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liOERS WELL ENTRENCHED.
British Suffer Considerably but Force
ttw Enemy Rack.
NEW YORK. Autr. IS. Lord Roberta"
dispatches announce what many people
here take to be Oie beginning of the
final atajfe In the South African cam
paign, saya the London correspondent
of the Tribune.
The commander-in-chief held a coun
cil of war with hi lieutenants Buller.
French and Pole-Carew on Saturday
and on Sunday began a general attack
on General Uotha'a Intrenched position
on which not much impression has been
made.
In the preliminary operations of the
previous few days the Boers had chosen
a line of defense of great natural
utrennth. stronger In fact than any they
have held since they fell back from the
Tugela. Their forces were dispersed
along a formidable chain of hill coun
try extending over a front nearly Ihirty
miles, their flanks resting on spurs of
broken ground broken by moras...
Ths British advanced on the west to
north of Belfast, from which place the
Bvers fell back toward the Lydenburg
road. Lord Roberts reports that the
Boers are making a most det?r:iiined
resistance In a locality well Adapted
Tor their defensive tactics, and badly
suited for cavalry movements.
Some experts think that It is really
General Botha" a last stand, and that
If defeated here he will be completely
crushed. Lord Roberts" superiority in
numbers la so treat that he may prob
ably attempt to work right around the
Boers and drive them from their po
sition by menacing their lines of retreat.
To Julpe from previous experience It
Is unlikely that the Boers would stay
long enough to permit the maneuver to
be accomplished.
Meanwhile the Boers are themselves
busy in endeavoring to raid Lord Rob
erts' lines of communication both In the
Orange river colony and In Natal. At
Wlnberg. in the neighborhood of the
scene of some of General De Wet's most
remarkable exploits, a body of Im
perial yeomanry was In difficulties un
der an attack of a considerable force
of Boers last Friday. They were res
cued by reinforcements hastily sent up
from Kroonstad and Hellborn. On
Sunday the Boers again renewed their
attack on Wlnberg. but were beaten on
having among the prisoners captured
by the British Commandant Olivier,
whose famous march from Cape Col
ony through Lord Roberts' lines to the
northeast of the Orange river colony
was one cf the notable episodes of the
spring.
To Judge by the fact that heavy re
inforcements have been ordered to pre
pare to embark for South Africa In the
next few days, the British war office
doe not yet believe that warlike oper
ations are drawing to a close.
LONDON. Aug. 2S- A special from
Pretoria datjd August 27 says:
'It is Btated that fighting with Bo
tha's commandoes was resumed this
morning. The Bo-r lines were broken
and the enemy Is falling back. The
British casualties are reported to be
considerable."
INSURRECTION IN PERSIA.
Shah Unpopular Because of His West
ern Ideas.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2S. A dispatch to
the Times from Paris says:
Your correspondent learns from a
thoroughly well-Informed source that a
serious insurrection has broken cut In
Persia, which may in all probability
cause the Shah's visit to Europe to be
curtailed. The object of the revolution
In to dethrone the present Shah, whose
fondness for western Ideas makes him
unpopular to Persians of the old rchool,
and to place his brother on the throne.
No advices have reached here so far
regarding the extent or success of this
revolutionary movement, but a tele
gram announcing the fact has just been
handed to the Shah In Brussels.
The Shah himself Is disposed to make
light of the affair which, nevertheless,
la extremely grave In view of the un
settled state of the far East.
He has every confidence that the pre
cautions. In view of such a contingency
which the grand vizier took before his
waster started on his European trip,
will prove sufficient to cope with the
situation.
The insurrection, however, hag been
very carefully planned, for it has taken
the Shah and his ministers completely
by surprise.
: ADMIRALTY EUYS OUR COAL.
First Time It Has Been Bought by the
British Naval Authorities.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2S. More snlp
monts of American coal to England
will be made this week. One of the con
signments will be the order of the Brit
ish admiralty and will be sent by the
Chesapeake & Ohio coal agency. Al
ready this company has forwarded a
supply of coal to the admiralty. Nev
er have the naval authorities of Eng
land bought coal from this country,
and this fact In itself Is evidence of
the extreme scarcity which prevails on
the other tide.
It Is the opinion of coal dealers in
this city that many million tons of
American coal will be sent across the
Atlantic before the existing crisis is
ended.
While the dealers who were seen yes
terday would not commit themselves
to any. decided expression of opinion
ns to whether the present demand for
the American product would be per
manent, they did not hesitate to say
that once having obtained a foothold
In Europe the American producers
would make the roost of their opportu
nity. It was pointed out that now Europe
has begun buying from this country,
there wire many reasons why she
would continue doing so. In England
there are only about three varieties of
attention to our corset stock. We
ouly worthy corsets.
on th Lower Columbia,
coal while here at least one hundr.-d
varieties are found.
At the Rerwlnd-Whtte Company.' the
f xtenslve wholesale coal dealers of No.
1 Broadway, It is said last night that
the troubles In Africa and In China
were having much to do with the pres
ent condition In the world's coal trade.
An official of the British consular
cTioo said that any deal between the
Prltifh government and American coal
dealers for fuel for war vessels would
i;ct be a consulate Affair. No new
about England's coal situation had been
received by the consul-general here,
and all thnt could be said about It must
be unofficial deduction.
MTSTERIOUS MURDER.
Police Have Been for Ten Days Com
pletely Baffled.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2S. The mystery
which surrounds the killing of Kathryn
Seharn some time on August 1?. has
not yet been cleared up by the police
detectives, who appear to be complete
ly baihvd. It was admitted last night
that they were still looking up the
associates of the dead woman and her
brother, with the hope that some of
them may be able to throw some light
on the case.
Little weight ls attached by the de
tectives to the theory that the woman
was murdered by a sneak thief whom
she surprised while he win ransacking
her rooms. The detectives say thy
are convinced that the crime vas the
work of a man who was well acquaint
el with the woman, and It Is along
these Ilns that they are working.
Some of them are Inclined to ivlleve
that the murder was committed by a
friend other brother. The police say
that the dead girl knew most of his
friends and that some of them are
known to the police as cheap thieves
and young men of criminal Instincts.
They are frequenters of the neighbor
hood In which the Scharns lived.
Acting District Attorney Mclntyre
said last night thnt no attempt would
be made to have Fred Scharn Indict
ed for homicide on the evidence now
in possession of the police.
"Young Scharn will not be lnitlcteO
by the evidence we now have." said
Mr. Mclntyre. "There Is nothing to
connect him with th murder, and I
do not believe he had anything to do
with It If an Indictment was secured
on the evidence which has been col
lected up to this time we would not
only be thrown cut of court but laugh
ed at"
Coroner Fitzpatrlck will, on Frldav.
begin his Inquiry Into the death of the
woman. , .
WILL NOT BE EXPELLED.
Italy Has Not Demanded of England
the Expulsion cf Malateeta.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2?. A dispatch to
the World from London says:
A statement which has reached here
from Home that the- Italian govern
ment has demanded from the British
goernment the expulsion of Anarch
ist Malatesta from England receives no
credence.
Malatesta. when asked about the
sta'ement. replied:
"I do not believe that any such re
quest has been made. The Swiss gov
ernment was approached by the Italian
police when I resided In Geneva, but
It wisely refused to do anything In the
matter."
"But," said the correspondent, "sup
pos; you were warned to leave Eng
land within 24 hours, where would you
go?"
Malatesta replied:
"I cannot suppose anything of the
kind. I have committed no crime in
England. I get my living here as an
electric engineer. If such an order
was given me by the polic? I should
go to America."
Signor Mlnettl, rhancellor of the
Italian embassy In London, questioned
on the subj?ct, said:
"We hope for the best, but so far we
hav received no Instructions on this
head from the government In Rome.
We have so far refrained from asking
for Malategta's expulsion for fear of
a refusal by the British government. I
doubt whther the constitution will per
mit of the expulsion of an anarchist
unless he Is proved guilty of some In
fraction of the English law."
NEGROES TEST THE LAW.
Will See if the Supreme Court Will Per
mit Their Disfranchisement.
BOSTON, Aug. 28. Gates J. Jackson,
a negro lawyer of Richmond, Va., act
ing for the national council of the Con
stitutional R-ights Association, has em
ployed ex-Attorney-General A. B. Pills
bury, of this city, and Hon. W. C. P.
Breckenridge, of Lexington, Ky., as his
counsel In proceedings which will be
li.stituted for the purpose of bringing
before the supreme court of the United
States the question of the legality of
the recently enacted statute laws and
constitutional amendments In some of
the southern states, which It Is claimed
tend toward the disfranchising of the
negro. The case will probably be
brought before the rrourtg of Massa
chusetts and will be carried to the su
preme court of that state.
MOROCCO TREMBLES.
Sultan Alarmed at the Arrival of a
Massachusetts School Ship.
NEW YORK, Aug. 28. A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
Just 'at this moment the Sultan of
Morocco need not be alarmed at the appearance-
of an A mer!eari: man-of-war
In the harbor of Tangier.
Officials of the state and navy de
partments say that the report published
this morning that an American warship
had put in at Tangier for the purpose
of compelling Morocco to pay an Indem
nify fur inlurlet sustained hv an Amer
ican citileii probably hud Its origin In
a guilty conscience.
An Atnei li-iin nturltod clllavn nam
ed Marcus Aianule wag murdered two
month ago by a mob in tne town ui
Fei. The crime waa Immediately re
ported to the state department by Mr
Uummere, consul-general at TansUr
n. h uui 1111 meted bv outvie to re
quest the French consul at Fes to make
an Investigation, ino report 'i ine
French consul has not yet been receiv
ed, but Mr. Hummer has reported,
i ii.it .lnrliiir the IiivesllmMlon he made
a demand upon the Moorish authorities
for the apprehension and pumsiimeni
cf thoe guilty of the murder,
Th. ivtvot of the arrival of an Amer
ican warship has excited no comment
at the navy department, aim It is pre
sumed that the vessel to which refer
ence is made Is the Massachusetts state
niiti,-iil school hlt Enterprise.
The Itinerary of this vessel calls for
her arrival at Tangier on August
and her departure on August S-
If her presence ha sttrr'd up the
Moorish authorities to compliance with
the demand of Mr. Gum mere, the
state department will be well pleased
with the visit of the Enterprise, not
withstanding the fact that It had no
hand In arranging the Itinerary.
CORBETT AND M'COY.
Roth Are In Fine Condition for Their
Fight Tomorrow Night.
v-rw vnnv nr IS. James J.
Corb'tt and Kid McCoy are both In
first-class condition for thelr flffht
rniirsuay in .uauiaon ...m -..
Corbet t has been training faithfully at
Bath Beach. L. I., and he says he Is
...... rt.,..n an odV vtctlirV. H8
trainers are l ai iiawKins. v name mu,
Spider Kelly and Arthur Keeley.
McCoy has bn training at Saratoga
and those who have seen him recently
say that he weighs lfi pounds and Is In
condition to tight the hardest battle of
his life. Many of his admirer are con
fident that he will defeat Corb'tt. Ills
principal train-r is Jack O'Brien of
Philadelphia. He takes a dally rile of
twelve miles on horseback.
ALLIES MARCH TO THE SOUTH
(Continued from r.age one.)
rekln cutslde of Chinese officials at
uuy point. The subject also may -'
made the basis of some strong
representations to Shen. ihe Cluiuse
director of posts and telegraphs at
Shanghai.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2S. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
The news of an attack on the Chinese
force ass.ibling at Nam Ylen near
Pekln Is anxiously awaited according to
a Japanese telegram from Taku. A
combined detachment of Russian and
Japanese cavalry was to haw encoun
tered this nosuie oooy on i
day. The Japanese are more success
ful than the rest of the combined con
tingent In getting through runners,
probably because of their superior
knowledge of the Chinese character and
language, but even General Yauiagu
chl's message published at Toklo yes
terday waa despatched from renin as
inn aim na Auirust 18. The Japanese
general's telegram gives no hope for the
capture of the Imperial tamny. auu m
deed It would seem that this cavalry
force abandoned the chase on reaching
the viiiace of Mansan. where its com
mander learned that the empress and
the emperor under General Ma's escort
had itrt3 for th west.
The approach of nine thousand of the
Shane Tung troops with fifteen guns to
attack the line of communication In the
rear of Pekln emphasizes the necessity
of further reinforcements. these
Shang Tung men are among the Dent
Euronean dri ed soldiers In tne ininese
service and have been carefully trained
and organized under foreign instructors
by the former Governor Yuan Shlh Kal.
They are armed with German Mausers
and Krupp long range guns.
With Pekin and Its rabble to taciry
and with these enemies to deal with
outside, the allied commanders have
none too many troops at their disposal.
Pekln, moreover. Is not a self-support
ing town. It has always to be fed by
convoys of rice from the south, and If
these are stopped It Is urgently neces
sary that no time should be lost In
clearing the line and getting up sup
plies from the coast.
The s tuatlon in tne soutnern prov
inces Is much complicated by the ex
istence of undoubted revolutionary as
well as anti-foreign movements. The
nineteen men expected by the viceroy
are alleged to have belonged to the re
form party which cherished the inten
tion of rising against the provincial
authnHtles and ultimately overthrowing
the Manchu government and restoring
Emperor Kwang Hsu to power. This
movement Is mid to be widespread
through the Yangtse river and to be en
couraged by the agents of Kang Yu
Wei's league, which is largely financed
by ' reforming Chinese In Singapore.
America and Australia. It is believed
to be also working In close association
with the famous M. Kolahoaul and oth
er secret societies. In fact southern
China Is In a disturbed and restless con
dition and further Important develop
ments are expected.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2S. Sharp differ
ences of opinion among the foreign ad
mirals at Taku as to LI Hung
Chang's proper status were ap
parently the moving cause of the note
of Inquiry recently addressed by the
United States government to a furelgn
power as to accepting the aged viceroy
as a peace envoy of the Chinese gov
ernment, says the Washington corre
spondent of the Herald.
Officials will say little about the dis
sension among the naval representa
tives of the powers. It Is learned, how
ever, that on Thursday, Admiral Re
mey sent word that a conference of
the admirals at Taku had been held at
which the arrangements for the remov
al of LI Hung Chang and the privileges
he Bhould be allowed were discussed.
A proposition was marie that LI Hung
Chang should not be allowed on reach
ing Taku to communicate with Chinese
officials In Pekin. The proposition was
Acceptable to most of the admirals, but
the American officer declined to sign the
agreement. Whether the Russian ad
miral slgnel Is not known, but In any
event the Russian government prompt
ly protested to the other powers.
Admiral Remey's message was con
sidered by the cabinet, which entirely
approved the refusal of Admiral Remey
to be a part to any such an agreement.
Then the note of Inquiry as to the at
titude of the powers with regard to L
Hung Chang's ac3eptablllty as a peace
envoy was formulated and sent out.
The effect of the protests of the
United StaKs and Russia has been to
secure practically the unanimous, dis
approval of the agreement of the for
eign admirals. Why the admirals
should wish to prevent LI Hung Chang
from communicating with Chinese of
ficials In Ptkln Is not understood here.
Seemingly It would be In the Interest of
peace for the viceroy to be put In
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not waiting for the arrival of LI Hung
Chant?, but are trying to K-t In com
munication themselve with Chinese of
Iclals. His mcsHifr shows conclusively
that there Is no authority In the capital
at this moment with whom the powers
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lead, brokers, 4; exchange, 437.
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TO CARRY EXHIBITS FREE.
Southern Pacific's Generous Offer to
State Fair.
The Southern Pacific Company set a
mark for liberality on progressive lines
when it offered to carry all exhibits to
and from the state fair free. Thla ac
tion of the company places every county
on its line in easy reach of the state fair
this year, nd will inable the South
ern portion of the state to exhibit her
famous fruits, vegetables and granns at
a small expense. The following letfer
Is so plain and to the point that it
needs no further comment other than
Portland, July 26. Mr. M. D. Wisdom,
Secretary State Board of Agriculture,
Portland. Or. Dear Sir: In order to
encourage exhibitors and attendance at
the state filr this company will trans
port exhibits originating at points on
Its llns within the confines of the state
to Salem 9nd return to point of origin
free of charge. Exhibitors will be re
quired to pay the charges on shipments
to Salem, which charges will be refund
ed whon goods nre delivered to the
company's agent for reshlpment to
point of origin.
Tours truly,
C. II. MARKHAM,
General Freight and Passenger Agent
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which went Into effect April 22nd,
shortened the time to Chicago 12 hours,
and b'lves a double dally service be
tween Portland and Chicago.
Train No. i. leaving Portland at 9:15
a. m. Is known as the "Chicago-Portland
Special." Its equipment is new
throughout, making it fully the equal
of any train now in service from the
Pacific coast to the East.
The "Overland Express leaves Port
land at 1:20 p. m. and furnishes com
plete dervlce both via Huntington and
Spokane to the East, together with the
best of service to all local points on
the O. P.. & N. llre.
to nay it Is up to the people now to
'ensure a succMsful fair:
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED WEEK
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An experienced excursion conductor
whose dot: in are to look after tne
I wants and welfare of passengers will
be In cnarge of Tourist sleeping car to
Chicago via Union Pacific. This car
leaves Portland on "The Portland-Chicago
Special" at 9:15 a. m., making close
counectbrns at Chicago with similar
service to Roston and New York. El
derly people and ladles traveling alone
or with children lll find this service
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, For tickets, berth reservations and
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