given rise to the In-llef tl at France Isi GRANT'S FLYING COH'MN. J , .Hu. u .,,.,,!, k, ,l- fJ, WASHINGTON. Nov. 25. General It Russia entered Into an agreement Fivd Grant It Is stated will in a few j France, It is assorted, Is almost bound days start out with a flying column to clear the province of Cavlte of Insurgents. Mt'RDER AT f-POKANE.i Hody of a German Found Hid With a Gunshot Wound. I to follow or render herself powerless In the far east. It Is understood the t'nited States. Great Brlialn and Japan, haw air, ndy arrived at a perfect uuilerstandli-. Germany's decision was greatly lu- j flunced by the emp- ror. ho had fre- iuent conf.rvics on t'nis far eastern SIVKANK, Nov. 25. The body of j proMem while In El, gland with Joseph MANILA, Nov. 25. The movement Augutit Zaspek a German laborer, was I H, Choflte, United States ambassador. ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft We show a select assortment for tlie youngster just growing out of kilts, for the school hoy and for the boy who is no longer a boy. Suits Of the latest New York designs. Fancy Vestees, Sailors, two-piece School Suits and Youths' Ixing Trousers Suits are shown here in a profusion of styles. Reefers. lUst quality Blue Chinchillas, Co vert Cloths ainl Kerseys.' Every garment is thoroughly reliable in every way. Nats and Furnishings For Boys are shown in almost unlimited variety (if kinds nud prices. A B STEINBACH 8 CO LARGEST CLOTHIKRS IN THE NORTHWEST Mail Orders Solicited '. idirner Fourth and Morrison Sts., PORTLAND, OREGON. V L. 'sS V