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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
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ginning a habit that will not be
changed.
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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;