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Thi-HO good were bought before the rise in prices and will be sold accordingly. Charles Hellborn 8 Son INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN. Miss Bertha Decorative Art Room. T Itninii 80 Drkum lll,llllnr, gj C. J. TRENCHARD, Cotnmlsslon, Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. If ears The & REED n; 1 - Liicycies.. Chainlet, model l.-oo, $75.00 , ('habile, model 1S9J, $60.00 Columbia, model 1900, $50.00 Columbia, model is:, $42 50 lViimnit. model l'.MO, $25-00 I'lXE TEAS AXD COITEES CHASE ft SAXIiOKX'S ORDERS SOLICITED Hartln's Cull Line of Newest Embroid ery Materials. Inltluls a Specialty, Choice Selection ol Slamplnij Designs. Stamping Neatly Done. whliigtnii HI... rorthiml, Or. i Custom House Broker. ASTORIA, .OREGON Agent W. F. A Co., and Psolllo Kxprrii Co I. ROBERTS IS NOW READY TO MOVE Invasion of tbe Free States Will Begin Without Delay. KIMBF.RLEY IN SORE STRAITS Death Kite Has Increased tu Alarm' ing Proportions and tbe Town May Fall Ik fore Kobcrts Arrives. LONDON, F b. 13. Lord Robert ha uthered 3S,ooo men with whom, ac cording t' the best military opinion In London, In- purpoc turning the left of th MiiKi'i-nfiinti-ln line m-nr JacobMlal. enuring the Free State, compelling Uciierul f'ronje to ruin tin- clg ICImlM-rl'-y, and Urn making hi flmt step toward Hloemfotit'ln. V.nl.rOii) I,ord Robert announced tlw appointment of Hlr H"nry Colvlllc, tu I li.-rto c mniiinli-r of the Guard' "jrlKU'l". to thi- command of thv Ninth lllion, which l being forni'd nnd will coiiHlnt probably to a great extent of colonial troop. General Colvllle will be succ-eded by General Ki-kIiuiI'I J'olo-Curev. . Loid II'itx rtH tells the correspondent that when hi- get down to business they will huv.. ample opportunities to send new. II In chief pre censor yes terday Ihhui-iI mw rub, and In tin- fu ture nil written rommutiicatloini arc to go unchci k.'.t. Only telegram will be censored. For the next few iluyi little ne,v In likely to get through, but later lh re will be more freedom. Thu. uy the censor, and the lust clause nmy be Interpreted to m an that something Ih ib.iut to happen. Klmberhy, 20 nine away from the MudJcr river position, I In tore straits. The detail of the December death rute how that In o population of H,- ("0 white ami 19.0"0 black, the mor tality w.u CO white and ii black per tiou.und. The Infantile death rule wa fiTl per thousand among the white, and. Si: per thousand among the black. I count jewr wn preaient. un initimui iaie 01 ining in Uv- tembvr cannot have Improved much If, at all since, and the fighting power of , the garrlnon muHt have te.n greatly i dlmlniitlK'd. Aieanunue, tne Domoaromcnt by tne i iocr ua incrensea unl mere liniiu- nent dan.-r of the town falling un - ler the very eye of Lord Roberts, It Is believed in clrce dime to the war iilflce that he will move at once. Scout have approached within one thousand yards of the Boer entrench- m.,nl. n. 1 r .. . . . I mi I... " found these very strong. THE ARMY INCREASE. Secretary Wyndham Say Engand Will Soon Have 600.000 Men Un der Arms. LONDON. Feb. 12.-The house common wa crowded today In anllcl patlon of a statement from George Wyndhum, the parliamentary secretary of the war office, In regard to a; my measures. The government, he said, hud not even considered the question of com pulsory service, which was entirely un necessary In view of the active recruit ing for the auxiliary forces. During the spring and summer the volunteer artillery will be rearmed. The mounted lnfontry In the volunteer corps would be formed. The artillery services and corps of engineer necessary for two additional army corps would be raised forthwith, namely, 36 field batterbs and seven horse batteries. The speaker also said it had been de cided to raise twelve additional Infan try battalions. Wyndham said tl.e ex isting forces would also be expanded by several regiments and that commis sions would be offered to militia offi cers of the colonies and to the univer sities. At present, the speaker further pointed out, there were 109,000 regulurs In the country and the Increase antici pated was to be 30,000. There were now 3:18,000 men In the auxiliary forces and It was estimated the Increase would be 50,000 men. So, altogether, the country would soon have at least 017,000 men and Wyndham anticipated that the number would be nearer 600,0u0 than half a bullion. UOER8 AHStlME THE OFFENSIVE. They Have Crossed the Tugela and Will Attempt to Cut Off Uuller. NEW YORK. Feb. 12.-The news printed In London today throws a great light on the war situation. Lord Rob erts U not engaged In a movement ngulnst Rloomfontoin, as had been hoped, but Is nt Modder river, and It Is believed that he means to attack Gen eral Cronje for the purpose of relieving Cecil Rhodes and the besieged city of IJImbcrly whose Inhabitant have been eating horse meat for five weeks and whose death rate ha grown alarming ly. General Cronje has strengthened his position In expectation of an attack. At Id'ntibeig the Iloer are dtrong enough to take the offennlve. The mutt depreKHliiK new, however, come from Natul, The lloer hove occupied a farm miuth of the Tuicla near Chcvt- Uy. which I ntudded with hill from which the country tun be commanded for mile around. It I reported from Durban that General Joubert I march- IriR with a column of d.000 men to out- Hunk General Huller. A Itat column In operating In Kululand and there eetrm to be alarm In Natal and a fear that Oener.il Hulli r'n line of communi cation will be attacked. Although Wlimlon Churchill teleRraph that On- era I Duller I about to make a fourth atack on the Itoer front, the london paiicr uii attention to the fact that the Kenenl ha removed hi headquur- ; ten from Hpearman' camp to HprlnK fleld and apparently do not believe ' that General duller will attack again. ' A for ji'lymlth the military expert i have Riven up hope. It 1 agreed that i a ortle from the bclcugured town j FKANKFOIIT. Ky., Feb. 11 Thl would renult In tbe IlrlllHh b lng cut wa nnother day of unbroken calm In to piece. j Frankfort. The republican member of The Mon.lnic Leader', txp' rt ay: , the leglHlature met at noon and after "General liuller felt that It would be appointing- committer to inform Gov uhcIcm to irt-revere In hi attempt to ernor Taylor that, pumuant to the r.. I !... I urit'umllh n 1.1 h ur.,,1.1 t. . ... . f( "'' '"ore iofd man ine numoer or men I lemninlrit at Ladyhmith. I "We hear now of two attempt to I tun. General Uuller hlnnw lf, one by a Hoc, column nnir hlntf throuKh Zulu , bind and another with S.OAO men In Nittul urnl' r the redotibtuble Joubert hliiiM-lf. ( "It I iulte plble that General liuller him held on the I'pper Tui lu us mm h by the rui:edneH of nature h vy in - enemy a artuiery. ue may De at Uouhtvllle to report whether It I ho wenk on the Lower TutjeU a to , Kufe for th,.m to c,)r,1(. to Frankfort did have hi rlKl.t Mar.k and hi connnunl- : t ,,ut ,n an appearance during tbe rillon with the cr oh n to u Htrotig , day. jtepubllcan leader gay that they ",,a' '(- I exiect nothing new to transpire until "Hut he niuct make the bent of hi , alu.r Ju,,se Taf, Cincinnati ha xen force. All the relnforcem-lit ithln ! j, Tes hia (.M(n Wednesday. r.a.h for a fortnight to come are, At one tinie to(lay GoVernor Taylor ...rM.ii.me,, i..r un unenipi 10 orce a p.tarfe of the -range river, which we nave got at a point wmre it I of little ucc to u uve :or the relief of Kim-, The .,x ert note with alarm the t.p- X'aritr.ce of enlrlc fever In General oa.urce . arm ou.rr .o.ces. Jle say Uml Kitchener ha not got to tne ironi yet. ana mat low uooen n" llK, y l c-r J'r general ad- vancc until hi chief of staff arrlv?. WlriHton Chun hill' dlnpatch Irom Fiere Camp, Sunday noon, sent w (;,.neral I'-ullcr s arptovul, In which ith he' wurnw the DtMh reoie that there mllv jM, heavy io and nossiblv dltar.. Illm,,nt frim i?un,.r's fourlh attack, riyK Jescriblnic the lubt fight: Maxlm-Vlcker gun, abandoned' by tl.e Cocrs iu it donga, w.im nbcut to fll ..., ,,, numlK f lht, nrilh when ihi.i nni.,ri,.i.. r,rt.n ih. ru. vn. j,H. himself, brought back a team of! hoiKc and ehiaivj with the gun. "It was a splenclil feat of arms. "During the right General Hlldyard fortified himself continually with much sk,i bullulnit traverses and bead cov- . . ers. Consequently, though exposed to n tenlble shell fire luring all of the night, he only lost 41 men. In twelve minutes. $3 shells exploded on the hill and ,M0 were counted In two hour., be- j sides smaller sheila from llaxim-A lck i er guns, which were Innumerable, "I'rlnce Christian Victor, aide-decamp to General Hlldyard. ras f J knocked down by the concussion of a 100-pound shell bursting on a rock by which he was sitting. The prince be haved throughout with the most ex treme composure, "The Eoer prisoners admit heavy loss, but declaie an unfaltering deter mination to resist to the uttermost." The fifth month of the war opens with the Doers apparently about to take the offensive with their armies apparently Intact and well supplied with ammunition and. according to Winston Churchill, foreigners and war material pourliip Into the Trankvail through Dt'lagoo. bay. . GOLF CHAMPION DEAD. NEW YORK. Feb. 12.-F. O. Talt, amateur golf champion of Great Rrlt- aln In IMMi and 1S9S. was killed during General MacDonnld's reconnaissance at Koodoosberg, being shot through the I body. He had previously been wound ed at Msgersfonteln. MAFEKINO IN STRAITS. The Bores Are Slowly Rut Surely Closing in on the Unfortunate Town. LONDON, Jan. 30. (Correspondence of the Assocluted Fress.) From Ma fcklng the Times' correspondent, under date of December 29, writes: "The straits of a beleagured city are only Just beginning to come to Mafek ing. It Is now nearly six weeks since Mufeking was proclaimed as being In a state of siege and, although there bus been no single opportunity of any commercial reciprocity between our selves and the outside world, the ruling prices are at present but very little above nnrninl. Distress Is wholly ab sent, danger Is purely incidental, and, Indeed, It would seem, as Colonel Baden-Powell suld In a recent order that 'everything In the garden was lovely.' "From time to time Colonel Baden Powell has Issued orders congratulat ing the townspeople upon their spirit (ConUnued on page 4.) TAFT'S DECISION NOW AWAITED j j ! . ' FraOKIOrt ASSCmtly MeetS &Li ' 4t..- iit. r . , ! AlJjOUmS WithOUt Developments : ; SITUATION CONTINUES CALM j ' Case Argued and bubmitted at Cin clnoati and Kill Be Decided Tomorrow. '. ierm 01 rim proclamation aojourmng ik. leuiaiur t I.nrlon nrl . .lllni It to Frankfort, thejr had come to thl t city and were prepared to tiansact tuch j buxlnexs a mlKht come before them. , The governor acknowledged the me t ie and both houne adjourned until , tomorrow. Th"re were nine member , In the oenate ar.d twenty- -Ight In the , houie. The committee which wa expected to come from the democratic members ,UtdeJ to c;J-.-r -W&V a!! of tl.e So! ,HrH now here wllh tne excepUoI1 of : a ew f(,r a onAl u,dy guarJ. He m for CoIone, William and gave or ; ders for the movine of the trooiui hut Hevt,ral of hig frk.nd8 UTgei g0 8trongIy that the soKIL-rs De ermltted to remain that ,he KOVnor changed his intention UI)d Bal(1 lhat for the present at least ne w.Juia not have any more of ,hem returned to their homes, ! i " 1 I'ROCEEDIXGS BEFORE TAFT. 1 Arcuminta Comnlelpil and Lke ("onrfu : Decision Exnected Tomorrow j Morning. CINCINNATI, Feb. 12. After hear ing the arguments, Judge Taft reserved his decision In the Kentuckv Inlunctlon nmii u'.hhhI. .n.r.n,. The application was for un lntanc lion against the Kentucky state board of election commissioners and contest ants for state officers other than that of governor and lieutenant-governor. Ex-Governor Bradley, In stating the case, after reciting the provisions by which the state board of election Is converted Into a board of contest, de. ilared that they were entirely repug' ant to a republican form of govern nient which Drovlde for three distinct departments. He asserted that this board of con test had been made a Judicial body by the Goebel. law. Going Into the argu ments for the jurisdiction of the court, he said that this action had Its basis on the provision of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States. Lawrence Maxwell, Jr., on behalf of the defendants, made a brief argument on the two propositions that the court had no- Jurisdiction, because the petl tions do not present a case of equity, and do not fall under the provisions of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States. He said the situation was one In which the position of these compiuln- ums is in course of settlement by a state tribunal. The contest proceedings in these cases are pending. This con dition presents none of the features of an equity case. IMPORTANT BILL PASSED. But It Relates to Oriental Commerce and Has No Interest for Oregon. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-An Im portant bill was passed by the house today which makes universally ap plicable the law that now permits the transit In bond of goods through the United States. Goods in bond can be shipped through any portion of the territory of the United States to foreign ports. It is principally designed to give the trans portation companies of the United States any portion of the transconti nental trade to the Orient. The bill nUi repeals the law of ".'3, prohibiting the shipment of goods In bond to the Mexican free zone. TO FIGHT FOREIGN INVASION. Import Decree of the Empress Dowager of China. NEW YORIC, Feb. 12. A special to the Herald from Washington says: Decrees (sued by the empress dowa ger of China, which have Just reached the state department, show- that a new policy of defence against foreign terri torial aggrandizement ha been adopt ed by tne lVkln government. The decrees further show that, though It wa not generally known nere, the relation between China and France several months ago were ao ftralued that the empress dowager ap pn bended hoMllltle with the latter power. Thofc. acquainted with Chinese af fair are deposed to regard the decree a significant of the belief of the em press and her advlxor that China Is uftli l-iitly prepared to e( sit by force of arm ill further aggresMon of for eign power upon Chln-se territory and that her future poilcy m i in line with this vie In fact, one decree goe to the extent of empowering official to declare war upon any foreign power attempting to seize territory belonging to the Juris diction under their control. Issued by the tsung-ll-yamtn. In compliance with the empre' Instruction, the first de cree wa eommunif ated to the viceroy and governor of the maritime and Yang Te province. It reads: "'A the Italian have not had their ambition gratllied In respect to the cession of San Mun bay to them, it Is ar pnhende 1 that they may try to find opportunlt for Ktlzlng other portion of our coast. "Moreover, the arbitrary and aggres sive actions of the French at Kwang Chou, where they are stirring up dis turbances in order to obtain further pretext f.-r demanding concessions from the Imperial government, may lead to actual hostilities between China and France. "It behooves us, therefore, to exer cise the utmost vigilance and watchful ness to guard af.-aint suddfn aggres sion nd to be always prepared to re sist an em my. Your excellency Is therefore ur?ed to enjoin all this upon the generals and commanders of troops garrisoning Important points within your jurisdiction and not only this, but to fc? prspared also to give aid to your brother viceroys and governors whose territories adjoin your own." General Chang was In command of the Tsing Tao forts when the German fleet seized Kiao Chau bay and was be headed for his action in surrendering them to the Invaders. MORE FROM MONTAGU WHITE. Believes I'nptcts for Peace In South Afri?a Are Increasing. NEW YORK, Feb. 12,-Montagu Whito writes to the World as follows: "I am delighted to find that the pros pects of ;eace are Inert asing. The bero'c resistance of the Boers must convincingly satisfy the large body of impartial English opinion that they are fighting for the noblest principles of mankind home, freedom and indepen dence." 'There was a strong minority In Eng land uitterly opposed to this war from the very first. I am perfectly sure that this minority has been Increased to a majority, although the sentiments of pride and prestige may prevent them from openly advocating the cessation of hostilities. It ought not to be Im possible for American sympathizers and advocates of peace to work on the lines of the conciliation committee in England, thus finding a means of securing conditions of peace honorable to both parties. "Although the Boers have shown military abilities which have surprised the whole world, they are essentially peace-loving and the very reverse of what is known as a war-like people. The fact that their existence as a ico p'e Is at stake accounts for their won derful morale and efficiency. They hove means and the determination to J c.trry on a long war, but I am sure that they would welcome any efforts that would enable them to beat their swords into pruning forks, providing that an honorable and a permanent pea:e could :e assured." WORLD S RECORD BROKEN. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 12. I. E. Gorman, of the Golden Gate Pistol Ride Club, has broken the world's fifty shot record with pistol at 50 yards at the Shell Mound ranges. The record was 4-il points, but after having made four attempts to break It, Gorman suc ceeded with. a score of 471. Some time ago he broke the 100-shot American record, and he now claims to be the champion pistol shot at 100 and 50-shot contests In Amerka. OREGON'S SOLDIER DEAD. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. U Ar rangements are being made to send all the bodies of Oregon soldiers w hich are unclaimed In this city to Portland, Or egon, where thes will be burled in a plot purchased by the National Guard of Oregon. KILLING THE GOLDEN GOOSE. CHICAGO. Feb. 12. The building material trades council, with a mem bership of 20,000, has announced that It will support the building trades council. No material will be furnished the con tractors employing non-union labor. LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12. The an niversary of the birth of Abraham Lin coln was observed as a legal holiday for the first time in this city today. I ROOSEVELT NOT A CANDIDATE Does Not Want Office of Vice President at This Time. WILL BE NEEDED AT HOME His Work ii Xew York Is Just Bcgua and He Hopes for the Honor to Carry It to Completion. ALBANY, JT. Y., Feb. 12,-Governor Roosevelt today gav out a statement relative to the vice-presidency, in which he declare that he will not ac cept the hor.or under any t l cum stances. His statement follows: "In view of the continued statements In the press that I may be urged as a candidate for vice-president and In view of many letter that reach me advising for and against such a course, It Is proper for me to state definitely that under no circumstances could I or would I accept the nomination for vice-president It is needless to say how deeply I ap preciate the honor conferred upon me by the mere desire to place me In so hU'h and dignified a position. But it seems to me clear that at the present time my duty Is here In the state whoso people chose me for their governor. Great problem have been faced and are being partly solved In this state at this tim and, if the people so de sire, I hope that the work thus begun I may help carry to a successful con clusion." The governor, in giving out his state ment, said; "And I am happy to state that Sena tor riau cordially acquiesces In views in the matter." my ROOSEVELT TO RUN AGAIN. Governorship. Not Vice-Presidency Still His Ambition. NEW YORK, FebT 12.-A special to the Herald from Washington says: Governor Roosevelt will not accept the nomination for the vice-presidency on the republican ticket. He will be a car.dic.ate for a second term In the executive mansion at Albany. This, the substance of a communica tion received by Senator Lodge of Mas sachusetts from the governor, wa con veyed to tl.e president. Senator Lodge did not consider the message he re ceived trom Governor Roosevelt confi dential. He acordingly distributed the information freely among republican le.Kitrs nere. Governor Roosevelt's Dositlve .Wii atiop to accept second place on the pn-sid-ntial tickn is the leading topic of discussion tonight among republican leaders in Washington. Thus putting himself out of the race. Governor Rooseve't has reopened the field of speculations as to who will be President VcKlnleys running mate. Senator Scott, of Vest Virginia, a member of the nationat committee, said he re ceived Information which came direct from Governor Roosevelt announcing positively that he would not accept the nomination for the vice-presidency, even if it should be tendered to him by the unanimous vote of the national convention. "There are some of us," added Sena tor Scott, " who are Inclined to look to the Far West for a running mate for President McKinley In the next cam paign. I hear the names of Senator Spooner of Wisconsin: Senator Fair bonks of Indiana, and General Harri son Gray Otis of California, frequently mentioned In the- event of New York failing to present an aceptable candi date." Joseph H. Manley, the veteran na tional committeeman from Maine thinks Cornelius N. Bliss would make an admirable candidate. "He would be acceptable not onlv tn tne president," said Mr. Manlev "but to all factions in the republican party BLOCKADE ON FIREARMS. Mexicans Strip Americans of Guns and Ammunition at Sonora. CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-A special to the Chronicle from El Paso, Tex., says: The Mexican government now pro hibits the entrance of arms and am munition to the slate of Sonora, owing to the revolution now in progress there. American miners who have hereto fore been permitted to carry rifles and six-shooters and belts full of cartridges into Sonora are now prevented from carrying any arms whatever and are stripped of ammunition at Nogaies and Naro. This order was issued because it w:ts reported that Americans were pour'ng into Sonora In the guise of mluen, while their rtal object was to assist the rebellious Yaquls In gaining th-ir freedom. The new orders are en forced by Mexico only at Arizona port of entry and persons entering Sonora la E! Paso and Casa Grandes are per mitted to carry all the arms and am munition desired. Many person have taken advantage of this to convey these contraband good Into the hostile country. 1