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Wo will fix everything right for you, at a reasotmblo coct. 8 CO- GOODS. 0 REED CHINA...! Wo Itiiil in ft large stock our customers the benefit tctnr.p of way Nellablt "La Belle Astoria" Clear Scheme's Opera Star Scbelte's Special And Othar Brand. Custom House Broker. ; ASTORIA,, ORE Aisnt W. F. A COh and. PaelBo Express Co t. BOXERS BREAK CANAL BANKS Country Between Tien Tsin and Pckin Is Hooded. AMERICAN TROOPS ADVANCE Thirty Thousand Boitri Await Advssclsj Attics - Ooly Drills!) sid Jspsncsc Troops Accompssy Amcrl cans Is Pckls. LONDON. Aim. 5,-Laat nluht'a dla patches add nothing- to the general In formation concerning ths progress of events In Chins. Although the ononis of tho cable company at Tien Tain on July 30 Bnnnjnn-1 that censorship on pre dispatches had u"-n abolished, It evident thai correspondents are nut allowed to cable any account of the advance In the dlr:tln of Pekln. Ac cording to dispatch from (Shanghai, dated August 3, the principal opposi tion will b met twenty mile west of Tl. n Txln, where It ! :atM the Chi ne? have erected extensive barriers, and obstructions have b"n placed In the river. Mlif lire said to hav been Irastcd undT the railway and th line la ap piiii'iiily h-ft lnta-t. flu-nit, admlnlHtr.itor of tcicRrapha nnd ral'wsys. otJ-cted to the mcanurca trtld'ii for the di'f.-nne of the fonlRn "n'tilrmcni.. rnnillnont of volunteers and prem-nc of the nunvroua wanthlps, nnd linked the frclitn cronnula to aua-jH-nd these menur". The Brltlfh con sul replied by pointing out that these miiMUrcs were only Intended to strengthen the handa of th lawful (.'hlnesc authorities. A dispatch from Ht. peirsburir. dated AukudI aya OeneraJ Moacvsky re port. frm t'hlla that a pan of General Orl'iff'a force, attacked and drove back some Chines reirlmcnts on July SO. capturing one gun and & number of flair and killing the Chinese comman dr and Z0 men. The Itusslan loss was seven killed and twenty wounded. The viceroy of Nankin has agreed to tb landing of 3,000 Hrltieh troops for the defense of KhiuiBhal. WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.-Som fea-tf.r-a of tho dlsimtch rvcelved from General Ohnfie yesterday and which the wir depurtment refuseil to miik puhlk became known today. The first dispatch received by thei war Ieprt- nient from General I tin nee cloned wlln tl e statement that he wna going fr wtrd to Tien Tsin and would give hla views. That Is whut he has done. Hla vlws. us oall"d In the dlHiintch of yesterdny, would be far from palat Hble to severrxl fonlgn governments, and that Is one reason why the dla- putch was not :nade public. This much is aiwert-'d: General Chaff ?e and th United States forces avuilable under hla command have gone forward tow.ird Tekln with the Hrltieh and Japanese forces. The troops (f other nations assembled at Tien Tsin did not Join In this move ment, but the reason given by Gen eral Chaffee could not t learned. It la understood that he criticism of th sanitary condition existing at Tien Tsin Is borne out In General Chaffee's dispatch, but In discussing the matter with th war department he has been more nwlflo. and the namea of the commanders are glvjn which failed to tnlte proper precautions for the health of the intern ttlonaJ force. Internutlnti.il question involved make !t Impossible to give the dispatch to the public, and It Is further dlslred Hint the proposed movement of troops should not be heraldl to the world for the nilvnntage of the Chinese troops. TIPN TSIN Auir. l.-It la renorted that the Chinese ha-e broken the canal bank, Hooding the oountry bttwecn Tien Tsin and Pekln. Thirty thousand llnYum am tfktirhf mlla north of Tim Tsin and a battle is Imminent. BFRLIN, Aug. 4. Indications are that Germany Is preparing another army corps of 19,000 men for China. NEW YORK. Aug. i.K persistent hunt after facts concerning Emrlco Malatesta, the avowed anarchist whose name has been mentioned In connection with the killing of King Humbert, has broueht out the story of how he came to locate In Pateraon, N. J., and how he nearly lost his life there. The anar chist? of Paterson, having started a paper, looked about for on editor of International fame, and the choice fell on Malntesta. At that time he waa liv ing In exile on a little Island near Si cily. The Pateraon society determined to liberate him. They raised money nnd sent It to their compatriots In Lon don with Instructions as to how It n Side VERANDA FURNITURE CHAIRS AND SETTEES A new line of theso just received. Steamer Chairs, Folding Camp Chairs, Canvas and Hire Cots always cn Hand. CHARLES IIEILBORN & SON should be used, The London anarchists communicated with a friend of Main tenia's living In Tunis. That friend chartered a small rail boat and succeed oil In freeing the arch-anarchist from tils lelnnd prlwn. M.tlntesta first sailed to' Tunlif. thun hn went to Ismdon. where he win rapturously welcomed by his old-tlniA acquaintances'. He wii supplied wlih funds for a tour In th I'nltwl Htates, nod nirlvd In New York In J -ptemlx-r, 1SW. H re paired at once to Paterwn, where an even more, cordial welcome was extend ed to him. Shortly sfiei wards Miilat s ta started on a lecturing tour o the cent'-rs of anarchism. The. fourth leHure of the sorb's was glvn tn Hoboken. Th hai was crowded with anarchists nnd socialists, among them Estcve. Guabcllo. Cravello nnd Iirsssl: At a certain point tn the oration one Pair.aglla lost hla temper. Insulted Malntesta snd Invited him to leave the hall and settle the matter outside. Malatesta In a passion was on the point of des" 'ndlng from the p'st form, when I'azxaglla drew a revolver and shot him In the thigh. Kress! threw himself irpon the would-be as sassin and disarmed him. It was this act which won for Ttressl the friendship of hla trader, who looked uxm him as the savior of his life, Mal ntiata himself being dlxabli-d at the time. As soon as Malatesta recovered from his wound he continued his lec ture tour, and he waa always accom panist by llicssl to guard him from further violence. It was well known, however, that Pnrwiglla had repented of his attack and promised not to re peat It. Hefore Malatesia's departure for Lon don iHst April It had been determined that the society should strike a telling blow, but the opportune moment had not yet arrived. Malatesta consulted w ith his fellow conspirators abroad, and It was evidently aer, ed that the Ital ian monarch should he the victim. A r-nhte was sent over from T.ondon. "The opportune moment has arrived." Funds were raltied at once, and Hressl, Qulntavnll and P.ifsl were dlsr.atch'-d or their murderous errands. NEW YORK. Aug. 4 -Word was re celvid from Paterson Inst night that Mls Ernestlna Crav-IK !he girl an archist, had Iom her place n the Para gon mil's. When sho foiled to appear for work Thursday. It was seen that she had left a piece of silk on the loom unfinished. To do this Is a violation of a ruli which Is followed by dbtnlssal. MIsji Crav-dlo called at the mills Friday to go back to her loom, but she was told she had lost her p:a-e. She said that she had ben k'-pt busy for two clays with her mall. Letters came from all parts of the country. Some praise her. but more denounce her In strong terms. NEW YORK. Aug. 4.-The National Societies of Hnxiklyn. composed of rep resentatives of tw-enty-three branch t'o cletles. held a mass meeting last night and passed resolutions asking the gov ernment officials to unite In some plan for suppressing anarchy, and pledging themselves to co-operate In this coun try In ferreting out and restraining anarchists. A dispatch was sent to Prince Colcna. the mayor of Rome, ask ing him to represent the Italian soci eties of Brooklyn at King Humbert's funeral. While there Is sciuit gleaning from tho sheaf of rumors respecting the Rus sian and Japanese military movements In China there are two or three facts which can be stated with precision. One is the Improved tone of the stock market yesterday. It was an Import ant day In th? money market. Consols advanced and there waa Increased firmness In all the hlgh-clas securities. This was a sure indication of better feeling In the street respecting foreign complications. The same Improvement was shown In tha talk of members of parliament. Mr. Frederick's partial explanation of British policy bad pro duced a salutary effect. The ulterior consequences of the occupation of Pekln were not disclosed, but the official dec laration that the British government Is apposed to the partition of the empire and strongly favors Chinese rule in China, has imparted steadiness to pub lic Judgment. The immediate duty of rescuing the legations becones clear and well defined when separated from the background of the ulterior effects of an Invasion of China. NEW YORK. Aug. 4. Preparations being made by the war and navy de partments to facilitate the operations of the American forces In China not on ly In the advance against Pekln, but also for a winter campaign. Indicate that th administration, while hoping thut a condition of avowed war may be avoided. Intends to be prepartd for It, says a Washington special to the Herald. In anticipation of the northern part of the Gulf of Chi LI freezing In Nov ember. Qunrtermastjr-General Luding ton ts making a strenuous effort to land at least six months' supplies at Taku. At this moment. Nagasaki- la the base of operations, but this base must b transferred to Taku, which can be reached by land. General Ludlngton Is arranging for the transportation of 27, 000 tons of fuel to Taku. Thousands of small campaign stoves have been sent to that point. Heavy, winter clothing has also gone. The transports will be withdrawn before the gulf freezes and additional supplies sent to the troops must go via Che Foo. Brigndlor-General Weston, commissary-General of subsistence. Is also pre paring to despatch six months' Rupplles to Taku. The Hancock, which recently (Continued on fourth page.) rallies QUEEN'S DAUGHTER IS ALSO DOOMED England's Royal Blood Tainted With Cancer. THE FATE OF TWO IS SEALED Londoa Waking Lp is the Advantage si Rapid Transit King Humbert's Visit Is Lendos's Slums Recalled Americans Robbed. (Copyrighted WQ by Associated Press ) LONDON, Aug. 4.-The "King's Evil" of Oeorye II seemingly taints all the Hanover blood. The death of the queen's most accomplished son, the Duke of liaxe-Coburg and Colha for he could lead an orchestra, play the violin, catch salmon with a Scotch ex pert, or sail a ship -ha. caused much solemn talk at court about the maladies of other members of the royal house. Notwithstanding the denial Issuing from Berlin, it la quite certain that Em prcrs Frederl-jk. the meen'a eldest and most beloved daughter, Is afflicted with cur.cer, and that great specialists consid er her life a matter of months. She la too ill to leave the castle at Frled- rlschshof near Hamburg for her custom ary summer visit to England. Que-n Victoria, knowing hr desire to possess an English home, gave her the White Lodge at Richmond last year, but she will probably never be able to occupy It. Scotland Yard, in averring that Brea st, the assassin of King Humbert, was in England, la understood to allege that tho Instigator of the crime Is prob ably a man who made no secret of his Intentions concerning "high Italian per sonages." while in London several months ago. He was so closely watch ed while here that he departed for the I'nlted States and was last heard of In Paterson. N. J. King Humbert, during a private visit here In lSfi, took extraordinary Interest In the slums and in the anarchist haunts where had been planned Orslnl's plot to kill Emperor Napoleon III with a bomb, and the czar's assassination. While visiting one anarchist resort, hla majesty noticed a flaming picture de signed by the proprietor of the place, representing an anarchist hurling law yers, churchmen, statesmen and cap italists Into hades. The proprietor gave the king a copy pf this picture, not knowing who his visitor was. The Lon don editor of an Italian republican Journal, who waa standing by. suggest ed tn the king's guide what a strong re semblance his friend bore to the king of Italy. Hla majesty also visited at night several of the most wicked resorts in London, Incognito and accompanied by one companion. ' Londoners have been reveling this we;-k In their, first experience with modern rapid transit as furnished by i the new Central London electric undLr- j ground system "the two penny tube, I as some of them call 1L Eighty tnuusana persons nave aauy learnea for the first time that It Is no longer necessary to waste two hours on an omnibus In order to reside live or Blx milea frtmi their place of business. "England never seems to have re covered from the primitive Idea," says an Amerhan electrical engineer, "that a railroad train Is not a stage coach. Their method8 In regard to rolling-stock construction have never until within the past few months . departed one iota from those in vogue when stages were I the only nieana of transportation. Pull man cars are in use, or at least an English edition of the Pullman, on many roads, but until last Monday an electric lighted and electric propelled corridor train running through porcelain-lined stations, was as great an Innovation to the London public as Aladdin's lump waa to the Arabians." Mr. Albert L. Johnson, of New York, who has built electric railroads. all over the United States, said to a representa tive of the Associated Press a few days ago: . , - "I see no reason why electric- rail ways should not be as popular In Lon don aa in New York and Chicago. It is evident that many f them must i be underground, but when I see block aoes In the streets an hour after the ' theaters have closed, it seems a shame that these crowds should not be relieved. The modern electrlo car can go any where in London that a 'bus can. I will guarantee that American construc tors could deliver these great crowds to their distant homes, by electric rail way, hours before they are able to reach them now. Patrons of the London Central discovered this week that omni buses, which a week ago were packed to their capacity, are running now empty. Moreover, house rents at the termini of the lines are increasing, and the public are riding in cars well lighted and well ventilated for the first time In history." Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt Is understood bo be in Europe for the purpose of establishing an extensive racing stable. He la going to Alx next week. A number of prominent Americans are still In London. American yachts which have been cruising in Norway waters are arriving at Cowes, among them being the Norma, with Mrs. Goe let aboard. Eugene Hlgglns" Varkna and the Alfredo, owned by Joseph E. Widener, will ba at Cowes next week. Sir Thomas Llpton is cruising on board the Erin thereabouts. Thieving American guests of London hotels are causing many petty annoy ances and financial losses. For In stance. Mrs. W. W. Farr and Miss Coleman, of Philadelphia, occupying ad joining apartments at the Walslngham, were recently robbed of several hun dred pounds worth of Jewelry, and now find themselves under 60 bonds to remain to prosecute the thieves. The United States embassy la doing all possible to expedite the case, and has succeeded In having It made first on thu Middlesex general sessions calen dar, AiJKUa; . The ladles will be com pelled to ninain In England untli the cae U ca!!ed. While the curtain has fallen for the season In the majority of London thea ter, a number of American theatrical people aie still In England, The Good wins occupy a pleasant country home; Ada R'-han Is rusticating at the sea shore; Edna May, who has not appear ed in London since the clow of "The American Beauty," closed a contract yesterday to appear at the Winter Gar den, Berlin, during the autumn aea aon at Z1W per week. Messrs. Ernest and Hendric, Joint authors of "The Elder Miss Blossom," and Mr. George C. Mlln have written a comedy of modern life which will be brought out In London In the autumn. FACTS ABOUT ANARCHISTS. p aaawaa Anarchist Editor of Paterson Was a Warm Friend of King Hum bert's Asuassin. HOXO KONO, Aug. 4.-AI1 la quiet at Canton, but there Is great activity at the Bogue forts, which are fully manned, and on the walls of which flags are hoisted. Constant practice ts had with th big guns at channel tar gets. The Chinese state that the Can tonese are in fear of an attack by th French. i NEW YORK. Aug. 4.-Before the bon.bardment of Tien Tsin, prominent natives urgd the viceroy to put down the Boxers, but the viceroy was In their pow-r and wired to Li Hung Chang for advice, says a Che Foo special to the Herald. The 'alter advised crush ing th.-m at once, raying that the Box ers had gained too much headway. The viceroy also had Instructions from the en press to encourage the Boxers' attacks on for?igners. The Boxers have released ail the criminals who have Join-J them. Proof have been discovered that the viceroy offered and paid a reward for heads of foreigners. A cage was found in his establishment especially made for foreigner prisoners. Documents found fn the viceroy's office at Tien Tain gave the namea of the head Box ers. Their numbers were tald to be 20.000. The viceroy had recoumended some for official appointment. There are copies of his reports to the throne on the Tien Tsin fighting. He asked for reinforcements and more guns. He recommended the ret iking of the Taku forts, and on this appeared the em press dowager's Indorsement. "Let the Taku forts be retaken." A private letter to the viceroy's sc retaiy indicates that the Pao Ting Fu missionaries have been killed. The viceroy is at present in camp with General Ma. six milea away. General Sung is at Yang Tsun, i0 miles to the nr rth. He has obstru.'ted the river by sinking stor.e-laden Junks. The forces of General Ma and General Sung num ber about 15.000. They are short of food and ammunition. CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-Bishop David H. Moore, of the Methodist Episcopal Chur?h, who Is on his way to Shanghai to take charge of the missionary inter ests in China, Cora and Japan, is mak ing a short visit in this city with his son, Prof. E. H. Moore, head of the de partment of mathematics in the Uni versity of Chicago. . The bishop will leave Chicago Monday or Tuesday and sail from San Francisco on the steam er Hong Kong Maru August 25. "This Chinese war." Bishop Moore said, "Is simply a plowing of the Be:d for the gospel. The conservatism of China must give way to the expan sive force of modern ideas. My first and most urgent work In China will be to reorganize the work of the mission aries. At present the 156 missionaries of the church are so scattered that thty themselves do not exactly know what la going on." The bihop further explained the sit uation -5f the missionaries in China as follows: "The annual missionary conference was idJoum?d at Pekln the very day the disturbance broke out. Some of the missionaries !n attendance got away on the last train. Others. I think, sev?n in all, are In the imperial city. Th last I heard they had gone into the Asbury Church, a strong brick but tressed structure in the missionary compound. Dr. George E. Lowrey, a meaical missionary, was in charge. They had the windows barred except for loopho'es, had big Jars of rice and water and were ready for a siege. About 200 altogether were In the church, counting the women and child ren, and they had a guard of ten American marines, ten English mar ines and twenty men missionaries. They could withstand In that church fortress anything except well directed artillery fire. Whether they have since cone to the English legations we do not know. The West China mission, the center of a so-called missionary conference, 1400 miles up the Yang T., Is complete ly cnt off. We have not heard from STencer Lewis, of this mission, or any one there for some time. He Is one of tre most 'Miurageous missionaries lit China. With him are men who have been often hunted by mobs seeking 'foreign devil?.' Th?y have been con cealed by the native converts. The fi delity of those native converts ts re merkab'e. Hnlngua. another mission. Is also cut off." NEW YORK. Aug. 4 A dispatch to tho Tribune from London says: Chines mendacity has been colored with duplicity, but It has not been with out artistic qualities. Half penny Jour nalism ts deeply tinged with Chinese tones, but it is so inartistic Inventing of renlls'ie fiction respecting barbarous massacres and military movements that It now fails to produce any impression. The public receives without emotion the intelligence that 10,000 Christians have been massacred at one fell swoop, and that many English women have been beheaded, and it Is not deceived by premature reports of the advance of the allied armies upon Pekln. Alarm ing accounts of the slaughter of large bodies of native Christians are not confirmed from any trustworthy source and ure probably exaggerated. MURDER BY INSANE BARON, r, BERLIN, Aug. 4. Baron Muench! formerly a member of the Relchstagi has been arrested, charged with having murdered an employe on his etrtate at Muegringen. The prisoner Is Insane. ANOTHER TRAGEDY AT WALLA WALLA Brutal Assault Upon a Younjj Girl and a Married Woman. FIEND THREATENED BY A MOB Girl la Critical Condition-The Brnte Was Takes to the Penitentiary (or Safety From Mob Violtact-latest Feeling Aroused. WALLA WALLA. Aug. 4.-Emma Kldwell, a l"-yejr-old girl, was brut ally assaulted by an unknown man at 2 o'clock this afternoon In the suburbs of Walla Walla. The man threw her upon the ground and when she scream ed he pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed her several times in the re gion of the heart, and ran away. The girl Is In a critical condition, Lat tonight a man answering the description given was arrested by the police. He waa taken to the county Jail, and soon the news spread that the brute had b;en captured. A crowd gathered and angry murmurlngs were heard. The authorities took the prison er tc the penitentiary where he can be guarded safely. The feeling Is inf nse and it la feared If the right man Is caught he will have trouble in escap ing the vengeance of the people. The police ar? now confident that the man arrested Is the right man. He gives the name of Ed. Sutherland. Blood was found upon his clothes and he was Identified by both the girl and Thomas Copeland, who saw the man following the girl. ' Sutherland was arrested while at tempting to commit an assault on Mrs. Dnrkee In the brush. The woman says Sutherland grabbed her as she was passing along the street and spirited her away In a se cluded place where he threatened to kill her. If she made a noise. FIFTEEN HUNDRED ESCAPED. Commandant Olivier Has Eluded the British Forces. LONDON. Aug. 4. The war office re ceived the following dispatch from Lord Roberts dated Pretoria, Aug. 4: "Lord Algernon Lennox has been re leased by the Bo-rs. Only two officers are now prisoners. "Commandant Olivier' has managed to escape to the hit's In the vicinity of Bethlehem with 1-iM men. He has Informed General Bruce Hamilton that he does not consider himself bound by General Prinsloo's offer tn surren der, and that his force Intends to con tinue the war. "He has taken a position between Hirrismlth and the Newmarket road. Lieutenant -General Bundle Is now fol lowlog him. Prisoners captured by General Ian Hamilton say that only soft-nosed bullets are now served to the Boers, hence the wounds of our men are wry i "i . I am presenting this matter nnd protesting to General Botha." COL. MUSE WILL RETIRE. His Retirement Will Promote Several Other Officers. WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. -Col. Wm. M. Mus. of the marine corps at Mare Isl and navy yard, has been ordered to Washington for examination for retire ment. His retirement will promote Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Harrlntrton, Major F. O. Berryman, Captain H. C. Haines. First Lieutenant Edward A. Jones and Second Lieutenant Yandiil Foote. GEORGIA TO COPY CAROLINA. Proposes to Disfranchise the Negro Without the "Consent of the Governed." ATLANTA. Ga.. Aug. 4.-Owlng to the result of the recent election In North Carolina In which whits supremacy was engrafted on the state, Representative Ha-dTick will Introduce at the nxt esion of the Georgia legislature a bill providing for prac'ical disfranchise ment of the negro. JUSTIFIABLE HOMTCIDE. 1 Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict at the Walla Walla Inquest. WALLA WALLA, Aa'.4.?-An 'in- f quest was held this afternoon. ov?r the remains of Will D. Buehao uy who w in . shot and killed lasl night by Jam s M. Simmons. A verdict of ''Juiitiilablo T homicide" was returned. : i Simmons ho not beeii found y?jt and ' some think h .uu;ide.d.J j J fc ethelbert.wonT Got thi Cup liMt-Vab. at: Brlgh- , ton Beach-Yesterday. I) NEW YORK,." Aug. Ethelr-M, held at l to 2, won thu' Bris'-'ium cuy at two. and a" quarter miles at. Brit; n. . 'Tl. . t. . 1 1, I ton ceaca iouy sciuu k-uk.u ir;.h' Imp, M tha. fs-t. "n-.2 cf :!3 1 I a iV 48 flSfcfi OF SILVER. ,;. ... NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Ear silver V. "