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A Books, P;no(.ralr, MnKaiii c- Mi Hot to ha Token From m ; :l r, nu,,iO Atv, ASTORIA PUBUC IJBRARY ASSOCIATION. .;! be lijblu to proseculiw. H it,. ,1? AY' ' VOL. LI1. A8TOUIA, OKKGON. THtKHDAY. NOVKMBEK 1, 1000. HO. 107 ifOiitillPj! n nv II K WE ARE SELLING AGENTS IN ASTORIA FOR BRIDGE, Superior Stoel Ranges BEACH Sylph Heater 6i CO.'h Olio Heater I COLE Hot Blast Heater for Coal MFC Dome Top Heater for Wood CO.'h Russia Iron Heater tor Wood Wo alw) manufacture a Ruwmi Iron Queen Heater for 'K)tl. TIh'ho comjirwc tlio M line of sloven in tlio nUto. Wo sell no MTOiul-clnmt stoves. An in spection of our line of stove will ay you. ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. School Boohs and School Supplies Tablets, Pencils, Fens, Slates, Composition Books, Note Books, Sponges and TnVn - Everything Necessary for f chool Vte ...GRIFFIN S REED... -HUNTERS ATTENTION- AMMUNITION FOARD 0 STOKES CO, "The World Owes Every Man a Living" But what sort of living in it yon cot with b pool stove or range in your kitchen? Huy a Star Estate Range Tbey insure good living V. J. Scully, Agent mm, 431 BOND STREET C. J. TRENCHARD, JUST ARRIVED . . . j New Mince Meat ; New Crop Apple Butter Cl; Boiled Cider i ; Sweet Cider Nuts, Apples, Popcorn, etc. Ross, Hiins 8 Co, Commission, Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. Custom House Broker s ASTORIA, ORE Aieot W. t. 4 Co, tad Poolflo Kxpreii Co I. EMPRESS ORDERS WHITES EXPELLED Also Instructs Emissaries Have All Converts Killed. to PRANCE SENDS HER REPLY Attests AiloOtnaii Afrccatit Wllk E ccpitoi ( Ibc Thirl Article-Coai.tr Waits Tin Excited bat McKloltr Docii't. PAIU8. Nov. l.-The politique Colo, nlale makes the following announce mmt: "The Fiench ambassador to Great Ilrllal'i htm received instruction to re- ply to the AngIo-Grman agreenv-nt that Franc adheres to the prlnc'pie of the Intrgrlty of the Chinese, empire and the open door, and lliut with regard to article three she reserves the right to Oct In such a manner us to Kafir Kunrd her Intireats. KMPRKKS f'ONTINUEH WAR. LONDON. Oct. 31. "Most m-iiou trouble," say the Shanghai correspond ent of the Dnlly Expiesx, "In brewing 'n the Yangtse region whltfu r the cm-pn-.it dowager has m-nt emissaries to raise powerful armed bodies to exter minate rnwrta and exH foreigners. Phe ha. appoln'ed Tu C'huan, a notori- iu!y antl-fon-lgn general, to be mili tary governor of the Yangtse district." In th province of Kwang Tung, ac cording to the Hone Kong- correspond ent of the Dolly Moll, the rebellion la subsiding, owing to the scarcity of Run. and ammunition. DEMANDS OP AMERICA. NEW YORK, Oct. SI. Authoritative denial U mad In Washington, aayi Herald ipeolal. that the ministers In Pfkln hive already decided to demand l?Wo.0TO indemnity. It ia Hated that thlt natter h nvt yt n considered. Tho mlnlter ajd Ohlne envoya krt trying to ettl the punlnhnvnt of the ticker lend-r and It I learned thnt Mr. Conset la enp'vlully dettlnmii to have rrince Tuan exwuted. It wa mated hint nlnht by a high official that the pre.ldfnt will be aollnfle.rHhuld Prlnie T'lan be drje-ad'" 1. O.-rnmny wants him b"h''ad"d. No :'t have yet been tiik" ti entln-tte the lnd-mn!ty China ihould pay the United Slates. fhe war department Im pnprlnjr to rollTt Information aa to the cKt of the expedition to China. Ueprenentntlve of the rrllKloua dentminatlona whooe mlN.lotiarlea were killed and Injured and nillon were destroyed are con- f'rrllig with Meaar. Conger and Rock hill, anil private cltiii-na whose prop erty waa deatmyvtl have submitted claims to ihe state department, but they hav alt been notified that urh action Is premature. MAGAZINE EXPLODED. SHANGHAI. Oct. 31-The Dally N'ewa reports that a powder magazine at Nankin has been exploded by light ning and that many persons were killed or Injured and much property was destroyed. RRYAX IX OHIO. Had Many Small Crowds, but Was Well Received In Cincinnati. CINCINNATI. Oct. 31. William J. Pryan made the first speech thut he hits made in this city, during the present campaign, tonight. The day waa spent entirely in this itnte and the itinerary covered the country between this city and Toledo. The majority of places where stops were made were email towns and, as a rule, the crowds were not large. Bry an received a very cordial reception In Cincinnati. He will start early tomorrow morning for Indiana, en route to Chicago. NO RELIGION IX DEMOCRACY. NAPOLEON. O., Oct.. 31,-In his speech at Wauseon, Bryan said: "I have received today two circulars, one being sent out to the members of the A. P. A. Society, asking them to vote the Republican ticket as a pro test against the Catholics, and the oth er asking the Catholics to vote the Re publican ticket as a proUst agalmit the A. P. A. "Here you find the lU-iiubllcar have failed In tMr appeal to the people to support Republican principles or. any br'md grounds, now sending out circu lars appealing to religious prejudices. I thank God that the Democratic party is a party to vhlch tlu people can be long, no matter of what church they are members, no matter what their oc cupatlon. ' ENGLISH THUNDERSTRUCK. Unpopular Marquis of Lansdowne Ap pointed Foreign Secretary. LONDON. Oct. 31.-Th Marquis of Lunsdowne's elevation to the foreign secretaryship, according to the an nouncement In the newspapers this morning, has, figuratively shaking taker the country' breath away. It was as unexpected as It Is unwelcome. Even the stanchest ministerial newspa pers openly denounce It. The Globe dedareg the appointment shows that Lord Salisbury Is complete ly out of touch with the feelings and wishes of Ihe electorate and the Conser vative party, while the Liberal West minster Gazette, crowing over the dls- comllture of th mlnlsfeiial newspapers, which have been so loudly demunding the retlrem'-nt of Lord Lansdowne, ex pri'usi rell-jf at the fact that Mr. Jos eph Chamberlain was not given the pout, saying: "The latter'! appointment would have filled thoughtful people with 'dismay, and It Is something to have escaped this serious danger." Lord Salisbury apparently arranged matters with the queen at Balmoral a week ago. His own Inclination was to rislgn th premiership and dev te hlm telf exclusively to the foreign office. He wrote her majesty to this effect, but she declined to accept the suggestions. Lord Salisbury t her fore went to Bal moral to discuss the question, with the result that the queen carried her point. Public anxiety Is to some extent re lieved by the prospect that Salisbury's expert! nc-e will still be available to di rect the broad lines of policy of the prospcc.lve foreign minister. SALISBURY WITHDRAWS. NEW YORK. Oct. 31.-A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: It Is Announced, seemingly with au thority, that Lord Salisbury, acting on advice, has decided to relinquish the foreign secretaryship. Lord Salisbury has had over eleven years In the for eign ollice and. although he has paused his seventieth birthday. If he had mere ly consulted his own natural dlres he would have continued to hold the two offices which he has occupied with such unvarying success. As prime minister he will be able to exercise general control not nlone In foreign affairs but in other departments of the service. Lord Lansdowne. who has been a fail ure at the war office, will be. accord ing to the Telegraph, the new foreign secretary. He Is a weak politician but has been a successful viceroy and Is persona grata with the premier. With Lord Lansdowne at the foreign office, Lord Salisbury will still be able to di rect the foreign policy of England, whereas such might not be the case If a strong man like Mr. Chamberlain had been appointed. It Is not unlikely, however, that there will be a great out cry If Lord Lansdowne's appointment should be officially confirmed. TWENTY-SIX STILL MISSING Melted Gum Arabic Taken for Fragments of Bodies. NOT A SINGLE B0DV FOUND lnsriKi Cenptilci Flfbt Over Ibc Uiki IM lfc Dnf Cesipailci All Try te Ifier Rtieeiilblllly for the Exilotlei. REVOLUTION IX SPAIN. Was Tlanned for Tonight but Discov ered by the Authorities. MADRID, Oct. 31. Papers and stamps bearing the Inscription. "The Royal Army of Catalonia," have been seised. It is said that the revolution was timed for th first night In November. Con spirators In three groups were to at tack simultaneously the municipal council, civil government and captain general. ALYORD IN CUSTODY. Will te Turned Over to the United States Authorities. NEW YORK, Oct. 31. District At torney Gardiner announced this after noon that Alvord, the defaulting bank teller, would be turned over to the Unit ed States authorities. POPULATION OP MEXICO CITY. MEXICO CITY, Oct. Sl.-The census shows that this city has over 400,000 population. ..REMOVAL SALE.. For the next sixty days our entire stock of furniture and carpets will be closed out at less than cost. Call early and avoid the rush. CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-A revision made tonight of thoe persons mlshlnr and thought to have perished 1n the ex plosion and fire at Tarrant 4 Com pany's drug store jhows twenty-six unaccounted for. What was supposed to be parts of bodies tak-n from the ruins last night turned out on examination at the morgue to be blackened pieces of melt ed gum arable. Again today another inass was found which the workmen first thought to be human flesh tut it Is now thought to be melted rubb r. Not a single body has yet ben found In the ruins. SPECULATIONS AS TO CAUSE. NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Only four bod ies have been recovered from the ruins caused Monday by the explosions in the Tarrant drug house, up to this morn ing. Of these only one body has been Identified, that of August Schmidt. The three urldentlflM bodies weYe gathered plecemeiil and never will be Identified. The police claim that the portions of human anatomy found represent three bodies and that two of them were men and one a woman. Early this morning a number of bones were found. Inspectors Tench and Ken- ney, of the building department, found a woman's head In the northeast corner f Greet.wfeh and Warren streets. Lat er the same men found a package of tools, a man's apron and hat Inspectos Gahan. of the building departmert. w,hle hunting through the ruins found two pieces of human flesh and the same Inspector found another piece of human flesh and a knee joint. Two tons of chlorate of potash and one ton of sulphur. It-appears, were In the building occupied by Tarrant & Coirpany when It was demolished by Hie and explosions on Monday noon. Mr. Rogers, of Rogers & Pyatt. Im porters cf gums, shellac and chemicals, 2nd manufacturers of varnish, made a statement which quoted President Main of the Tarrant Company as saying that the "Rogers & Pyatt people stored much chlorate of potash with us and this may have caused the explosion. I am Inclined to think that It did." Mr. Rogers said In the course of an Inter view: "That statement I will not dispute w Ith Mr. Main at the present time. We are warm personal friends. I have found him so broken down over the ca tastrophe that I do not think he spoke with a clear head. I admit we stored chlorate of potash with the Tarrant Company." Mr. Rogers said that, though he could not tell exactly except by looking at his books, the potash amounted to something betweere one and two tons and possibly even more, though he was but guessing. He continued: "At any rate, chlorate of potash in Itself Is net an explosive nor In any way a dangerous chemical to store. I could show you a permit from the Inspector of combustibles for the fire department allowing us to carry In stock 20,000 pounds of chlorate of potash right In our own building here." "But If chlorate of potash Is not com bustible or explosive why should a per mit be necessary?" was asked. "I do not know except that I am al ways extremely careful about every pound of chemical that comes In here. I never take a chance. I am not a chemist and cannot tell If chlorate of potash must combine with another in gredient to form an explosive. Some of it we sell to fire works companies who mix It with sulphur and nitrate of strontium to make red fire. There are a great many of other firms who haw stored chlorate of potash and other chemicals with Tarrant & Company. We had no shellac or gum or other combustible merchandise In the house at the time of the fire." The Shoellkopf, Hartford & Hanna Company, It la learned, likewise used Tarrant & Company's storehouse for chemicals of all kinds. A representa tive of the firm Bald In answer to a question: "No, thank heaven, we had no chlo rate of potash In the wrecked building. Our loss consisted mer?ly of dyestuffs." "Is chlorate of potash explosive under certain conditions?" "I should say It was. Allow a little starch or sugar or flour or charcoal or any other organic substance to mix with It and It Is only a question of time when spontaneous combustion will take place." Edmund D. Congdon, representing In this city the Harshaw, Fuller & Good win Company, of Chicago, was making up a list of chemicals he had lost In the wreck when questioned about th ex plosion. "We had no chlorate of potash In store at the tlm-?," he said. "We had, however, considerable chemical that were Inflammable, among them ten 2"0 pound barrels of sulphur and I shouli ray aunui me same quunuiy or ttergun dy pitch. Othr .:hrnlcals we lost con sisted of blue vltri'jl, ;irerlc, oxides of antimony and acids. I do not think anything we had !n storage could have caused fire or exploslm. though not knowing what else was In the ware rooms I am unable to say If a chemical combination might not have taken place and caused an explosion or perhaps frpontaneoua combustion." Protracted litigation between Insur ance companies may ensue relative to the explosions In the mined buildings. Plate glass Insurance companies deny their liability for the many insured windows which w shattered through out the wrecked area In the down town business section and their officials have refused large claims. They have re ferred patrons who suffered loss to the fire insurance companies. The latter hav? declined either to pay or take the matter under consideration. Plat-; glass Insurance companies say they are protected under clause four In the standard polle which provides that 'this company Is not liable to make good any loss or damage which may happen by or In consequence of any fire f'aliether on the premises or not.)" Many prominent fire underwriters hold that damage to buildings caused Sy explosions or to buildings detached or remote from a building where a fire and explosion occur Is not covered by a fire lnsranc policy. The New York Standard policy reads: "This company shall not be liable for a loss caused by explosion of any kind unless fire en sues and In that evnt for the damage by fire only." BOTHA INVADES CAPE COLONY SQUANDERED HER MONEY. George J. Gould Forced to Act as Trus tee for His Sister, Countess of Castellane. PARIS. Oct. 31 A civil tribunal his appointed George J. Gould trustee for the Countess of Castellane, his sis ter. Maitre Bonnet, when applying for the trusteeship. Informed the president of the court that the countess herself rec ognized that her expenditure had been too lavish and that It was necessary for some one of experience "and au thority to manage her affairs. The Income of the countess, it is said, was three million' francs. Since her marriage fifteen million francs had been expended and her debts amount ed now to twenty-two million francs. The Gould family had met In consulta tion and unanimously decided to auth orize Mr. Gould to make the present ap plication. The debts, Maitre Bonnet says, were the following: Three hundred and seventy-two thou sand francs In connection with the charity bazaar building and hotel In Rue Malakoff. etc.; 6.5S5.260 francs on mortgages payable from 1900 to 1W9; 4,293.133 francs on bills for money loan ed; 9.100,000 francs owing to curio dealers. GERMANY NOT COVETOUS. Denies Any Intention of Acquiring a Coaling Station Near American Continent. BERLIN. Oct. 31. The Cologne Ga zette, confirming the dispatch of the Associated Press of October 29, author itatively denies the stories of Ger many's contemplated lease from Venez uela of a coaling station at the Island of Maigarltta, and adds: "Germany does not covet any acqui sition In the vicinity of the American continent." as Strong Force and Expects Large Reinforcements. REFUSES TO SURRENDER ToM Pifet Wn Impoulblc u Loaf it Aiy BurfberiWUb te Flxht-B.lt-UhTreopi Ordered teCblai Fran Natal. PRETORIA. Oct. 3L-Int3lilgence has reached here that Commandant-Gener al Botha is marching with a strong force to Invade Cape Colony near Ken hardt, where, it Is said. Irreconcilable Boers are ready to Join him. NEGOTIATIONS FAILED. LONDON, Oct. 31.- A belated dispatch from Pretoria tells of the failure of British negotiations with General Bo tha for tho surrender of the Boers. Eotha received General Paget's flag of truce courteously and admitted his de feat, but said it was impossible to treat for surrender as long as any burghers wished to continue the war. President Steyn was more Irreconcil able. He refused to even see the bearer of the flag of truce. TROOPS GO TO CHINA. DURBAN. Natal. Oct. 31. The Gor don Highlanders and Devonshire regi ment have been ordered to pe ready to call for China In a few days. EARTHQUAKE IN FLORIDA. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. SI. Eight distinct earthquake shocks were felt in Jacksonville today. No serious damage resulted. LUTON'S DEAL IN PORK. Englishman Owned All In the Market and Netted S3S0.00O. CHICAGO. Oct 3L-As the result of his deal here In pork. Sir Thomas Lip ton Is believed to have made $330,000. There were orly 35.000 barrels of porlc that could be delivered and the Eng lishman owned them all. as well as twice that number bought from those who did not have a barrel to deliver when the time came. Numerous private settlements are said to have been made, so that while the bear speculators In pork have re ceived some painful Injuries, the wounds have not been mortal. A pri vate settlement of 1000 barrels was made near the end of the session. Lip ton's representative' allowing a belated short to take that amount at $13 per barrel, assuring the buyer that at the close the price would be $20. That he knew whereof he spoke was made plain to everybody later, for as the closing bell sounded. Samuel Wolf was shout ing bids at $20. ' CHURCHES UNITE. V Formal Union of Free and United Presbyterian Churches. EDINBURGH. Oct. 31.-The formal union of the Free and United Presbyter- Ian churches, decided upon yesterday at the Joint meeting here of the Free church assembly and the United Pres byterian synod, was consummated to day. WHEAT MARKET. PORTLAXP. Oct. 31.-Wheat. Walla Walla, 53c; bluesum. 5(1 SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. SI. Wheat. December. 99H; cash. 9tV. CHICAGO. Oct. 31. Wheat. Decem ber, opening, 73. 73k; closing, 73. 73. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 31. Wheat. De cember, ?s. d. METAL MARKET. NEW YORK. Oct. lead, unchanged. 31,-Sllver. 6414; ASK FOR i i I "Charles Carroll" 10c "General Good" - - 5c CIGARS TWO UNEQUALBD SMOKES ALLEN & LEWIS, Distributors, Portland, Oregon '