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TRENCHARD, Commission, Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping:. The Superior Ranges ARE ACKNOWLEDGED BY ALL WHO HAVE USED THEM Cl 7C PpP J I vl Otl 6k REED COFFEE NAPOLEON Was thc'orlri"s Ltediny General WE ARE Astoria's Leading House FOR II Stoves and Ranges W. J. Scully, typewriters. m. ALEXANDER & CO. Exclusive pRcifle Coast Dealers 245 Utark St., rortlaml, Ore, UKlE.locfll Afipnt. Custom Houae Broker . ASTORIA, ORE Aaoat W . T. A OoH and rtdlo Kipreu Co l. GERMANY ALSO ENTERS PROTEST Not Desirable That China Should Negotiate With Single Power. RUSSIANS REPLACED FLAGS Rcaetal of Tlee Tilt Cealrovercy Wild Est llb-Cbleen Killed by Sealry la Lefailoa Sired at PtklB. 1-ONiKiN. March 2H.-In the hou- of lord to lay, Lord Lansdowne, the for eign secretary, announced that no fur tier military opiratlonw by ItrltUh troop In China were contemplated for th iir'-wnt. The British governinen hoped t'. bo able before long to with ,.r reduce Hit fwrce. Th. allin had agnwd l hey were not it i w..r Kith China and desired to de rive in territorial advantage from pres -n( event They alo recognized ih binding imltici if the treaties and desired t'i iriiint.iin !he opn door In coinmer ri:ii mi i economical question, in re gard to thr' iu'Un of Indemnity, nmv i.n .T d!'uiilon; H had bc-n dtilded Hut rUilind choulJ b.' f.iruardej by !!) !miM'tn ill Otic lot. It WOK n"t df "ir' .l to on Chin any cruh in it burden. Hoth the Jtrulh and Oi-nuan ovetu nuiitH hi Informal China thut It w n d.-nir.ibli;. while negotiating with th" i"W i!4 ax a wholf, th it aho ahnuld t-ntrr into a private arraniri'mi-nt In vnlvlnif t-rrltor!al or financial condl Hon vviili any other power. .MfiK THOrULK AT TIEN TSIN. IXWC'ON. March 28. The Dally M U tun n-c-lvi'd the following from Tl-n Tiln: Colonel MacDonald politely ank'd the KuHHlurm to rwnove their llaga from 'the Hritmh iiortlnn of the disputed ter rltory whr (hey wer aurreptltiouHly iilaee 1 aft.'r mutual evacuation had be--p nr 'cj tiix'n. Thu Husslanjj' i!at ly dei'Hn-tl. SKNTHY KILLS C1IIXE8K. NEW VOItK. March 2S.-A dlapalch to the Herald fnm I'ckln ayi: A Oernian nentr' ha killed thre Chl-P'-He III legation street, but. a unual in HftalrH of this kind, contradictory utorlVH are t"ld aa to the Incidents lead ing up to tht conflict. C.KKAT PHENOH ACTIVITV. HiiNU KONO. March 28 .-It la rcport ,;d from Canton that the activity of the Frvnch In greatly lncrjlng In the neighborhood of that city. Two uteam ern ply b'tween Hong Kong and Canton and gunboat are much In evidence on the Chineae waterways. It la also re ported that two steamer are being built In France to run between Hong Kong and Canton and that France In tends to Kubeldlxe the carrying of the niulla. It Is also expected that a French pootofllco will open In Canton about April 1. obj.rtlona have been lodged to tho plying of the oteam launches under 'the trl-color. t'hlneie raptalna now fly the trl-cvlor with an addition of three miiall stars, which are invlxlhle a short distance aw.iy. ami as a result, U Is wild, the Chinese people Imagine they tire still under the trl-oolor and cm- dude that the French Influence Is galli ng. It la also reported that a French hospital was opened at Shanieen some months back for the purpose of receiving Chinese pa tients. All this aids French Influence and prestige. CORE AN QUESTION. NBW YORK. March 28.-WhIle the political atmosphere la thick with ru mors about the Intentions of the pow ers with regard to the Chinese question, It appears to have keen taken for granted that Corea was Pimply a dumb factor In the negotiations. In ord'r to ascertain exactly how this buffer state regards the situation, tho London correspondent of the New York H;rald called upon William Prtt chard Morgan. M. P., British consul- r- TT " I " ' Tl I t 1 I A&j BUFKLtD CURTAINS, fll CHAS. erirul in Corea, who gave his views as follows: "The gi,vernm"nt of Corea wan n flueni:r I to a grent extent, to my know. I"dgf, In granting rotweiwlnns to the power, by antlcliitlng that the various power having thc vested Interests would protect the Independence of Co. rea. Janftii would not, m my opinion, altemil to take tosi.-tm A C'or-a without tlK- apt,roya of thi powers. "At the sume time there Is a gen. eral lmprolon In th.i Iibi that if Rus sia eneroaches on Corn, Japan for her own protection must necessarily contest Russia right. lSut don't for a mo ment think It likely that there will be any friction between Russia and Jap an over Corea. "As to M inchurla. nobody appear to know exwtly what hiui happened or Is happening there. If China choos to make an agreement with IiuMa on this matter, I don't exactly m-e that It Is anybody else's buKift'H". Rut, according to the oapers today, It appears that China Is not wining to make this ar- iMngvnvmt. though It Is a fact that no body but China and Russia known ex actly what the facts of the cae are. Personally. I don't see that It will make much difference to trale. An soon as Russia settles matters In Manchuria business will go on the same as ever." Mr. Morgan's firm is one of the larg est Inter -sted In th China trade In England. Ills view.- therefore, apart from his official position as British rep resentative In Uor, are of ex eptlonal Importance. JAPAN'S NAVY Sl'PBRIOR. NEW YORK. Man h 2. If the Jap anese. Intend to rely largely upon their available s a power in a contest with RuxhIu, Jufmn a now n,,t only eual but sntHTlor In force to Russia, nays the Washington curresismdent of the Tlnn-s. The Russian fleet nw stationed In Ala. and available f,,r service against Japan, numbers thirty-one vessels ex clusive of torpedo boats, with an aggre gate tonnage of 130.JR The Japanese fleet exclusive of torpedo boats, con sist of fifty-two vessels of 207,903 tons. Not only does Japan enjoy a superior ity of tonnage to the extent of nearly 77.000 tons but she has some ships of very great power and the promise of great efficiency and h would enter a struggle with a prestige that would at last worry the peopl at St. Peters burg. Russia's Meet available at present for eervlce against Japan Includes some large ships, but her battleships are smaller and older thun those of Japan. Japan's ilst Includes about all her navy, the fleet being stationed at home for the most part, the cruises of ves sels b-lng chiefly for practice and in water with whkh It Is desired to ac quire most familiarity. Reside being much heavier than the Russian battleships, those of Japan are f later construction and are much more heavily batterled. A comparison of th weight of projectiles to be thrown by the respective fleets would, It is said, show great superiority in the fleet f Japan. As to the outcome of a naval con-I flk t between Russia and Japan, na val oflicers hesitate to predict. Russia has rud no recent naval experience wvrth mentioning. Japan's war with hlna prov .-d her to be Infinitely su perior to China, but only a conflict w ith Russia wuld prove anything of the relative ability of the two nations. While Japan's prestige is great and would nerve he navy to desperate con flict with Russia naval officers say that a pan cannot always expect to w-in and that Judgment must be deferrei until It seen naw she fights after he has ben subjected to a few drubbings. THOUSAND HOMESEEKEUS. ivo Hon is Bringing Hundreds Spokane Dally. to SPOKANE. March 28. Northern Pa- clfc and Great Northern trains from the East brought out 60 homeseekers today. A Burlington tra'n which will rrlve O.uring the night has 35i) hoine- seekers making the day's arrivals near ly 1000. STATE BOARD OF CONTROL. Members Appointed by Governor Rog ers Yesterday. Ot.YMPI.V, March 28. Governor Rog ers today appointed Charles S. Reed, of Seattle; Henry Drum, of Spokane; Ernest Lister, of Taooma, members of the new state board of control. Jast Received. .. 100 pairs Bobblnet Ruffled Curtains. The Swell Wlrtdaw Display, on which we are making a SPECIAL SALE. Also a new line of Ladles' Writing Desks In Flemish Golden Oak and Birds' Eye Maple AGUINALDO WILL ADVISE SURRENDER Now Ready to Accept American Supremacy. ' STORY OF HIS CAPTURE Remarkable Braver? and Stratcfic Skill of tficacral Faattoa Flllpia Leader Will Probably Be BaaUbed la Guam. WASHINGTON. March 28.-A cable- grim received at the war department late this afternoon from General Mac Artl.ur tell In a rajcclnct way the his tory of Agulnal lo's capture. It gives all the credit for the brilliant exploit to General Funion, whose reward It suggest should be the appointment as brlgadlr-g-'neral In ths resrular army, and finally closes with an expression of confld'-noe In the sp-H-dy cessation of hostilities throughout the Philippines a a result of the capture. Except that It makes n reference to the disposition to be made of Agulnaldo, the dispatch covers the whole field of awsip and speculation excited in Wash ington by the nes that Funston s ad venturous expeiitlon hal been crowned with complete auo.-ess. The cablegram Is as follow: "Manila, March 28. T the Adjutant General, Washington. Important mes-sag-rs fell Into the hands of General Funston. February 28, from which Ag ulnaldo was !o-ated at Pal man, Isabel la province. An expedition was organ ised, consisting of Aguinaldo's captured messenger, four ex-lnsurgvnt officers and 78 Maccabebees who spoke Tigalo. arm-M with Mausers and Rem ingtons and dressed to represent lnsur gents. "Funston commanded, accompanied by Captain R. T. Uaxzard. of the Elev enth cavalry; Captain Hary W. New ton, of the . Thirty-fourth Infantry; Lieutenant Oliver Haxzard. or the Elev enth cavalry: Captain Harry W. New Lieutenant Barton J. Mitchell, of the 1 Fortieth United States volunteers. The officers were dressed as American pri vates and represented prisoners. The expedition sailed from Manila on the fifth, oa the Vickuburg. landed March 14. on the east coast of Luzon, twenty-seven miles south of Casiguran. Reached Palanan, marching three af ternoons, Marvh 23. "The natives were completely misled. They supposed It was a detachment of Insurgent reinforcements for which supplies were furnished. Agulnaldo al so sent supplies and had his escort of forty men paraded to extend proper honor. A short distance from Aguin aldo's quarters the disguise was dis- carded. A. combat followed, resulting In two insurgents killed and eighteen ri fles and 1000 rounds of ammunition cap tured, together with Agulnaldo and two principal staff officers. No ci-'ualties on our skle. The splendid co-operation of the navy, through Commander Bar ry, and the officers and men of the Vioksburg. was Indispensable to suc cess. Funston loudly praised the navy. The entire army Joins In thanks for the sea service. "The transaction was brilliant In con ception and faultless in execution. All the credit must go to Funston who, un dor the supervision of General Wheaton, organized and conducted the expedition from start to finish. His reward should be signal and immediate with tJen- eral Wheaton, who commends Funston's retention In the volunteers until he can be appointed brigadier-general of the regulars. "I hope for the speedy cessation of hostilities throughout the archipelago as a consequence of this stroke and as the result of conferences now In probable progress. Agufoaldo will Is sue an address advising general sur render, delivery of arms and acceptance of American supremacy. . (Signed.) M'ARTHUR." The conferences In "probable prog ress" referred to In the dispatch is be lieved at the war department to mean conferences with other Insurgent lead ers by army officers or the Taft com mission. STORY OF CAPTURE. MANILA, March 28. General Funs ton. who March 23 captured General Emllio Agulnaldo, when Interviewed to day by a representative of the Associat ed Press made the following statement "concerning the capture of the.Filipiuo leader. The confidential agent of Aguinal do arrived February. 28 at Pantan bagan in the province of Nueva Eciba, northern Luzon, with letters dated Jan uary 11, 12 and 14. These letters were from Emilip Aguinaldu and directed Baldomero Agulnaldo to take command of . the provinces of central Luzon, sup plementing General Alejandrino. Eml lio Agulnaldo also ordered that 400 men be sent him as soon as possible, say ing that the bearer of the letters would guide these men to where Aguinaldo wan. ; General Funston secured the corres pondence of Agulnaldo" agent and laid his plans accordingly. Some month previously he had captured the camp of the Insurgent generaJ, Lacuna, incident ally obtaining Lacuna's seal of papers and a o,uintity of signed correspond ewe. ' From this material two letter were contni"t?d. 6M"nit)ly from Ia cuna to Agulnaldo. One of tiece con tained Information as to the progr? of the war. The other averted that, pursuant to order received from Bal domero Aguinaldo, Lacuna was snnd Ing his b-st company to President Enil III plan completed anil approved. General Funston ',-ame to Manila and organize hi xp-dlton, selecting 78 Maccatebees. all of whom spoke Taga lo fluently. Twenty wore Insurgent uniforms and the other the dress of Filipino laborers. This Maccabebee comi,any, armed with fifty Mauser, eight Remingtons and ten Krag-Jor gensens. was commanded . by Captain Rusel T. Hazard. of the Eleventh lT. 8. volunteer cavalry. With him was his brother. Lieutenant Oliver P. Hazzard. of J he same regiment. Cap tain Harry W. Newton, of the Thirty fourth Infantry, was taken because of his familiarity with Casiguan bay, and Lieutenant Barton J. Mitchell, of th; Fortieth infantry, went a General Funston's aW. These were the only Americans accompanying the leader cf the expeditlm. With the Marab-bees were four ex-lnsurgvnt officers, one b -lng a Spaniard and the other three Tagilos, whom General Funston trusted impll citly. Genral Funston and the officers wore plain blue shirts and khaki trousers, Each carried a half blanket bat wore no insignia of rank. The Maccabebees were carefully 'nstructed to obey the orders of the four Insurgent officer. On the night of March 8 the party embarked on the gunboat Vicksburg. It was originally Intended lo take cas- eos from the Island of Pollllo and drift to the mainland but a storm arose and three of the cascoes were lost. This plan was abandoned. At 2 a. in., on March 14. the Vicksburg put her lights out and ran in shore twenty-five mites south of Casiguran. province of Principe. The party landed and march- eJ to Casiguran. Americans had never garrisoned this place, and the Inhabi tants are strong insurgent sympathiz ers. Having arrived there, the ex-4nsu'r- gent officers, ostensibly commanding the party, announced that they were on the way to Join Aguinaldo; that they had surprised an American sun-eying party and that they had killed a num ber, capturing five. They exhibited General Funston and the other Ameri cans as their prisoners. The Insurgent president of CasiKurun believed the story. Two of Lacuna's letters pre viously concocted were forwarded to Aguinaldo at Palanan, province of Isa bella, General Funston and the others weri kept imprieoned for thrte days, surreptitiously giving orders at. night. On the morning of March 17, taking a small quantity of cracked corn, the party started on a ninety-mile march to Palanan. The country Is rough and uninhabited, and provisions could not be secured. The party ate small shell fish, but wer almjst starved. Wading swit't rivers, climbing precipitous moun tains and penetrating dense Jungles, they marched seven days and nights and on March 22 had rea-hed a point eight miles from Palanan. They were now so weak that It was necessary to send to Aguinaldo's camp for food. Ag ulnaldo dispatched supplies and di rected that the American prisoners be kindly treated, but aot be allowed to enter the town. On the morning of March 23, the ad- vanc; was resumed. The column was met by the staff officers of Aguinaldo and a detachment of Aguinaldo's body guard, which was expected to take charge of the Americans. While one of the ex-Insurgent officers conversed with Aguinaldo's aide, another, a Spaniard, sent a courier to warn General Funs ton and the rest, who, with eleven Mac cabebees, were about an hour behind. Having received this warning, General Funston avoided Aguinaldo's detach ment" and Joined the column, avoiding observation. The Tagolos went ahead to greet Aguinaldo and the column slow ly followed, arriving finally at Palanan. Aguiualdo's househpld troops, fifty men In neat uniform of blue and white and wearing straw hats, lined up to receive the new comers. General Funston's men crossed the river In small boats; formed on the bank and marched to the right and then In front of the Insurgent grenadiers. The Tagalos entered the house where Aguinaldo was. Suddenly the Spanish oftleer, noticing that Aguinaldo's aide was watching the Americans sus piciously, exclaimed: "Now, Maccabe bees, go for theai." The Maccabebees opened fire, but their aim was rather in effective and only three insurgents were killed. The rebels returned the fire.. On h earing the firing Aguinaldo, who evidently thought his men were mere ly celebrating the arrival of reinforce ments, raa to the window and shouted, Stop that foolishness; quit wasting ammunition!" Hllario Placldo, one of the Tagalo officers and a former insurgent major, threw his arms around Agulnaldo, ex3lalming, "You are a pris oner of the Americans." Colonel Simeon VUlla,- Aguinaldo's chief of staff. Major Alambra. and others attacked the men who were (Contlued on page four.) RUMOR THAT DE WET IS CAPTURED Strong Force of Boers Moving Toward Orange River. NO MORE TERMS FOR BOERS Widespread Demand la Ea(land That ibe War Be Tcrmlaalcd Oaly by Uocoadf tlooal Sarreader af Ibe Burbcra. PORTSMOUTH, Mch. 28. The Even ing New of this city publishes a state ment to the effect that General De Wt has been captured. BOEU FORCES UNITE. CAPE TOWN, March 28. Command ant Krilzinger, Commandant Scheeper and Commandant Van Reenan have Joined forces, and the Boer command, W) strong, are now mvlng m the di rection of the Ormge river, via Venter sl id. Cane Colony. EASY TERMS UNPOPULAR. NEW YORK, March 28. Lord Kitch ener's dispatch, giving some further de tail of the battle In which General Babbington routed Delarey, haa given' great satisfaction, as It emphasizes the sut.stintial nature of the British vic tory, says the London correspondent of the Tribune. Messrs. Merrlman and Sauer, the em issaries of the Afrlkanderbund, who are here now on a peace mission, are not receiving much encouragement and It is more than probable that they will not have an opportunity to air their elo quence on behalf of the Boer at the bar of the house of commons. Meanwhile the feeling of th patlon Is decidedly opposed to offering to the Boers easy peace terms a aecond time. The Mail, which accuses the govern ment of having nearly betrayed the empire by allowing Lord Kitchener, to., discuss any terms at all witb General Botha, continues to be inundated by aa enormous number of letters dally, show- ng how widespread la the demand that the war shall only be terminated by the unconditional .surrender of the Boers. DEADLOCK BROKEN, Two Senators Elected by the Nebraska Legislature Yesterday. LINCOLN. March 28. Joseph H. Mil lard, of Omaha, and Governor Charles H. Dietrich, of Hastings, were elected United States -senators, respectively for the long and short term, by the Joint session of th two houses of the legis lature, which met at noon today. Both candidates received the unanimous sup port of the Republican members, each receiving 70 votes. By the action of the Republican cau cus, which .iad met earlier In the day. Messrs, Millard and Dietrich had been nominated, and when the Joint session f the two houses convened there re mained nothing to do but confirm the nominations, which was done on the first balUt. which resulted: . Millard. 0: Dietrich. 70; .W. H. Thompson. 52; Allen. 58; Hitchcock. 8; Berge, 2. Just before the calling of the roll on nited States senator, a communica tion was read from D. E. Thompson, extending hi hearty thanks to those Republican members who have so hear tily supported him and announcing his withdrawal as a candidate. This an nouncement was received with a wild, cheer from the Republicans. Tho action of Thompson was follow ed by Edward Rosewater, who sug gested either George W. Lynlnger or J, H. Millard, both of Omaha, as the most available men for the long-term senatorship. MeikleJohn and Currle af terwards announced their withdrawal. 1). K. Thompson's withdrawal wae forced by the knowledge that If he held out a break from him would o?cur in a joint session of the legislature today. The two long-term candidates, ROge. water and MeikleJohn. refused to yield in his favor, and he could not be nom inated with the support of either alone. NEW TRIAL GRANTED. ' Alleged Murderers of Wm. Goebel to Tie Retried. FRANKFORT. Ky.. March 28. The court of appeals 'today rendered a de cision granting aew trials, in the cae of ex-Secretary of State Powers, sen tenced to life imprisonment, and James Howard, sentenced to be hanged, as al leged accessory and principal, respect ively, in the assassination of William Goebel. ANOTHER GUSHING WELL. BEAUMONT. Tex., March 2S.-Beau- mont now. has gu -thing oil wells. The third one came in thi evening. PRICE OF SILVER. NEW YORK. March 28 Silver, 55-..