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ASTORIA, .OREGON
W. F, Co, and Paclfio Kxpreu Co t.
THRESHING OUT
THE OLD STRAW
Ptttljrcw Afttr Otis for Ctnsor-
In? Manila Dlspatcucs.
COLORED TO FAVOR McKlNLEY '
,, , . ( v . ..'flr! reported the illffiiKr to the Huf-
How BrM Vvbs Deprived of News . rmM U(,.r (Jiw.nil p..
Wbkb Mluht Hm Encouraged
the free Silvtr Idiocy.
WAHIIISOToN, Jn.fi, 11. A aplrltwl
aiwI at all tlmn aiitt;iiil l'bat
wa jir"ilpltt) In ;! :i.aus ti)la)r'Pral
on tho IMrillpiilo." ittln, tlx- buni
fur tlw nM-H h making Ix-lng thv r)
lutlon of In'iulry orT n-l iwver.il Aiy
ago by IVtllgrrw of H'Mith Duko.a,
;ti which nubMtiiut.-ii wen- iroxil.
I IVitlgrew attnkeil the ailmlnlmra,
iUy In Un rhllliii . and
'a.Iiio niHiltf Kotm etiirllliig -h.irg.-
!h:Unt thimo who are ui'iortjng the
iidfiiliilHtritlon.
j llf .J.--laml tlt.tt a Hyutemut'c ef
' fort a being made tt (irfVclit U.'
i'uraltf tifrnniliv frotn rtnthtng th
people of the l'nlte, Huita arid that
it was a political Hiw to furtier
nnillilnrv' of MrIv1lt!eV ffrt IV- '
j,.. 9 , , - -
noniltMliini nd rt-i leotjun. ,
' The debate was U rmlnatc by a re-
1 sumption of the compilers lion of the
iiUiT.'ilcy bill at 2 o'cbuk.
Stwart of Nevade made tin el.ibor-
Jate Kpeech on the iti-stlon of nutl m.
al finances.
Before adjounniieni the wiuiU-. af-
u-t a prolong vl d- l al pacmd a Mil
confwng addiii'nuil p"w rx upon th
'director of the ceneus.
I In stibftUntU'.loii of his charge that
dispatches from the Philippines were
Cnsortxl In the tntenwt of llu- d-
niinlstrallun, I'nttlgn w .Uot. rrom o;
j Utu-r written by UoiH-rt M. Collins j
.an Associated Pre reprentnUv o (
Manila. In this letter Collins n-latd,
the ubtance of an Interview upon
the rubJ'Tt f cerorlng Uiatche
which he had had with (lenenl Otis.
reltlgrew read the aUttements of Col-
litis in which he ha I said It wua the
evident desire of the olllckils to pre-j
vent crifaln Information fnm reach. ;
Ing the H'ople of the United stales.'
When lie (Collins) hud tiled ft dl-
'patch containing Information which,
he thought was prof 'to send to
the United St.Ut. he had been In-,
formed by the o-nsi that he had
been Instructed to cut out anythliig !
Hut might hurt tli.' udministratlon. :
SubseUently, when he lud desired
lo send a mory relating to tiie uso
of silver In the 11illlpilncs, the con-'
nor hud told him that his Inetruc
tions were to nll.iw nothing to pnsw
hlni width would lie helpful to Wll.
11am Jonnlngj Br) an In the United
states. i
THE ROBERTS CASH
Member of the Committee Agsve
as to His Exclusion, but Differ
as to the Mot hod.
WASHINGTON, Jan. U.-The Rob
erts' Investigating commit tee held n
.protracted executive seanlon totlny In
1 U - m -i. i i . i .
vuo nope ui reuiiiuiB a coiicmsjon. outj
so many legal questions were Cl. j
cussvm tnat a nnai result wus not;
'reathed. Another meeting will be;
held tomoiTow morning.
A member of the committee Is au
I thorliy for the statemeirt tliat the de
i lay Is due mainly to a desire for
unanlmUy and to (tvoid, if plhle,
i two reports.
The members are practically agreed
on the facts Involved. The difference
I relates to the manner of excluding
i Roberts.
DEFEATED ENGLISH GENERALS.
Pitiful IescrlpUons of Their Woe and
Disappointment.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11. A dlspatoh
tu the World from Lcuidon ea"a:
England's preennt situation Is due
more to trouble within thfe BritiMi
lines than without, declare the expert
military wrltera for Hie London morn'
Ing newspapers who say more things
In private th.n the edlto." allow to
get Into print.
Colonel Oough, who commanded the
cavalry detachment ln that battle, Is
In London pressing for a court mar
tial upon Lord Methuen's report that
he declined to carry out ordira given
him by the general In charge. Oough
has been temporarily placated and
urged to postpone his personal de
mands until the war sltuutlon is more
settled.
General Yule, -who conducted the re
treat from Dundee, after General By
mon's death, Is also In London, but in
the strictest tecluslon.
He is suffering. It is said, from
mental collapse, caused by his at
tempts to follow and save the troops
which were in deadly peril from try
ing to hoi 3 the advanced posts in
Natal without ' sufficient strength of
cavalry and artillery.
The London newspapers, without.
making any diivct charge, make an.
imiiwetixfiU that OVinertU nulVI- 1
nt In good health, It In known hr
Hint war oilier receive little If any
Information from Wtn iMreotly wlille
Lady Uullir g-tsa meiwngi; every day
from Iwr huslund brl'!1y announcing
that Ik- In well. The gossips urge that
this In exactly the tp a thoughtful
husband would Uk to r-aure bin
wife If lie txt uk to the mark.
Tli uncei'red mull report a-rt
tliut O'meiul (iaturre wu ult'.lng In
tin- Molti'Do riitwiiy station with hi
luiil In IiIh hantit bewailing the re-
! putav of his irim wlvio Uii- (f'ii-ml
itn cuiiiimrvl of tin rommunlcatbm
iiimii.in'l,
The llrKl tak of Irl Ib.bert and
KHili'-iii-r. who arrived In ran Town
liiMt WVritfwL'iy nig!', mimt lc lh
i war ciltic. urg to rearrange thn
I g-ni niN In cHirK of tlie Various Brit-
, Isli forces no that kill may lie brought
no in an i ff T'Jve flgtv.liig point. (V-
Ilic'nr McDonald and General
Ttn-Vi-r are now on their way from In
dia to tfoir.h Africa.
Tin- Dally Mall's nillvtarv wrtt-r
! The apurai.ce f the ne
i otiitiiitnilcr m -hlT utm tli- ncene
fhoulJ ri-Hlof? tho cnll k-nc of the
nultlii-ra no ;ully rh.ikwi by ih pa'.
IM our m-n that tlv-lr llva ar'
not being wanted anl they may t
cjIK-O Uxn f'r uny iffort. Ther In
ii. iv unfor'.ti iu'ly no doubt thai Lorl
Mn:iu.n' hwil'h han complH.-ly
broken dnwn. H w Wuig ha ttJa fact
I.kmi within the knuwk-dgv of thv war
t.fjict-? '
Ti... ff tf..Hl.. I . - ' . ...ill, m .
III'- lAlllii.'ll .lit'llllilg 1 1 v lltll.lO-l
-xrt ubwrv-'s : "There Is a wnpon'
tt tn hl(h the mobile Boer In cer-
ulll ,.Hf- i, hvjj f,i(.ithe ade.
The llriUhh ganw b to put a line of
,!M.iMs along their front And pru-
K lt arurij -U f,f (ru-ir fl ,nk.
( .. i.. rnl Kh-nn in uhI t drive U.u k
cieneral JhniLnn In this wviy. having
t-mc -If the su's rl.ir force. Gem ml
Hull.-r's force may not be superior to'tlrtn 10" shown signu of hsabitual
thmt uifron'lng aim. but as on a; selssoring by the censr. iiuges ore
nH n.n wve dug tM,nuttlves trenches 1
it umall part of them oan keep back!
H laige pally of Hows. Ills mounted
tms, can b used to push the lines
teyomt an! wund the lir It.ink, be-j
- r(.Ueved as soon as they have w(n
a position by Infantry able to hold It.
This would, In .ordin.iry ca. end In
forcing th- rett-ai Oi"the Boers. la
Niilal, whepi If they retreat. thiy
fr,v Ladyxmhh. It would bi li.g or. the
decisive battle under conditions less
unfavorable to the lliltlsh than trume
tlf (no j'tn (,f i)We,nb"r."
itturi: .p admiral dewey.
Naval Changes Mviy Cause Him to
Peturn to Sea Duty.
NI;W YORK. Jan. 11. A stxolal to
the Hrruld from WaulUnton, saye: river and that the war office has con
If SocrnJary Lon,; approves the x. sidered lt neccessiry" to displace him
commendjulon of the bard of ofllcers
ftigdged In revising tlu naval regula
tion!!, Admiral Dewvy will continue
to be available 'or sea duty. A pro
vision Inserted In the regulations per
ml's his nsigmntx to command a
fleet and to a sph-nv of duty as the
HiX'reiiiry of the nary may dlreot.
It Is not expectxl rJuU the admiral
will nguin go to sea, though if he
were to make appiil.'atiain for a sea
ttsMlgnment, V department wvmld
undmibtedly be glad to give it to him.
The admiral is officially on duty as
u number of tho Philippine commis
sion.' He ts not expected to roturn
Knn NW;h ,ny nlembcTS w com.
lnJf ,,,, llllt wll, ba ,iettu.i1s, trom
that body aft.T It has submitted hsjwvnhy of a tranquil summer's day
! Instructions have biicu sent to ReVtr-
Admlr.il Philip, commandj.nl of the
r.i'ix.klyii navy yard, to have the bat
tleship Texas ready for duty by Jan
uary 50. No decision has yet been re.
P rte .1 as to the ofllcer who will be
assigned to succeed Captain Sigsbee,
who Is under orders to relieve Com
mander Clover, of the duties of chief
of the naval inleiligonce bureau on
February 1. The Texas will Join the
New York In the West In lies.
THE NEW BATTLESHIPS.
YASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Admiral
Hlchboriv chief of the bureau of con
struction and repair, has made a re
port to the secretfUry of the navy
showing that favorable orogreas la be
ing made on the veesils under con
struction for the navy. The battle
ship Kearsarge Is reported to be with
in 2 per cent of completion and the
battleship Kentucky wibhln 8 per
cent. Both of these vessels are under
construction at Newport News. The
other big battleships nearing oomple
tiim are the Alabama, at Cramps and
Sons, the Wisconsin, at the Union
Iron Works, and the Illinois at New
port News. Work has Just started on
the battljshlp Misourl, at Newport
News, while the Maine, at Cramps
and Sons, 1s less tljan one-fifth com
pleted, and tne Ohio Is one-tenth com
pletad. STATE TAX LEVY.
SALEM, Jan. 11. The state tax
levy for the currant year's expenses
made today Is six an three-tenths
mills.
On a taxable valuation of I120.2S2,
879, this will ralBe 2757,752.
ENGLAND SHORT
OF AMMUNITION
Will Be Otliged to Issue Expand
ing Bulk tsfor Home Practice.
LORD METHUENS RECALL
His Mental Condition Unfits Him for
"Turthcr Duty Uuller's Delay!
Arouses Much Criticism.
LONDON, Jan. 12., i a. m. Leu
Mrtford cartridge aijp running aho-t
In the Brltlnh magaiine. and accord-
Ing to a .eml-omclal nport. the war
office purples to faU back temper.
arlly upn l.OW.OCO "mark IV ex-
already In itorage In S .uth Africa. mted at zm ..
The war oiflco. however, has issuedj
a hUlct ord-.-r .o volunteer.-i thut the . . .
fifty round of "mark IV give. tW" r0ATS FOR PRIVATEERING
rnuHt b; uird In pilur.lce it home, .
ivrfhln lin taken t S.i!h Africa.! SAVANNAH, Ga.. Ja.1. H.-A pe-
ir... ,h ...,i.u . .
. ....i. ......... ,a .. .j ! tu J
no u h bullet would b? usd In the
war, lis employment, tbe Daily Chron.;
Icle thinks, would be a serious breach offiw ttte BraZiUi evolutionary
of filth ,w.i:,iiv . (he Rrifih,cruI Xlctnapoy, has received a let-
p-fially
commanders have complained
the Bors occasiunally u. iuch
truut
pro-
jectiles.
The newspair.Ts were reconciled
(hiring the t-axlv days of the war lo
the cable censorship, taking it
for'
granted that full narratives ien.l by
mall wnuld supply all deficiencies. Far
some weeks, hwever, even the cor
rvsp iulenc--- th.u hHs arrive! In Lon.
re-numbered without chronological or
lBlcai connection, leaving happrti-
ln 8s described quite unintelligible In i
' ni w.y cases.
Eilttorn. acting possibly in concert.
are laying these facts btfore
mo
rublic and Insisting that tlvy bo per-
nutted to know and print the facts.
METHUEN RECALLED.
His Hurdshiie and Reversed
Unbalanced His Rearoti.
llav
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-A dispatch
to the Tribune from London, says:
Lord Methuon has been recalled to
Pn.lftnrl T'hla alafmm I m (l j Ml
the highest authoK'.y. It to reported
he was Uljin5 under great mental
exch.Mnent after the battle of Modder
as he is evidently not in eoaKliilon T.o
command troops. Two members of
his family are said to be weak-minded.
Disappointments and reverses are j
endured by the English men with for-j
titude end grim stot.-lom, but the ut
ter lack of trustworthy news from
General Buller's army has bsen borne
with increasing' signs of imiluienoe
nnd tnltabillty. The summons of the
ambulance corps to the front last
week after every available battalion
and cavalry troop had been called into
NatRl was accepted as the signal for
impending battle, but when Ludysmlth
was hard press id on Saturday the re
lieving army was only capable of
nn-iklng a harmless reconnaissance
maneuvers at Aldjit-hot.
General Buller's Immediate advance
was reg-arded as the inevitable sequel
to the desperWte Boer assaulc upon
Ladysmith which had been weU nigh
successful. But three days have
passed in silence If nut in Inaction.
Probably nO recent experience has
been more trying to the English tem
per than this conspiracy of silence ln
Natal, when every mam has ftJt in
his heart that there was no time to
lose and that an army of over 20,000
British soldiers ought to be moving
with untiring energy and Irresistible
force across the Tugela for the de
liverance of White's heroic garrison.
The Morning Post has Joined the
Dally Mail In attacking the ministry
and demanding the reconstruction of
the cabinet, but this campaign has not
made any progress outside the news.
lper offices. The party wtolpa smile
Incredulously whenever it is suggested
that the government is In danger. The
Standard, which has neither hot nor
cold fits, represenlts the conservative
party morj accurately than any other
English Journal fend It has not yet lost'
Its presence of mind.
What, is evident to all observers Is
that the loss of Ladysmith without a
second attempt at relieving the army
across the Tugela would be more dis
creditable than a freah reverse of Bul
ler's forces and that public confidence
ln the government would be fatally
impaired. John Bull Is, indeed, ln a
bad temper and In Tio mood for ex
planations from any source. What he
wants Is news from the front and
under the censorship ho gets little or
nothing. The military writers for the
press have lost their public and the
veterans at the clubs talk to blank
nails when they explain ithat Buller
probably sot In motion Warren's divl-
of on a turning movement eant of
C'oleno, which l.pJd f'r eurcm
upn aecrccjr and that It will proba
bly c-nd in the cupMire of a large por
tion of tlw Boer forces.
Equally Indiffttret to details are
the group vt club men gathering
abeui the croak :c'n who ani-Jrt that
liuller In wal'lfig to ncver by hook
;r crook wkr; the en7iy' guns are
concealed, or to atifiighrti n out his
n.ule transport ervic, or to get Lor1
folerU' oiXnlon Ixf-re trlklng
mother blow. Na Er.tdHhman w-lahe
to Lellevr) that G-neral liuller Is wait
ing for anything except the chanc
to defeat thi enmy oy a atrong at
ttuk and tnit-gic comW nations.
L.VST LADYSMITH BATTLE.
Enormous Lowkh on Both
British Eight Hundred.
Sldo-
IX'NDON, Jan, 11. Tn Daily Mall
fay: "We learn that In the aUack
Lady.mlth Uat Saturday. Jaouary
t tbe Bnt,h j0Mei wew M 0,jcen)
kmt,d 3i wounded and over m n(m.
Con,mihslonid omoera and men killed
Lnj WOunded.
!!' to the Morning News from Atlan-
ta states that Captain
Captain Charles N. H1H,'
a resident of that city, who was an
r ra -,-utenjJ M JltOonald Crav-.have
en, wno was on tne Mctneroy with
him, offering him command of a con-'
verted yacht armed with two 4.5-Inch
'guns which had been equipped by the'
,;or Povt;rnmejrt to prey upon BrUish
'commerce on the Atlantic coast. F.
1 A. .Steyn was named as the Transvaal
lafeot with headouarteres In Savan-!
n:ih, who had arranged for the ex-i Of the 101 men or board these vea
peditioci which was to Btart from the' gtla, all but 23 were drowned. The
Bahamas. j loss of life ts estimated at from 400
Steyn went to Atlanti, it !s said, to 00.
to induce Hill to Join the expedition
but Hill refused. InvesUgaUon in j ArTER THE UNION PACIFIC.
Savannah fails to disclose any clue j
as to Steyn or aty one answering his'
descrlotl : Pue'J tot Violating the Frtlght Ttariff
ANOTHER VICTIM REPORTED.
i
Large Steamer on a. Newfoundland
Reef and Her Passengers
Perishing.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Jan. 11. A
large steamer, believed to be a pas
senger ship, whose name cannot yet
be ascertained, has b3?n wrecked on
lh ret ln 8t. Mar'8 ba'" ab0Ut fiV
miles from shore.
The vessel lies with
her head low
in the water and is on fire aft. Sev -
eral persoib h'ie been wuahed off
the deck during the day. Just before
rJght&Ul others were discovered In
the rigging. It is feared these will
perif-h before daybreak.
Further particulars cannot be ob
tained before morning.
. ANOTHER BRITISH SEIZURE.
LONDON", Jan. 12. The Cape Town
correspondent of the Daily Mail, tele
graphing Monday, says:
H. V; S. Fearless seized the bark
Maria L, which arrived at Port Eliz
abeth . Saturday from Argentine with
sulphur ,
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This great store large, airy and elegant abounds
with many Novelties in Boys' and Young Men's Clothes
There is not a style in any article of Man's wear
that is not shown here in miniature for Boys.
Suits Underwear Neckwear
Reefers Hosiery Gloves
Overcoats Shirts Leggins
Hats and Caps Sweaters Taney Vests
SPLENDID TOYS GIVEN WITH
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JAPAN WANTS
TONING DOWN
Imagines sbe Is Preparing for a
War With Russia.
BUYING WINTER CLOTHING
Alleged Purpose to Send Her Pigmy
Soldiers to Invade the Czar's Do
mainDisastrous Storm.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. ll.-Ad-vlces
from the Orlont aay there U
abundant evidence In the Japanese
pres of a probability that Japan la
drifting into a war wirttt Iiua-lx
The JapaneM apparetttly do not
shrink from the dangers of such a
conflict, their government having re
cently given an order in England
for one hundred nhouwind sulU of
warm winter clothing for the Japa
nese suldiers In preparation for a
campaign in Russia.
The Kobe Chronicle &?arts thtut a
Japanese cruiser, with a lai ge . force
0f
doldlers on b ard, recently sailed ;
from
ordera
a Japanei put under S"eled
orders, land that three transport
been charterej to carry tiroooi
to Corea.
on Christmas eve a atom of great
'severity swept ovr the Japanese ,
coast, causing the loss of many Uvea,
besides much property and shipping.
Out of forty Junks that were passing
between Kobe and Oiaka in tow ail :
hm Dr. a-ra loot.
Regulations.
OMAHA. Jan. 11. Attorney General
1 Smythe has til 3d suit in the Douglas
county district court against the
Union Pacific railroad wherein H is
charged that the defendant company
has violated tihe regulations made by.
the state board "of transportation re
lative to freight tariff on live ptoclt
shipments.
In November. 1S87, the state bohrl
of transportation made an order dl-;
recting the railroads of Nebraska to
restore carload rates on ehipments of
. livestock and forbidding them to'
charge rates per 10) pounds on such
shipments. This order wus accepted
' . . . J - ..!! lAo. nuuilh 1Tvl
vy me rixiua uirai i?i Mni.n..
dice showing such violation by the
Union Pacific was submitted by tho
board and upon this showing that
official began suit in the name of he
state to recover the statutory penalty
which Is not less than $500 nor more
than $i'0CO for each offense. This suit
U for the maximum penalty.
LAWTON FUND NOW 172,990,
WASHINGTON, Jan. II. Adjutant
General CorMn has received altogether.
$72,9M for the Lawtc-n fund.
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