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MiOHlAraiilJCLJiiMKlfASSiiClAriS;:. '". a. aa VOL III. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. SKL'TEMUEK 5, 19W. AO. 7 1 A II WE HAVE GOT 'El AGAIN THOSE COLE'S AIR TIGHT HEATERS... ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. y-yqp qnym mtp A Few of Our Late Specialties First-Class Timothy Hay, First Class Cheat , Hay, Oats, Rolled Barloy, Chop Food, Shorts, Bran, etc. Corvallis Flour and other First-Class Brands.' Chase & Sanborn's Teas and Coffees. Prime Fresh and Smoked Meats. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. SUMMER BASEBALL GOODS, HAMMOCKS, FISHING TACKLE BIRDCAGES, CROQUET SETS, CAMERAS, Etc., ptc. GRIFFIN Z REED sTyF Get tho boHt'you owe It toyoumelf ROYAL CREAM, WHITE SPRAY, DRIFTED SNOW iHvvlmtyoM wntit foard & mm CO. CLATSOP MILL CO.: ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber Boxes, Sash and Doors, Shingles and Mouldings ...The Esmond Hotel.. PORTLAND, ORE., FRONT J Kurotxan plan. Hoc. to ll.Wner day. Amorlcud plan, 1.00 to f 100 per doy. c. Commission, Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping:. vyp v W W 4JP"" J lift A aim GOODS. AND MORRISON STS. OSCAR ANDERSON, Manager. J. 0. rKNDKOAST, Chlel Clerk D, Custom House Uroker. ASTORIA, ORE Agent W, f. &Oo and Paclflc Exnreii Co . RUSSIA TO GET THREE PROVINCES Rumor That Her Peace Propo sitions Are Result of Bribes. JAPAN AGAINST EVACUATION Eillud Amiied it Our AllUudt-Horriblc Torture, lad Oulniei I'poi Amerl en Womei Have Midi Mil tlonirlc, Bloedtblrity. LONDON', fli'pt. 5. Today' dis patches from Shanghai and Tien Tain refer to the hopeless confusion and inlmiamisettieiit of th Chinese tele g'.iph system, which may probably ac count In part for the delay In getting from I' kin. Anthr reason fr the delay doubt less N the anxiety of the Chinese au I h rl t to pr'wur" tit" evacuation of th capital. No effort la being spared to bring thla about. Their lVa la that ahuhl the f 'reign ministers In Pekln he allowed fr-c turn mur.lcatltin with their governments tho full extent of i-ntnplli Ity of the Oil-n-m? government In the antl-Jrelgn outrage would be revealed and would l"duce th nlllea to remain until retrl htitl in had hitn exacted. All trlritrama have t he conveyed by cornier from Tsl Nnn Fu to Pekln and probably nil cipher, dlspatchc h.iv been stopped. Actordltig to Shanghai advice, LI Hunt: Chni.g wired the Chine minis- t.T In London. Sir Chili Sh-n Ioh F nif I.uh. aa follow: "Our 8t. Pt-tprahurir mlnlater has w auiidJ IUila to leave Pekln. Tou air uicleaa If you ennmrt prauade Eng land." Tt U aaai-rtd that Earl LI haa prom la'd Huwla thr XIanchurlan province! If ah atrurra the withdrawal of the allied forcea from Pokln and favorable lettOi terma frtm the powrra. Hoth the mpreaa dowaRT and LI Hunu Chang are aald to be lavishing monev to attain these ohjecta. There la no Un yt of any dtvla Ion on the rwirt 'if the n'wer reRard Ina: the HuHKlan propoaala. Japanese paper unreservedly condemn the Idea of evaruatlng Pekln and hint that there la a aerret compact between Germany and Ttuaola to the dttrlim-nt of Great Prim In and Japan. The Moacow rorrroitondent of the Standnrd. referring to the horrible ac eounta of Rusnlnn brutality at niiiiro- veatchenak after the bombardment fay: "It la rumored that the Coaancka mer cilessly butchered men. women and children In the vlllnRea on Amur river and llung their corpaea Into the atrenm, Theae atorlea are confirmed by an of ficial order Juxt laaued. The mnaaa crea. which are described aa caUBed by exnaperatlon agnlnat the Hoxers, the government ordera toppel, and threat ena the utmost aeverlty of martial law for any future violence to unarmed. peaceful Chinamen." WASHINGTON. Sept. 4.-A very In teresting dlapntch waa received today at tho war department from General Chaffee. It describes the military sit uation na eminently satisfactory and would have been of greater value but for the omtaion common to all of the other ofllilnl dispatches from China, namely, the date line. However, taking Into consideration the fact that a cablegram waa receiv ed by the atate department today, d'atcd five dnya ago. from Minister Conger, the conclusion waa reached that Gen eral Chaffee' dispatch also was sent from Tekln about August 29 or 30. General Chaffee aska a very Import ant question aa to the withdrawal of the American troops. The answer of the question, It la aald, might have been found In the atate department's answer to the Russian evacuation prop- oaltlon. But that answer, or rather a synopsis of It, was not cabled to Gen eral Chaffee until the 30th. and tt Is assumed that allowing for the same time In transmittal as was consumed by General Chaffee's dispatch reoelved today, the synopsis has Just reached him. It Is stated that no order had been sent to General Chaffee to leave Pe JUST RECEIVED Our own Importation direct from Hong Kong 50 Rolls New Stronger than Cnll and CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON kln as the result of any recent devel opments. In fact, It would sewn that the war department Is not able to In struct hlrn more siclnca!ly on thla point until a decision of the powers relative to general evacuation Is know ri. It was slated at th war department that our iltlon was unchanged; If ltu;mtt withdraw her troops then Gen eral Chaffee will do the same. Mean while It is gathered that conditions In China are still disordered and foreign life and property are still unsafe. IircrcLIN. Hept. 4. An official dla pntch from Taku announces the receipt of a telegram from Pekln dated Au gust 25, saying th German troops have taken p"sslon of a hill within the Imperial City. The dispatch says that 2,000 additional Italian troops have reached Taku. Nf;W YOftK. Kept. 4. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: Kxplanatlons of the American circu lar note which have been cabled, here from Washington have caused general astonlahment. Whatever the state de partment may have meant to convey. Downing atfect understood the 1'nlted Stale government f be supporting HiiHsIa' triM"iJ for immediate retire ment from Pekln. The LrltM) foreign office has received two dlsngivcible surprise In the lust wcik. It was Jtiatly annoyed at find Ing that Hiisflu. after all her d-clara-lions of affection for the Inumatlcinitl concert, had calmly given orders for the retirement of the Ilussfan troopa snd legation without even waiting to hAir what 'he other powers thought of the mov.tnent. P-ut the attitude of the t'nlted Slate waa almost equally dls concerting. The Prltleh government thought It was entitled to rely on Amer ican support In the end vor to settle the Chinese question ffectually. The Drltlsh official view Is that this retirement from Pekln Is only ad van tugeou for Russia, which kills three bird with one stone. In the first place ,he has her rronps free for use where she wants them Just now, namely In Manchuria: aecond. she limits the ex penditure of money which. In the pres ent condition of her finances. Is highly desirable: third, she prevents the pos slhle removal of the Chinese seat of government from Pekln where, for rea son of her own, she particularly desires that It should remain. Rut tn general non-Itusstan Interests believe the with drawal la a mlatake since the Chinese will simply believe the powers are afraid of thein. There will be no reorganization, no permanent safety for foreigners and no guarantee of "an open door." If great Britain, In her effort to secure a dura ble settlement once for all. could rely on solid American backing, she could put herself at the head of at least four lowers and so defeat the Russian pro Ject. Were England nd America unit ed on this point Japan very probably would Join them: but without tl3 I'nlt ed States the combination would fall through and England's efforts to ar range the Eastern question without partitioning China or without leaving that empire In a condition to Invite fu ture Intervention may- have to be abandoned. English statesmen thought that they had a right to count on American aid In pursuing an unselfish policy which is for the common benefit of the civil ised world, and they will be deeply dis appointed to find that they are mistak en and that American regard for the 'open door" and Chinese Integrity is limited to words. The moment the ITnlted States Is asked to accept some amount of responsibility It hastily ef faces itself and executes a precipitate retreat. Active communications are now pas sing between London and Washington and London and Pektr. The final de cision of thi Rrltlsh government can be easily predicted. Unless some prospect s held out of active support of the non- retirement policy by the Vnited States it Is probable the Russian example will eventually be Imitated by all the other powers. France In any case will follow Russ'n. Germany may do the same, thoush with great reluctance, sooner than separat? from her Eastern and Western neighbors. England under these circumstances will naturally feel that she Is not called upon to Incur the risks and burdens of a winter occupa tion of Pekln and will also withdraw, after a vigorous protest, and attempt to convince the allied governments of the grievous mistake that Is being made. It should be recalled that with Taku harbor closed by Ice and Russia holding (Continued on fourth page.) Era Matting Carpet Cxninlno BRYAN TALKS OF HIS OAT FARJI With Senator Weiiington Opens Campaign in Maryland. SPOKE FROM CAR PLATFORA' Wcllloxtoi Tclli Why He Tuned Dcmocritlc -Gritted With t Volutin of HIiki ts Wile Hi Midi Sharp Retort. CUMBERLAND, Md.. Sept. 4.-The opening of the Democratic campaign for the states of Maryland and West Virginia at this place tonight was ren dered memorable by the appearance on the platform of the Democratic nation al standard bearer, Hon. William J, Rryan, and Culted fitaUs Senator Geo. Wellington, who as .-it-tied as a Re publican. uotn these distinguihlied gentlemen were In good voice and tyth spoke with their accustomed force. Wellington's speech marked hs formal renunciation of party ties on account of the is sues growing out of the war with Spain lie had for this reason prepared a speech with care and he read It from typewritten manuscHpt. Bryan spoke without notes. The Journey of the presld ntlal can dldate acrotis the state was not devoid, of labor for him, for though he left the train but once on the Journey, he made a number of brief addresses from the rear platform. During the day Bryan's attention was called to an ex tract from a New Tork Republican new spaper saying that Bryan had made more money out of the oatcrop raised on his farm this season than the en tire farm had cost him. putting the result at $1,400 on 130 acres of land Commenting upon this statement Bry an said: "The entire farm contains only thir ty acres and cost me nearly 14.000, al though the land is not worth that much today. Instead of having 120 acres In oats, I had only 5 acres In oata. and the oats have not yet been threshed. They will hardly yield 40 bushels to the acre." Senator Wellington made the first speech of the evening. He was listen ed to with Interest and was frequently applauded, although at times there were very pronounced hisses. The Maryland senator lost no time In declaring his opposition to the present administration and his determination to support Mr. Bryan. He had taken this rosltion, he eaid, because of his views upon the Spanish war and Its consequences and because of his opposition to Imperialism. At the mention of the-probability of Bryan's election, the hisses which had for a time been growing In volume be came ferocious. The senator stopped In his speech and said: "Did you ever hear thit there were three things that hiss now and then? The first Is a serpent, the second a goose and the third a fool." This sally brought out a roar of applause which was followed by a still larger volume of hisses. UTAH REPUBLICANS. Affirm That Gold Production and Sales of Our Products Abroad Sup ply Enough Currency. PROVO. Utah. Sept. 4. The Repub lican platform adopted today says on the'money question: "e believe and affirni that the un precedented production of gold throughout the world and the marvel ous foreign sales of our products of the neid. farm and shop have so ln cre;vsed the available supply of mon ey In the United States that for the present there Is no question of cur rency to be considered by our citizens. We are confirmed In this position by the acts and words of the Democratic party and Its standard bearer." "The following nominations were made: For congressman, George Sutherland. For governor. Heber M. Wells, (re nominated). For supreme Judge. G. W. Bartch. For secretary of state. J. T. Ham mond (renominated). For attorney-general. M. A. Breeden. For superintendent of public Instruc tion. A. C. Nelson. For treasurer. J. D. Dixon. For auditor. C S. Tlngey. RUSSIAN COURT SCANDALS. Czar Threatens to Banish His Aunt From Court Because of Her Gambling. NEW TORK, Sept. 4. A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Berlin says: A very serious quarrel has broken out between the czar and his aunt, the grand duchess of Vladimir, which has had the result of causing her husband, the grand duke, to tender the resigna tion of his ofllce as commander of the metropolitan military district of St. Petersburg and of the Imperial guard. The whole trouble, which has not only set all Russian society by the ears, but has also perturbed several foreign courts including that of Em peror William, is due to a question of baccarat and roulette. Last spring, the czar, alarmed by the extraordinary Increase of the scandals at court, tn society, In the army and even among the high clergy, due u) hiirh pUy. laaued an edict strictly for bidding baccarat or roulette. This ukase followed almost immedi ately the startling discovery made by Nicholas that the chapter of one of the principal churches of the metrop olis had pawned the church plate snd J.-wel to pay gambling del.t con tracted at baccarat and roulette. Hy the army and clenry the emier or' commands have been obeyed, and baccarat ha been stopped at the yacht and other leading clubs. Hut society has treated the Imperial edict with something very much akin to de rision and largely owing to the attitude adopted by the gmnd durhes of Vlad imir. Th latter, a Cerman princess by birth and the only fonlgn lady who has declined to change the faith In which j she was reared for that of her husband on marriage to a Russian duke. Is passionately addicted to games of this character. To her ts due the Intro duction of the roulette table as an ar ticle of furniture in the salon of nv-st of the palaces and mansions of St. Peters burg, and the edict of her nephew In no way modified her openly proclaimed determination to visit do house and to attend no entertainment where roulette and baccarat were not provided for ber amusniiiit. On discovering the manner In which his orders were defied and the part which the grand duchess has played In the matter, the czar .ntlmatd to her that unless she set an example of obed ience to bis request he would deluc tantly b- compelled to visit her with a public token of his displeasure by ban ishing her for a time from court and depriving her of the use of the imperial liveries and Imperial honors. STRANGE MILITARY ORDER. French Colonel Declares Suicides Are Deserters. NEW TORK. Sept. 4. A dispatch to the Herald from Pans says: A curious order of the day has been issued by Colonel Clamorgan of the Second regiment of marines. It runs as follows: 'A soldier of the regiment committed suicide some days ago at Kerhum. A sergeant committed suicide this morn ing in the barracks. "It is better that their names should not be mentioned. These two deaths are a source or prorouna regret as would be the desertion or crime of a comrade. Suicide for a soldier Is desertion. It is a flight toward a country from which nobody returns. Suicide is a crime. It Is the aban donment of one's post and flight before the enemy. 'For this reason It Is a painful but a Just custom that all military honors are not rendered to suicides. 'A soldier who believes In God and who loves his country would have no temptation to commit suicide. Let us therefore be true believers and patriots in order that a noble hope may sustain us durirg life and that all of us sons of France'and soldiers first of all may know how to ke?p our blood for the defence of the fatherland." VERMONT ELECTIONS. Local Issues Cause a Decrease in the Republican Vote. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Ver mont, Sept. 4. Stale Issues, of which that of local option was the most Im portant, caused a 20 per cent decrease In the Republican vote today In the state election, and a large proportion of that loss went to tne Democratic party. The Republicans of course car ried the state by an Immense margin. It Is likely to fall at least 10,000 under the vote of 1SS6, but at the same time It Is probably about 5,000 ahead of the gubernatorial vote of two years ago. The vote for governor In 160 cities and towns, out of 246 in the state, gives Stlckney (Rep.). 36,671: Senter iDem.). 13.667: others. 112i. The same cities and towns In 1S96 gave Gnut I (Rep.). 40.664: Jackson (Dem.). 11.91.: all others 1264. If the same ratio shcul'" be maintained In the remaining towns the Republican majority will be about 29.000. CROSSED IN A BALLOON. French Aeronaut Passed Over the English Channel In Four Hours. NEW YORK. Sept. 4.-A dispatch to the Herald from Paris says: M. Jacques Faure, treasurer of the Aero Club, has successfully crossed the English channel In a balloon. He It ft the Crystal Palace. London, at S o'clock, Saturday night, and ar rived at Alette. Fas de Calais, at 3 'clock yesterday morning. The crossing of the channel occupied four hours. During this time the aer onaut kept his balloon at a height of w metres. REBELLION CRUSHED. Aspirant for Shah's Throne Thrown Into a Dungeon. CHICAGO. Sept. 4. A dispatch to the Record from Moscow says: A report comes from Teheran that after a desperate fight All Mahomet Bey, the rebel who at the head of a few hundred followers has been trying to get possession of the Persian throne, has been defeated by the Cossacks has tily summoned to oppose his march on the capital and has been thrown Into an underground dungeon. When captured he emphatically denied that he had har bored any intention of usurping the Shah's throne. PROHIBITIONISTS AT SEATTLE. SEATTLE. Sept. 4.-The Prohibition state convention was held here today. R. E. Dunlap was nominated for gov ernor and C. T. Hall for lieutenant- governor. I. A. Adams, of North Yaki ma, and Guy Posson, of Seattle, were nominated for congress. SEWALL DYING. BATH, Maine, Sept. 4.-The physi cians attending Arthur Sewall say he continues to grow weaker. The Indica tions are that he will not live out the night CAUGHT BETWEEN GIANT ICEBERGS Horrible Fate of Party Near Great Muir Glacier. CHILD CARRIED OUT TO SEA Ciuoe Wh Ground to Splinter, fcy M,l el Ice Lirje si a Steanuhlp Tw Small Children Dropped loto the Water. ; SKAGWAT, Aug. 2, via Seattle, Sept. 4. New of an awful death that befell three Indian children a few days ago at the mouth of Glacier bay, leading t the Great Muir glacier, Is brought by T. J. Munley. A party of six Indians in a canoe, two bucks and a squaw and three chil dren, were caught between two gi gantic Icebergs while on their way across the water. Glacier each as high above the water as a huge steam ship ground the canoe to splinters. The older Indians escaped on one cf the Icebergs and were rescued, but two of the little ones dropped Into the wa ter. The other child got upon a berg, by herself and was supposed to have been carried out to sea. POOR PROSPECT OF FUSION. Division Among Idaho Populists Pre vents Agreement With Demo crats. BOISE. TrlA Rent i Tt,. Tnr,..1l.t. and Democrats seem to be In a dead- iocs, lonignt mere does not seem to be any prospect of reaching an agree ment The Populists are divided among themselves and no arrangements can be reacnea. ia lemocrats appear to be willing to make a deal but the project 1 blocked hv th nonnta'a Hltrlalnn the Populists' ranks. They are still la- lAjrniK, uui mere is manifestly less hopefulness amonsr thoso who finva worked for fusion. NEW TORK REPUBLICANS. Adopted Their Platform at Saratoga Yesterday. SARATOGA. N. Y.. Sept 4.-The pre liminary work of the Republican state convention was completed today with tne adoption or the platform. There only remains the formal naming of can didates, and these have already been agreed upon. The ticket will be headed by Ben jamin B. Odell. cf Newburgb, for gov ernor, and Timothy L. Woodruff for lieutenant-governor. All the rest of the present state officers will be renominat ed by acclamation. BOERS HOLD A PASS. Fire Upon British With Long Toms Continuously All Day. CROCODILE RIVER VALLEY, Transvaal. Sunday. September 2. Gen Buller today reconnoltered the r rr posmon in me mountains over looking Lydenburg. General Botha and 2.000 burghers had previously ' the forces holding the pass. The Boers opened with three Long Toms and fired continuously all day long.. The British, had few casualties. WHEAT MARKET. PORTLAND, Sept. 4. Wheat. Walla Walla. 56c 57c; Valley and bluestem, 59c 60c. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 4. Wheat. December, 109; cash, 105. CHICAGO. Sept. 4.-Wheat, October, opening, 74; closing. 74H. 74. LIVERPOOL. Sept. 4. Wheat, Sep tember, Bs. ll'sd. ARNOLD HELD. English Lawyer at San Francisco Must Return to London. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.-Judge De Haven In the United States circuit court today held Julian B. Arnold, tho English lawyer, son of Edwin Arnold, accused of embezzling funds of his clients, for extradition. PLAGUE INCREASING. One Hundred and Three Cases Under Observation at Glasgow. GLASGOW, Sept. 4. A bulletin Issued by the medical officers of Glasgow this morning, shows that an additional plague case has been reported. The total is now 13. doubtful cases 3, under observation 103. GENEROUS GIFT TO COLLEGE. Rockefeller Presents 1 130,000 to a Ne gro School at Atlanta. ATLANTA. Ga., Sept. 4.-John D. Rockefeller has made Shellman semi nary, a negro college of this city, a present of JISO.OOO. METAL MARKET. NEW YORK, Sept. 4. Silver, 62; leal, brokers, 4; exchange, iiVA.