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CHINESE ASSAULT
FOREIGN FORCES
(Continued from First FafO
neutral port during time of war by
special agreement between foreign con
nlla should reach Taku about Wednes
la probable that a similar arrange
ment will be made now. The only con
dition is that before the withdrawal
of their naval forces from the treaty
ports, the foreign consuls must feel as
sured that the Chinese officials are not
only willing, but perfectly able to In
sure the safety of the foreigners In
the towns.
The Ninth Infantry, which Is report
ed to have started yesterday from Ma
nila shouud reach Taku about Wednes
day next, the Fourth of July. The
war department already had anticipat
ed Admiral Kempffs suggestion rela
ative to landing of troops at Taku
instead of Chee Foo.
CHE FOO, June 2S, via Shanghai,
noon Admiral Seymour's expedition
has been relieved, having failed to con
nect with Fekin. There Is no news from
Pekin. Russian colonel Schtelle, com
manding the combined forces of 1000
men, is supposed to be proceeding to
Pekin. Admiral Seymaur's expedition
Is returning to Tien Tain. His force
has suffered greatly.
It Is estimated that from 40,00 to
60.000 Chinese troops are before Pekin.
Boxers from all sections are swarming
there.
NEW YORK, June 28. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
The situation In China ia clearing
Elowly but surely. The losses and dan
gers of the foreigners In Hen Tsin are
now known to have been grossly ex
aggerated, by -the rumor mongers.
There has been no massacre of foreign
ers. The casualties have been few and
damage to property has been slight.
Dispatches received from Shanghai and
Che Foo agree lr. minimizing the peril
to which the foreign quarter had been
exposed, and a European who has
reached the coast from Tien Tsin re
ports there had beea tragedy there but
no approach to massacre. The relief
column which entered Tien Tsin Satur
day met little resistance. The Russian
losses are reported four killed and 20
wounded, and casualties of other de
tachments were light.
Admiral Seymour's mixed force
which was retreating toward Tien Tsin
does not appear to have been In so des
parate a plight as the earliest and most
. Bensational dispatches made out, and
on Sunday It was only three hours
inarch from the city. . The details of the
rescue of this force by a relief column
2000 strong are still 'acking, but the
return of the entire body to Tien Tsin
is a foregone conclusion.
The safety of the foreign legations
Is assured. The foreigners with their
own guards were conducted out of the
capital and placed under the protection
of Seymour's force, which retired slow
ly toward Tien Tsin with Its sick and
wounded. The column was harassed
by Chinese mobs and compelled to
move slowly, but apart from the diffi
culty of securing supplies, it does not
appear to have been In serious danger,
much less in great extremity. It now
seems probable that with the 10,000
troops, including the Japanese, between
Taku and Tien Tsin, Pekin can be ap
proached with little difficulty within a
few day?, and members of the legations
reinstated in their quarters.
This may be an optimistic view,
but the situation has Improved so rap
idly during the last 48 hours that the
collapue of the entire Boxer movement
vUthln a week is now a forecast by
v-lllnformed men. The optimists are
probably oversangjine, Just as the
croakers have been unduly alarmed,
but the Improvement in the situation
is unmiBtakable.
Information was not definite at mid
night, but there was a general feeling
among thos watching events in the
Tar East that thre had been no ca
tastrophe and that the crisis had been
passed. When Seymour's force Is res
cued diplomacy will come in. Russia
and Japan will have troops on the
is- ound, and it vill not be easy to bring
about their exit; but there will be a
diplomatic situation in place of a cri
sis In Alan affairs, -with. China' htwar
vith Christendom. '.?'
ST. PETERSBURG June 28. The
minister of war has -ecMved the fol
lowing from, Adtftfral Alexleff, , dated
Port Arthur, June 2".:
During the nigiu uf June 2J a de
tachment of four jompanles of Rus
sians. Col. Schlvlnsky commanding, and
the same numb.T of foreigners, went
M. EXCEPT SATUKDAT.
VALUES
on the Lower Columbia.
to the relief of Admiral Seymour and
brought 2"W of his wounded to Tien
Tsin." .
, VANCOUVER. B. C, June 28. Gen
eral Stahl, of the Imperial German
army, who has been Investigating con
ditions In the Orient under a special
commission from the German govern
ment, has arrived here on his way
home. On being asked if he thought
the Boxers would be quickly sup
pressed, he said that In his opinion
the powers had start ?d In upon a long,
bloidy conflict In the end the Boxers
would be disbanded, but the sacrifice
of life would be appalling, for the
movement was spreading like wildfire
throughout China's vast territory. The
south was, also about to take up arms,
and his Information was that the up
rising In the south was very grave and
of great dimensions. The southern
Boxers would Join the north, and vast
mobs of fanatics would have to be con
tended with.
They would be Insufficiently armed
at first, but enormous auantltles of
arms were being constantly smuggled
to them, and, owing to the countless
hordes of fanatics and the vast terri
tory covered, they could for some time
defy the whole world.
General Stahl added hat the hostili
ty betwe?n Japan and Russia waa a
serious complication In rhe present
crMs. as It would interfere with the
unanimity of feeling between the pow
ers which was almost absolutely nec
essary at this time.
IRON BUSINESS SLACK.
Prices Low and Furnaces Shutting
Down.
NEW YORK. June 28. According to
the Iron Ag. in its weekly review of
the Iron and steel situation, it is idle to
attempt to disguise the fact that the
situation in the iron trade has been
growing worse Instead of better. That
paper, after thus declaring Its views,
says:
The reductions in prices which have
thus far been made have not served
their purpose In bringing the great
body of consumers into the market.
They continue to withhold their orders,
and It will probably take some definite
development of a favorable character
to Induce the placing of any consider
able business. Instead of favorable
developments, we have had for some
time a succession of unfavorable influ
ences. Among these the drought in the
Northwest is Just now exerting a par
ticularly depressing effect. If condi
tions In that section were as they
should be at this season, the great im
plement manufacturers would undoubt
edly have placed orders to cover the
material they need in making up im
plem?nts for next year, while other im
portant consumers having considerable
outlets In that direction would undoubt
edly huve been go'jd buyers of iron and
steel
A meeting of leading iron and steel
makers was heli In this city on Tues
day, and while the nominal Pittsburg
prices of 920 for Bessemer Iron and 128
for Bessemer billets were not changed,
it Is noted that the market is now
an open one and that pig Iron and steel
are both being offered at much lower
prices.
The plan of having a fixed price on
pig Iron and steel, and then selling at
lower prices, is not helping the mar
ket, but is hurting It. It is realized
that prices on pig Iron, steel and fin
ished products must get down to a solid
basis before business will start up.
The fact must not be overlooked that a
restriction of production Is taking
place with the possibility that in a
short time the supply of various kinds
will be found sharply reduced. It is
estimated that at least 30 blast fur
naces making foundry iron have Ix-.en
blown out in the past two mor.th.
Southern furnaces are being banked
because of labor troubles, and fear la
expressed that a satisfactory arrange
ment cannot be made, but that quite a
number of furnaces will be compelled
to shut down to await a settlement
Ohio and Western Pennsylvania fur
naces are also being blown out or
banked because of accumulations of
stocks which cannot be moved. The
failure to agree on the wage schedule
for the coming year in Western rolling
'mills will cause the closing of a consid
erable number of establishments of this
kind after July 1. The effect of low
prices in plate Is seen In the stoppage
of a large Western plate mill because
of Inability to meet present market
prices without loss.
' An Important . development in the
metal market has been the sharp ad
vance in the price of pig lead. Two
advances have been made during the
week, aggregating J10 per ton, presjnt-
; ing a markjd contrast to the recent
course in prices In this community.
Spelter alio manifests an upward tend
ency. JAPAN VERSUS COREA.
Interesting . Budget of Japanese
News.
VANCOUVER, a C, June 2$.-Ac-conling
to Oriental advices, the Jap
anese government very angry at the
secret execution of Generals An Kyeng
Su and Kwon Young Chin, former cab
inet ministers of the Coroan govern
ment, and loaders of the progressive
party, who were privately strangled
in the Seoul prison as traitors on the
nlsht of May 27. Both were concerned
In the plot which culminated In the as
sassination of QuvHm Mln at Seoul In
1SJ3.
For the past four years they had been
refuges in Japan and returned to Co
rea under the protection of the Japanese
minister. Despite ;hts chaperonage,
they wer tortured Into making a full
confession, vere then beaten and
strangled and their bodies exposed as
traitors at the big bell and afterward
drown and quartered. The Japanese
minister irtil to prevent the execution, J
bat W4s refused audience with the Co
rean king on account of the latter' al
leged Illness.
All of the Corean officers connected
with the death of Kwon and An have
been sent?nced to transportation and
have already been sent Into exile, the
latter proceeding being an attempt on
the part of the Corean king to appease
the Japanese government, which de
manded an explanation from Corea,
This explanation has been tendered by
the Corean minister of foreign affairs,
but Is not satisfactory to Japan.
The Japanese Journalists who pub
lished an objectionable article concern
ing the crown prince and his bride have
paid dearly for their folly. The Toklo
local court rejected the plea of Insan
ity set up on behalf of the editor, and
sentenced him to three and a half years
Imprisonment with hard labor and a
fli.e of 120 yen, as well as police sur
veillance for one year. Morlta, who
copied the article, received the same
punishment, and the man who set up
the type was condemned to eight
months' Imprisonment, a fine of SO
yen and six months' pollcj surveillance.
BISHOP CRANSTON EXPLAINS.
Modifies His Previous "Blood to the
Bridle" Utterance.
DENVER, June ' 2S.-Blshop Earl
Cranston, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, says that the disconnected
sentences from his recent sermon on
the situation in China which had been
published throughout the country had
caused widespread misapprehension of
his views. He added:
"When I said that the CbrlsUanlxIng
of China would be worth any cost in
money or life, I was speaking tpeclfic
ally Df voluntary missionary sacrifice
on the part of the church, and In an
swer to the query suggested by the
present perils of our missionaries in
that country whether the end sought
were worth the cost. I abhor the idea
of making Christians by force of arms,
even were it possible to do so.
"Continuing my remarks as to the
perils of our people shut up in Pekin
and Tien Tsin, the Insignificant Lum
ber of Americans" in the relief column
and the diplomatic hesitation at Wash
ington as to the use of troops instead
of marines, I said that In such an
emergency I would cut all the red tape
in the world and set aside any treaty,
meaning, of course, any treaty as inop
erative as that by which China guar
anteed protection to both missionaries
and native Christians, In order to place
America In the forefront with England.
That meant the rescue of Imperiled
life, not bloody propagandists
"As to the 'open door for Christian
ity as well as commerce,' I hold that
Russia Is the power that threatens
both great Interests, if In dar.ger at all.
I contend that, apart from crises like
the present, schools are better than
warships to overcome Chinese preju
dices against foreigners, and believing
that. und?r a Just and enlightened policy
on the part of the civilized i.ations, J
China will work out a high destiny
for herself, I oppose any division of
the empire."
SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Eritlsh Forces Have Not Yet Subdued
Boer Army.
(Correspondence of Associated Press.)
LONDON. June 28. Writing to the
Morning Post from Wlnburg, Prevost
Eattersby frankly declares that the
British soldier, though Just as ready
to "do or die," Is "sick of the whole
concern," that Is to say, of South
Afrira. "There are very few men out
here," writes the war correspondent.
"who have repented of their pluck and
few who would hear of turning back
until the 'show' Is finished; but there
are fewer still who are not heartily sick
of the whole concern, who do not reck
on dally with a sigh what they are
missing in England the racing and
the yachting and the cricket, the lit
tle meetings and the little matches and
the shooting, it may be, to follow. The
big thing they are In does not appeal to
them the taking of two countries, each
of which might make a kingdom; the
drawing of the scarlet line of empire
round this rich corner of the world.
. "Mind, thfy mean going through
with It; they would meet anything
short of unconditional surrender with
voluble disgust; they would stop not a
step this side of Pretoria. But they
haw it. Their heart Is not In the en
terprise, but . in. the Uttle ways and
plays of settled conditions. .
"They would, had it been in their
decision, have left the cursed place to
the Dutchmen. Since It was not, they
starve and fight and die with the best
grace and moat excellent courage pos
sible. Fut the change U there, from
the spirit of the men who won the In
dies and made America and net our
(lag on the ea."
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION.
Three Pays' Session to Be Held In
Saratoga Spi'itiu lit August.
PHILADELPHIA, June 28,-The rro
gram for the !Sd annual meeting of
the American Bar Association at Para
toga Springs, N. Y., has been made
public. The convention will continue
throughout three Jy beginning Au
gust 29. In addition to the meeting of
the main body ihi-re will be sessions of
sections of legal education, patent,
trademark and copyright law. A con
ference jf state boards of law examin
ers and a meeting of representative of
law schools will also luk place.
Th annual addrv, which is
feature of tb.e meeting, will be made
by George R. Peck, of Chicago, on
Thursday. August S After the routine
cf each day's session, papers of "nuch
Importance will be read and discussed.
Among these will be; "The Growth of
Law," by Richard M. Venable, of Ual
liiiu.iv: "Ultra Vires Corporatlms
Lesses," by Edward Avery Harrlgan,
ef Chicago; "A Hundred Years of
American Diplomacy." by John lUtssett
Moore, of New York.
The address of President Charles F.
Manderson, of Omaha, will deal with
the most noteworthy changes In stat
ute law on points of general Interest,
made In the Southern rtates and by
congress during the preceding year.
At the meeting of the section of legal
education, William Draper Loomls,
dean of the law school of the University
of Pennsylvania, will read a pap-r on
"The Proper Preparation for the Study
of Law," and David J. X I 111. assistant
secretary of state, will speak on "The
Study of International Law and Diplo
macy." 3
RISE IN PRICE OF TEA.
Japanese and Formiwan Teas as Well
as Chinese.
NEW YORK. June 2S.-Alde from
resales of cotton goods purchased for
expert to China, the only pronouncid
effect pf the troubles In China seems to
be an advance in ths price of teas,
ranging from He to lc per pound. Thus
far the situation In China has not
operated In the direction of any hin
drance of any re-.'?lpt. and the ad
vances are regard d as sentimental.
Japan teas. In fact, advanced before
the Chinese troubles assumed Import
ance, and teas of the Island of Formosa,
which Is owned by Japan and Is a good
day's sail from China, have advanced
more than the gre?n teas of China.
NAVY REDUCES WAGES.
Proposed Cut In Wages of Mechanics
and Machinists.
NEW YORK. June 28. It Is reported
that the board of wares at the Brook
lyn navy yard has recomm-nded a cut
of wagm for several of the grades of
mechanics and machinist. The report
has been approved. It Is said, by Sec
retary Long, and will go Into effect In
July. The present ooard which meets
annually for the adjustment of wages
Is compos.-d of Naval Constructor
Watt, Lieutenant-Commander Murrell,
Lieutenant Gibson and Paymaster
J-.tckson. It Is said '.he men Intend to
appeal to the secretary of the navy
through'the commandunt of the navy
yard against the reduction.
MAYAS STILL FIGHTING.
Five Thousand Mexican Troops In
Pursuit.
CHICAGO, June 13. A special to the
Record from Oaxaca, Mex., says:
The force of government troops on
Chan Santa Cruz, the stronghold of the
Maya Indians, Is still delayed owing to
the vigorous opposition offered by the
rebels against the advance of the
troops. General Bravo's force of over
3fXI men have been Joined about 10
miles from the town by a force of over
2000 troops commanded by General
Martinez. Small Jetachmc-nts of troops
have been led into ambu'tcadeg on a
number of occasions by the Indians,
and uustained losses.
CHANGES IN O. R. & N.
Train Dispatcher Campbell of Portland
Promoted.
PORTLAND, June 28.-The O. R. &
N. Company today announced the fol
lowing appointments:
M. J. Buckley to be assistant su
perintendent of the Oregon division be
tween Portland and Huntington, with
headquarters at La Grande, and D, W.
Campbell to be assistant superintendent
of the Washington division, with head
quarters at Ttkoa.
Campbell has been chief train dis
patcher at Portland for several years,
and Buckley has been assistant su
perintendent of the Washington lines.
WANTS MONEY FOR INDIA.
Governor of Colorado Urges the Peo
. pie to Help.
DENVER, June 28. Governor Thom
as has Issued a proclamation urging the
people of this state to give aid to the
famine sufferers of India. A. D. Weir,
of Omaha, 's here as the representa
tive of the IndFa relief commission, and
will make a canvass of the state.
EIGHT HOURS ENOUGH.
President of Columbia University the
Worklngman's Friend.
NEW YORK, June 28. In looking
over the accounts of Columbia Univer
sity a few days ago. President Lowe
discovered that the 24 men employed
In the boiler room and electrical pow
er departments were working IJ-hour
shifts. H gave order at once to put
the men on an eight-hour shift with
out reducing their pay, and to employ
one-third more men Ht once. Mr. Lowe
I a firm believer In the Justice and wis
dom of the eight-hour day.
NEW ROUTE OPENED.
First ThrouRh Train In the New Trans
continental Line.
CHICAGO, June IS.-lleglnnliif next
Saturday the Paula Fe Railroad will
have a passenger route of Its own be
tween Chicago and San Francisco. At
10 o'clock tonlKht the road will start out
of this city (lie first passouiter train
scheduled to be operated, over the now
H'W-thlle extension fivm Uarstow to
San Ftaiu'ls'o. The extension will be
the Inst link of another transcontinent
al route, and It will give to the Santa
Fe the only Chicago-Frisco route owned
by one company.
FINK COLLECTION OF CURIOS.
Administration of Sprngun's Estate
Will Not Be Completed For
Fifty Yrr.
NEW YORK. June n.-S. 8. Terry,
who Is one of the bencnVlarlt-s of the
will of J. W. Sprag.ie, of Louisville,
say that It will be about (0 year be
fore the estate, valued at 1250.000, will
come Into the possession of the Smith
sonian Institute, and the collodion of
Japanese curios, one of the most val
uable In this country, will be sold In
this city next wlntr for the benefit of
the estate. The collection Is now In
Louisville.
GOLF CHAMPION3IUP.
One Hundred and Twenty-one Ama
teur Enter.
NEW YORK. June 2S.-The execu
tive committee of the United State
Golf AssiH-latlon hn made the pacing of
tie qualifying round of the amateur
championship, which begins next Mon
day on the link of the Onrdm City
Golf Club, Gunlen City. L. I. The en
tries nuinbr 121. The player) will be
sent away at Intervals of four minute,
and a the entries are numerous, play
will begin at 7 o'clo.k on Monlay
morning.
PROUOHT IN ARIZONA.
Great Damage to Crop
Stock.
and
PHOENIX. Arts.. June 2S.-The pro
longed drought In Salt River Valley ha
done many thousand dollar worth of
damage, and threaten the grain and
fruit crop not now harvested. Cattle
are In bad condition and many rancher
are disposing of their stock a quickly
a possible.
AMERICAN ENTRIES AT PARIS.
Athletic Programme Published By Di
rector Spauldlng.
NEW YORK. June 28.-A. O. Spauld
lng, director of sports at the Pari
exposition, announced the list of Amer
can entrlf and the event In which
they will romp -te In the athletic game
at Paris. Nearly alt the rcord holder
of the pn-stnt duy are Included.
INSURANCE MAN DEAD.
Curtain Arhur Maglll, of San Fran
cisco. RAN FRANCISCO, June 2. Captain
Arthur Maglll, for 20 years general
immune:- of the rhoenlx and Home In
surance Companies, Is dead, having
succumbed to un attack of dropsy.
VAN SHAN'T NOMINATED,
Minnesota Republicans Name Their
Standard Bearer.
ST. PAUL, June 28.-The Republican
state convention today nominated Sam
uei R. Van Shunt, of Winona, for gov
ernor. HENDERSON RENOMINATED.
WATERLOO. Ia., June 28. Speaker
H'.nd-'rson was renominated by ae
clumutlon today by the Ttlrd district
republican convention for his Tenth
term as repnsenlative in congress.
THE REPUBLICAN
ABROAD.
RECORD
New York Tribune.
The rcpulillcun party make a confi
dent uppcal tu the electors of tt.e
United Hta'." for a renewal of it lease
of power in national affulr on the
ground among others of the success
ful foreign policy of the present ad
ministration. 'J'hut ground Is. If rhown
to b-! subHtuntlul, a legitimate one.
and In nowise open to the reproach of
Injecting foreign uffulrs Into domestic
pilules or of making the foreign rela
tions of the country on Issue In a do
mestic campaign. We have consist
ently contended that a broad distinc
tion Hhould always be observed be
tW'.cn domestic and foreign a.Talrs, and
that In the conduct of the latter
th'.-re Hhould be a continuity of policy
practically undirected by the chang.-s
and vltlHHituili-s of the former. In no
other way eun a nation win success In
ItH diplomacy und command th confi
dence und respect of other state
The danger to which thut principle i
S'lbjected In u republic Is obvious.
'IViat It Is vhlth first caused monarch
ical powers to view the United Htates
with distrust, as likely to be tickle in
foreign policy, and which caused the
present French republic to be similar
ly n-girdecl for year by It neighbors.
The name consideration still lead the
more autocratic monarchies to look
with suHplcion upon their more con
stitutional and therefore more popular
and consequently more variable neigh
bors. And It must be generally ad
mitted that a striking object lesson
to this end Is presented by Russia, a
nation which, while It ha never on Its
merit been successful In a single Im
portitnt war, haa for the lat century
been the most successful of all na
tions In diplomacy, through the un
yielding autocracy, conservatism and
seemingly Immutable continuity of It
policy In foreign affairs. It would be a
fine tribute to any popular government
that, amid all It domestlo wrangle
and revolution, It maintained so
rviiti a consistency In the fac of th
outer world. It Is high praise of a
Republican or IVmocratlo administra
tion that It hn won for Itself In In
ternational affulr a place of dignity,
confidence and Inlluence comparable
with that of any autxraoy of them
all.
That, we may 'veil believe, I the
praise Justly due tu the present Repub
lican administration of the United
States. In token of this It would be
easy to cite a long catalogue of spe
cific details. These last three year
have been uncommonly busy yeur lit
the forelKii translations of this coun
try. They have Involved operation In
peace and In war. In nearly all part
of the world, i it noms matter this
Nation ha been ooiupelled to stand
alone, or all hut alone, uttnlnst the
world; In sottw It him acted in harmo
nious co-operation w ith the oilier pow
ers, iiiul lit som and theso by no
means th least Important II ha t x
erelseil a puissant leadership, which
Its fellow sovereign have been glad
to follow. Th 're Is, however, no oc
casion here to enumerate details. The
truest criterion of udgment I the
general standing of the Nit Hon and the
rcvoiinliloii itlvvii to It by foreign pow
er. At no time since It earliest year
has the I'nlttnl State fulled to com
mand a certain degree of respect
abroad. That I liillo true. Equally
true I It that never ha that degree
I'een grratrr and higher than at the
present lime. Indeed, we may say It
was never before quite so great and
o high a It I now. Never before wa
the country' friendship o eagerly de
sired and It displeasure so verupulous
ly avoided. Never before wa It title
to a full vote In Int-'matlonal council
o unhesitatingly rfcognUed, Notr the
dominant part It played In the Trace
Congress t The Hague, the n-ady
t'oncisslon of the power to It propos
al for maintenance of tlw "open door"
In China, and the reference paid to It
attitude In the present crisis In the
Kur East, Ther ha Iwrn, no doubt,
a lot of Inju 1 Ions talk aUmt our
havlrg suddenly become a "world
power" whatever that phrase may
mean beyond' what we rave Ihhii for
a centuiy and more. Hut the plain
fact Is that In these last three year
the United State ha vaatly extended
It International relation and Influ
ence, und ha won a far wider appre
ciation of It physical power both In
war and In the Industrial and com
mercial pursuits of peace. The old
sneer. "Who rvads an American book?"
long since pnssed away In shame and
confusion. The question "Who cares
what America will think or do?" would
now seem every whit a foolish. In
Europe, In Aia, In Africa and In the
Islunda of the sea all nation do care,
and grently care, what America think
and does. Just a we care what they
think and d.
Now, in thl there I no vaunting or
brugKudiH'lo, because It I a Just and
simple statement of the truth. The
United State ha reached the standard
which every nation should n-scl.. And
this ha been dune in a dignified and
straightforward manner, and without
any material sacrifice. Thl Nation ha
not gone about bullying and blustering,
nor meddling and Intriguing. Ii ha
gained its own end without Incurring
the 111 will of other, it ha not sac
rificed nor cancelled one essential lota
of It Monroe doctrine and of all that
doctrine mean. It ha not Involved It
self In the toll of any "concert of
power" nor eomprmiled It traditional
freedom of Independent action by any
rniburrasslng compact or Intrigue. In
brief. It ha with signal fidelity and
success mnlntulned the often misquot
ed and often misinterpreted principle
of ' prace, commerce and honl friend
ship with all nations entangling al
liance with none." That I a goodly
record. It Is nn achievement that
should be established a a precedent,
ami should be maintained as a fixed
and perpetual rule of national action.
We have said that fun lKii policy should
be continuous, even despite change of
administration. It I to be hoped It
would lie thus maintained, nn mutter
w hat change might occur. Hut those
who wish It urest maintenance will
the greater certainty of It In the
avolilnnce of any rhangi', and espec
ially In avohlnnce of a change to such
political control a threaten In ad
vance to dishonor the Nutlou In the
lght of the world and to plunge It
Incontinently Into all manner of qulxot
lc venture and needles animosities.
Candor I a noun of two meanings;
for ourselves frankness, for our neigh
bor Impudence.
Of New
W. P. THOMAS,
UNLIMITED LIABILITY
Subscribed Capital, .... $5,000,000
Paid-up Capital, .... 1,000,000
Assets, ' 2,515,114
Assets in United States, .... 300,000
Surplus to Policy Holders, - 1,718,702
Has ,beenUnderwriting on the Pacific Coast over twdity-two years.
SAMUEL ELMORE & CO.
Resident Agentp, Astoria, Or.
...The Esmond Hotel...
? PORTLAND, ORE., FRONT AND MORRISON STS.
' KuroiM-su plan. Son to f I.M ncr day.
J American plan, 11.00 to 12.00 pur dtf.
THE ASTORIAN....
Delivered at your office, store?
or residence. 60c per month
A NEW TIUIN.
The Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Taut
Railway Co. will placa In lorvlca April
IVth a New Train between flt. Paul and
St Loul. callsd thn "Flying Dutch
man." The train will hav through '
sleeping cam and b flrst-olao
throughout. Ask any ticket gnt (or
particular or add res
C. J. EDDY, Gsnsral Agsnt,
Portland, Oregon.
The sins of omission are probably
those we would have committed Iia1
we thought of them.
GO EAST
VIA
SHORTEST AND QUICKEST LINE
TO
St. Paul, Daluib. Minneapolis, Cblcap
and All Poln East
DAILY TRAINS; FAST TIME; SER.
VICE AND SCENERY. UN
EQUALED. Through l'lse anil TuurUt HImmii
Willing suit Hnffst Smoking Library (r
Ticket to point East via Portland
and the Great Northern Ry., on al
at O. It. A N. Tlclml Office, Aatorla,
or Great Northern Ticket Office
26.H M0KKIS0X STKCBT,
PORTLAND.
For rat, folder and full Informa
tion regarding Eastern trip, call on or
addrrsa,
A. II. C. DENNISTON.
City Pa, and Tl.krrt Agent, Portland.
WHITE COLLAR LINL
Columbia Rlvtr and Puget Sound Nar.
Igatton Company.
Hatly Oatwt leaves Astoria dally
xcpt Sunday at t p. m,
Letve Por"and dally except Baa
da y at T a. m
Whit Collar Lin tlektU and O. R.
A N. ticket lntrchangabla on DalUy
Qaturt and lUssslo.
A. J. TAYLOR, Astoria. Aft
U. a BCOTT, Tlphon IU.
President
THE IMYKE.
Stranger visiting In tne city vill fltul
the Lonvra au attraotiv resort wherein
to Mni! tha evening. The Amine Misters
tallies' Orchestra is still on the bill anJ
presents nlnbllr a musical protirnni of
exceptional merit, Handsome pool and
billiard room are a feature In connection
with the bonne. Palatable litnclie will
be served at sll Hour
J. A. Fastabend,
General
Contractor
and Builder
INSURANCE COMPANY
Zealand
Mgr., San Francisco.
OF SHAREHOLDERS
OSCAR ANDERSON; Manmnr.
J. 0. 1'ENDEO AST, ClTlof piof lt.
Km