rfOTION! raetctl.j'-. W-q :.?r; f ,i t''' 1 V ' '' 1 ; yil,bc liabir o pro'uhm 0 VOL LI1. ASTOKIA. OKKGON. MVI'UHDAY. ADO LSI' 18, 1900. M. 12 0f IP ) J A -v i ill BE HAVE GOT 'El AGAIN THOSE COLE'S AIR TIGHT HEATERS... ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. TO OUR FARMER FRIENDS Order your Winter's supply of feed NOW. Our special offer closes this week. . . . ROSS, HIGG1NS & CO. SUMMER BASEBALL GOODS, HAMMOCKS, FISHING TACKLE BIRD CAGES, CROQUET SETS, CAMERAS, Etc., Etc. GRIFFIN COHvkiunT 1 x nr CLATSOP MILL CO.: ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber Boxes, Sash end Doors, Shingles and Mouldings 1 ...The Esmond Hotel.. 5 PORTLAND, ORE., FRONT AND MORRISON STS. g Euroue.n plan. 5oo to l.fiO oer day. OSCAR ANDERSON, Mangor, v American plan, $1.00 to a.00 per day. J, C. PKNDKOAHT, Chief Clerk v C. a. TRENCH ARD, Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. Alnl W. F. Co, and Faolfio Kzoresa Co s. j - GOODS. 8 REED WE LEAD, OTHERS FOLLOW and all In our proceaalon "r glad they've fallen Into lino. If you want to ae the smoke of aatlsfac tln, J lint watch the smiling crowd Incinerating our c I for a. Ifn an In troduction to tin new pleaeuro to light one of our peerless creatlona for the flint tlmo, Doing o Is be ginning a habit that will not be changed. Will Madison. Custom House Broker. ASTORIA. ORE ALLIES CAPTURE PEKIN AFTER : . OBSTINATE RESISTANCE BY CHINESE On Wednesday the Legations Were Found Still Safe and Are Surrounded by the Allied Forces. JAPANESE TROOPS LOST 100 BUT KILLED 300 CHINESE Pofrt Will Protect Native Cbrlillasa-Stale Department Pull No Stock li Sensational Report That Cooiol Gooanow If Golltjr ol Complicity Wild Chlafic-Brltltb Troop Will Una it Shanghai TxJr- Collipi ol Chines RciliUocc Sold to Dc Doc to their Failure to Flood the Country. LONDON. Aug. . "Pekln wan re lieved on the night of the 13th." Thin was the m"uge received last evening at the Imperial custom. In Ie-mdon from the commissioner of custom. In Clio Fi. It U the only official mi-swig.- that h.i. reached England In confirmation of the earlier report. Admiral It-- j nx y'it dispatch not having arrive In i time for publication In the London pa tera this morning. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-The allied forces have captured and entered !' kin In the face of an ob.tlnato rcist- ! am-, and the ni"itilc-r of the foreign I (citations r safe. ! Olllclal con 11 mini Ion of the fa I of j the Chinese capital came to the United ' H:.ite Mate depart in. ft today In the I ahape of two cablegram., one from Ad ' inlral lniy and the oth.-r from Con- nul Fol.-r at Che F.i. The cubl- Kram I fn.ni Admiral R-mey enme to hand Ami. early In the evenlnif. followed vtrv aoon after by 'hat of Conaul Fowler. Admiral Kemey'o dlmatch la aa fol lows: Taku. Aug. 1T.-1 a. m.-Hureau of Navigation, Waahlngton. 1 have ut received a telegram from Tlin Tain, dated the 16th. 10 a. ra: 'Pekln waa taptureJ on Aug. If.. The foreign lega tion are aaf. Detalla follow ahortly.' RKMKV." That from Conxul Fowler, giving Im portant detail of occurrence, at the time of the capture of the city waa glv-n out In the aubHned official atate nient: "Che Foo. Aug. 17. The jHpnn ie ad n.lnil retort that the alll- attacked ivkln, n the Kith. tlnate ivhIrI unce. In the evening, the Japan. e cn ured the rwpl'ol with the other foix-i. Iminetllately they aurn.unded the 1 kh tlona. The Inmate, are aofe. The Jaimn-iw loa. la over loo: the Chln.Kc 3m. FOWLKU."' Trevtou Information which hud been received here ahowed that the allies took T'caiaraainn of Tung Chow on the l.'th Inat. From that city to Pekln the distance la not more than a doxen inltea. It aeenia evident, therefore, that the arm lea halted for a time at Tung Chow for the purjne of giving the men a nat and preparing for tho attack up on the capital city In force after wait ing until the rear pf the advancing hiwta ahould arrive at the front. t'oawlbly alw. the delay waa the re mil of negotiation begun by Chinese olllclala looking to the delivery of the mm Ik tern with Chlneae or other eacorta. i If negotiation, were attempted theyi miiat have futM. a the army contin ued on lla march and attacked the capital three day. a'ter rviu-hlng Tung Chow. Contrary to nresa rerta of today, Connul Fowl-r'. dispatch .how. that th.' attack on the city met with atrong resistance. The Japan?. force engag ed with the advance, according to the understanding ( f ottlclals hi re, number ed 10,000 men, bo the losti suffered by them was over one per cent. No announcement Is made of losxe. In the force, of the other armies, hut it i. preaumed that they were In pro proportion to that of the Japanese. Cnlilio-t oflK'liils aald today tlmt un CMiealloipibly the native Christiana In China, said to number several thousand, will be Included In any arrangement made between this government and Chi na Incident to the cessation of hos tilltlea. It tuny he arrange, for them to go to the rhlllpplr.es, or one of many oth er places that are available may be adopted. PERLIX, Aug. 17. Oermany beyond any doubt la preparing everything for an autumn and winter campaign In China. One striking evidence of thl Is the fact that a steamer has been chartered for December to carry to China material for a W-mile field rail road. Tl'NO CHOW, Aug. 12. The Japa nese entered Tung Chow today blowing open the gate.. Where the heaviest opposition was expected none waa of fered. The Chinese are reported re treating to Pekln and deserting by wholesale. The allies bjv camping to- ea Side Sttralties VERANDA FURISITURE CHAIRS AND SETTEES A new line of these just received. Steamer Chairs, Folding Camp Chairs. Canvas and Hire Cots always on Hand. CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON Aav .Lout th ualled Htv of Tung ( how. after seven mil-, of marching und'-r a terrible sun. aiany Americans and bittlab. are prostrated. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. A num ber of refuges have arrived from Chi na on the ateamiT Hong Kong Maru. Amonir them are Dr. I. C. Leslie, of Montnal. Dr. Ielle. who has no less than lj wound, on hi. body a. the reult ,.f hi. encounter with the Chi riese. tells the story of their escape fr ni the mission In llonan. 110 w.ld: "There 'm only thn'e r'-volV'-rs in the party. Two or three hundred Chi nese made a furious attack upon us, completely surrounding us. They pelt ed u with brleks and stone., at the same time slashing away with .word.. We brought 'wr thre revolver. Into play and fought like dern n. to pmt-"ct the women .ind children. We killed several Chlneae. Just aa things were beginning to look hopdei for u. ome if the Chinese pounced upon our val uable.. ''It waa now evident that they valued our belonging, more than our head". They fell to fighting among themselves urd robbed u. of everything we had. ev-i. going so far as to cut the skirt, ff the women." WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. -The state department take, no stock in the storv nut forth by the Chines Gaxette at Shnmrhal. accusing Consul C.oodnow of complicity with th Chinese. On the contrary, he I. spoken of In the very hlghrht terms and hla course In the trying situation Is commended. A pumler of (Vatement. have appeared concerning- Mr. Ooodnow'. suggestion nhcut the landfnat of Frltlsh troops. The onlv part which Mr. Ooodnow took In this matter was to Inform the state iienartment that he doubted the wis dom of landing troon. of one nation without others having the same privi lege. It alo Is snld that the Chinese Oa xette Is a rtrltish paper and positively eeinent a sentiment existing among the Fnirlhh at Shanghai opposed to Consul Ooodnow and the counw he ha. pursued. SIIANOIIAI. Auir. 17. The RHtlsh troops will land here tomorrow. All is nul 't here and In the Yangtse Val ley. TONDON. Aug. 17.-Th collapse of Chinese resistance Is explained In dl. ratclvs fif.m Shanchal as b,inir due to the fnl!ur of the Chinese t" flood the country below Tung Chow. The earth works connected with the dam at Pet Ho wre unfinished nnd the canal at Tung Chow was full of water, facilita ting boat transportation when the al lies arrlvjl there. Slomals between the allies snd the lecetloners holding part of the wall at Pekln were exchanged during the morning of August 11th LONDON. Aug. 17. Dispatches from Shanghai say that troops are .till ar riving at Taku. The German trans iort. Wltteklnd and Frankfort are due there today. The Russian transport Nljnl Novgo rod ran on a reef on August 14. The Japanese cruiser Takasago. hlch wnt ashore reeentlv. ha. been towed off. and Is now at Port Arthur. A dispatch from Yokohama, undr today's date, announce, that an offi cial telegram from Seoul, the capital of Cores, snys the" Inhabitants of T'yong Yong district, adhdnlns: th f-ontler. are alanninl at the landing -f thousand Russians In that neighborhood. "i:' YOU!". Augi 17. A dispatch to the Tribune Tio ii London sivi The news of the rapid progress of the l'kln relief force, received on Wednes day evening, Increased the tension with which intelligence frm China was awaited yesterday. There was a gen eral expectation that decisive Informa tion mlRht be received In the course of the day and at an early hour many press men and others called at the war olHce and the Chinese embassy to make inquiries only to learn that no news had been revolved up to evening. The foreign officio was also visited In vain, nothing having been heard there since the Inst cipher dispatch from Sir Claude Mac Don aid waa handed In two days ago. The Chinese minister received cable dispatches from Chlnn in the course of the afternoon and promptly drove down to the foreign ofllcu, but It vas understood that h had no definite announcement to make with reference to the absorbing topic of the moment. Little value was attached to state ments that the allies had reached Pe kln on Monday. This Is likely to be true, a. It Is known from Admiral He mey that the allies wero at Tung Chow on the nth and the officer com manding the ISriMsh line, of communi cation teb-graphed on Monday that Oenoral Gasche wa probably in Pe kln that day, but the newspaper re ports referred to do not make much Im-pr-.slon. "Ly calculating the probabilities,' as one of the evening journals causti cally remarks. "Che Foo and Hhanghal correspondents would find that the al lied army might, could, would or should have reached Pekln by Monday. In this way they also calculated that the Pekln Europeans were massacred on' July ." The proposed landing of Indian troops at Hhanghal ha. turned out. a. wa. anticipated for some days pa.t, a sad bungle. In the flnst Instance, Liu Kun Yl. who Is the most moderate nnd pro gressive of the viorovs. ir.ade no ob jection to a proposal that a few thous and Krltlsfc Indian troops should lie timbarked fr the defen. of the set tlement, and the transports were ac cordingly ordered uo from Hong Kong. Refors they could be relieved of their passengers, the French and Russian consuls Intimated that If the Rrltiah troop, landed they would Ve followed by other foreign contingents. Viceroy Liu took alarm and last Friday tele graphed asking that the Indians should be sent away. The Hrltleh consul re monstrated fi"d subsequently Liu said he woull admit the Hrltlsh. but would not consent to International occupa tion. Admiral Seymour was ordered to keep the men on the transport, pend ing further dvelopments. and there they have remaind, sweltering In the teaming river, while the diplomatists endeavor to :ettle their difference.!. If. after nil. the shin, should be or dered north without illwharr'ng the troops, the blow to Hrltlsh prestige v. ml I ho rs bad ns when Russia was permitted to occupy Port Arthur. But as it happen?, the whole foreign com munity IS really alarmed by the effect that this withdrawal might have on the 'hlnese, mind, and alt the foreign con suls at Shanghai liave arreed to a Joint rf solution to their respective gov ernments represenMng the dangerous r:inseiuene?s of now removing the In dians from Woo Sung. Thy suggest that they should be followed by the other foreign contingents. This solu tion Is very unpalatable to th British government, which claims a paramount interest In the Yangtse region. But It will probably have to he accepted to veld the alternatives of a humiliating retreat or a serious friction with France and Russls. The Chinese minister In London says that the landlnz of a large foreign force might precipitate s rising In southern China but no harm will result If only small detachments are emplove.1 to secure the safety of th Shanghai settlements. Japan Is understood to be support ing reat Britain In this matter, owing to the extreme lnllcnrttlon felt 'n the Island empire at the conduct of Rus sia In taking advantage of the general confusion to appropriate New Chwang. The Janane. who have done th hard-, e-t and most brilliant wor In ,h Pe kln ivlief operation, .re naturally In censed at finding Russia already begin ning the annexation of Chinese terri tory. One oons-"uence l likely io bp the dispatch of a pov.v-fut Janpnese nnny to Corea at an early 1ny. 'The muddle over the Shanghai ques tion would perhaps hae been nvierU1 If Lord Salisbury and his inf itentlal ! colleagues were now in consultation, but the prime minister Is now b:ried with his doctor., nt a remote watering place In the Voog?s. and the other ministers nr- .jattorej about on the 1 m ors or In various KngDsh nnd Fcoich country houses. The business of the nation has -o be conducted from dnv ... dav by the under secretary of foreign affilrs and a few chief clerks In Down ing street. to the Hernld frnm Thai T,. i ....... - . . . . u 1 1 , nuKUI 8. via Che Foo. Monday, said: The allied column at noon arrived here. Their march was unopposed. The Japanese were In advance and re rort that llu Phin... t .v. .. two village., Cheun Chand and Ho Si .. u. - . irni'ticu me Japanese before noon. One message was in cipher. It was forwarded to Tien Tsln. The ofher - -t iiaiMlCTl General Chaffee. li states that on August 4. the foreigners In Pefem ,-, . crltl h-lllr,w ... being critical but not honcles The Cillimn Is advarelngr B1 fa, ,1.11k slule. WHISKEY TRUST IN TROUBLE. Prospect of the Dissolution of the American Distilleries Company. TRENTON. N. J.. Aug. 17.-Appllca-tlon was made today by the court of chancery for the dissolution of the American Distilleries Company, of America, which is incorporated under the laws of New Jersey with a capi talisation of $125,000,000. The applica tion was made on behalf of Henry I. TMrtnian nnd Kalinan Hass, of New York, who are stockholder sof the Ken tucky Distilleries and Warehouse Com pany. The latter company was one of the four that were absorbed by the Distilleries Company of America, and Itself controls a large number of small er concerns. They claim they are acting for them selves and others, and maintain that the management of the Distilleries Company of America Is Inimical to the Interests of the Kentucky Company. The other companies which have been absorbed by the Distilleries Company of America are the American Spirits Manufacturing Company, the Spirits Distributing Company and the Stand ard Distilling and Distributing Com pany. DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE. Failures for the Week About the Same as During the Corresponding Week of Last Year. NEW YORK, Aug. 17. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade tomor row will say: After a great wave of advancing prices optimism as to business Is gen erally dingerous. But the top was renched the middle of March, since which time a reaction has come In ev ery great Industry, so that consumers are asking whether In some directions the decline may not have been reas onably as large as was the advance, and whether buying on the present basis of prices la not fairly sure. . There are fresh evidences of weakness In raw materials, notably the break In struc tural Iron, but each one I. availed of to place havy contracts. New York Is welcoming buyers from all over the country In larger num bers than for many years at this sea son. The failures for the week were 161 In the t'nlte.i States nguinst l' last year, and 24 In Canada against 24 last year. IJOL'Tt; PARTLY ARP.ANGED. Roosevelt Is Having His Date. Ar ranged fcT Hint. CHICAGO, Aug. 17. Henry C. Payne, vlc.e-chalrman of th-j Republican na tional committee, give, out the follow ing as the correct Itinerancy of Roose velt as far as agreed upon up to this evening and from which there will be no deviation: haratcga. N. Y.. September 5; De troit. Mich.. September ; Grand Rap ids, lllch., September ; South Bend, Ind., September 7; Lacrosse, Wis.. Sep tember 10; Fargo, N. Da., September 14; iilsmark. N. Da., September 15; Helena, September 17; Butte, September lbth. NEW YORK. Aug. 17. Gov. Roose velt cam from Oyster Lay and had a conference with Chairman Hanna. Senator Scott and Cornelius N. lillss, on hia Itintraricy. He said: "My Itinerancy will have to be ma terially champed from that published this morning. There has been a tlood of telegrams from places I was supposed to visit, and a good many people will be disappointed. The changes will prob ably be made In a few days." OFFICERS ELECTED. Women cf Woodcraft Select Many Ore gon Women. SALT LAKE. Aug. 17. The Women of Woodcraft held a protracted session last night at which the following grand otlicera were chosen for the ensuing two years: Grand guardian. Mrs. Carrie C. Van Orsdall. of PendHton. Oregon; grand advisor. Mrs. M. E. Bernstein, of Han ford, California: grand clerk, J. L. Wright, of Leadvllle. Colorado; grand banker, Mrs. Mary A. Hurley, of Port Uuid. Oregon: grand managers, Mrs. Annie Hawkins, of Toledo, Oregon; Mrs. Rcse McCroskey, of Palouse, Washington: Mra. Lillian B. Pollock. M. D., of Denver. Colorado; grand magician, Mrs. Bessie Martin, of Cheha lls. Washington: grand attendant. Mrs. Helen M. Southwick, of Salem. Ore gon; grand inner sentinel, Mrs. Cora Wilson, of Pullman. Washington; grand outer sentinel, Mra. May Hollywood, of Victor. Colorado. RACE WAR IN GEORGIA. National Guard Called Out to Quell a Negro Uprising. ATLANTA. Ca.. Aug. 17.-AI the request , of Deputy Sheriff Hendry of Liberty County, in a remote south eastern portion of the state. Governor Candler has ordered out the Liberty Guards, a company of the Georgia Na tional guard, to quell an uprising of negroes in that section, where the blacks outnumber the whites three to one. Trouble has been brewing for some time. One white man was killed several days ago In a quarrel with ne groes and since that time discontent has grown on both sides, until now a race war seems imminent.' It Is reported that the negroes are burning Jchnston station, a small town about 50 miles from Savannah. Two negroes are reported killed for resist ing arrest. DE WET ESCAPED. Lord Kitchener Lost Him and After a Forced March Relieved Col onel Hoare. CAPE TOWN. Aug. 17. Lord Kitch ener after a forced march has reliev ed Colonel Hoare and his big garri son at Elands river. PRETORIA. Aug. 16.General De Wet has managed to elude General Kitchener In spile of the fact that all the British wagons had doubled teams of picked animals. The Boers evaded the; British by marching at night over grounds known to them, while their pursuers w ere obliged to march in the day-time. CARNEGIE WANTS A MONOPOLY Hia Company Seeking to Buy All the Big Blast Furnace Plants. PITTSBURG. Aug. 17. The Post to morrow will say: The control of the production of pig metal In this country Is being secured by the Carnegie company. It Is seek ing to buy all the big blast furnace plants In the United States. The fact that the Cnrnegte company has contracted for 16,000,000 tons of Iron ore annually, when six millions will amply supply its present plans, Is taken as an indication that It expects to acquire other plants of sufficient capacity to use the remaining tonnage. PUGILIST KILLED. Fatal Result of Fight at Greenwood Athletic Club In New York. NEW YORK. Aug. 17.-George Kelly la dying In Seney hospital in Brook lyn from the result of a knockout blow delivered by Michael Myers in a "try cut" bout at the Greenwood Athletic Club last night. The boys wera deadly enemies on account of a young girl, and sought the ling so the grudge cculd be settled reguiarly. Kelly has not resalned consciousness. RAILROAD TO DAWSON. Money Has Been Subscribed In London for Its Construction. VICTORIA. B. C, Aug. 17. The Times says that the money for McKen rie & Mann's railway, from the Great Lakes to the Pacific, with a branch line to Dawson, has been subscribed In London. The Pacific terminus will be on the northern coast of British Columbia. LAST RITES PAID RAILROAD KING Offices Closed Out of Respect to C. P. Huntington's Memory. SIMPLE FUNERAL SERVICES Interment Wat la the Great Mausoleum li .Woodliwi Cemetery, New York Pleriof Great Linen Draped In Mouralaf. NEW YORK. Aug. 17.-Servlces at the funeral of the late Collls P. Hunt ington, at the Fifth-avenue residence today, were marked with simplicity. They were conducted by Rev. A. Wood ruiT Halsey. of the Presbyterian board of missions, in the drawing-room. Tho talibtarers were D. O. Mills, Edward King. Frederick H. Olcott, Edwin Haw ley. Charles H. Tweed. Martin Erd mann, R. P. Schwerin and C. Adolph Low. After the exercises were con cluded the casket waa carried to the hearse, and Interment later was made in the Huntington masoieum In Wood lawn cemetery. Piers 25, 37 and M, North river, which are used by the Morgan line, and the Southern Pacific Company, were drap ed in memory of Mr. Huntington. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 17.-Elabor-ate preparations have been made by theoffieialsand employees of the South ern Pacific Company for the Hunting ton memorial services at the First Presbyterian church today. They will be directed by Rev. Dr. McKenzle. the pastor. Out of respect to the memory of Mr. Huntington, orders have been Issued from the general office In this city for the closing of all general offices and shops on the system today. This ap plies to the general offices at San ' Francisco, Portland. Guaymas, Hous ton and New Orleans, and to the shops in this city. Sacramento, Oakland. Og den, Wadsworth, Portland, Dunsmuir, Bakerstleld. Los Angele, Tucson, El Pwwa. Houston. San Ant tnlo and New Orleans. .The Southern Pacific ticket office on Market street will remain clised between the hours of 10:30 a. m. and 1 p. m.. and as a mark. of respect all the local freight and passenger offices of other transcontinental lines will remain closed during the same hours The running of trains will not b interfered with, nor will any of the freight depots close, freight being re ceived and delivered as usual. In all offices in this city, Oakland and Alame da, that are open today, officials In charge of the same are Instructed to excuse as many employees as they can during the hours of the church ser vices. ITALY'S KING HAS TROUBLE. Several of the Ministers Wish to Re sign. PARIS. Aug. 17. A special dispatch to the Temps from Rome says It is reported there that ministerial discord resulted from the recent conference between the king and his ministers, and that several of them wish to resign, owing to their belief that they do not have his confidence. It Is added that modifications In the cabinet are expect ed on the reassembling of parlia ment. The dispatch also asserts that the king has clearly Indicated that he will act and govern, and desires to have . young ministers with initiative.' KANSAS CITY FIREMEN FIRST. At the 'Paris Exposition Drill They Were Unanimously Assigned First Place. PARIS, Aug. 17. The preliminary contests in the exhibition of tire ap paratus came oft this afternoon at Vlncennes, some 5,000 firemen, repre senting all nations, participating. Of the American representatives, the Kan sas City fire brigade caused great wonderment by their quick harnessing and running, together with their meth od of life, saving. By common consent they were assign ed first place. ROUSING SEND-OFF. Much Red Fire Burned on the Depar ture of Battery C, Seventh Regiment. , NEWPORT. R. I., Aug. 17. Light battery C. Seventh regiment, was giv en a routing send-off last night on Its departure from Fort Adams en route to Join the forces In China. Local mi litia companies and citizens !n general did escort duty and much red fire was burned. MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS. Will Probably Re-Nominate the Ticket of Last Year, BOSTON. Aug. 17. The Post says that the Democratic state ticket this fall will be Robert Treat Paine. Jr., and John B. Mack the same ticket as last fall. The state committee will meet In a few days, probably next week, n?yl 5 tide upon the candidate and place of holding the state convention. It will probably be held In Boston. METAL MARKET. NEW YORK, lead, dull, 425. Aug. 17.-Sllver. 61;