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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1904)
PAOft TWO. THE MORNING ASTORIaN, SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1901. RUSSIAN ARMY IS GOING TO PIECES Detailed Account of the Demoralized Condition of Russian Affairs in Manchuria. Niu Chwang, June 21. (10 p. m.) via messenger to Koupantxee, The Russians seem unable to reform their plans which have been uiiset by Gen eral Kurokl and are loosing interest and heart In the struggle. The local censor is no$ passing any communicac tlons. The secret police are extra diligent and it Is extremely hazardous to attempt to send out uncensored dis patches. Niu Chwang Is fillet! with rumors of more fighting to the southward. The reports come from native sources. A few Russian officers who talk guarded ly say the rumors are untrue but that General Kuropatkln Intends to make a determined stand at Kaichou, where many mines have been laid and trenches constructed. The field telegraph between Kaichou and Niu Chwang which was finished Wednesday, was cut in three places last night and five miles of wire car ried away. It is supposed to have been the work of Chinese in pay of the Japanese. This Is regarded as evi dence that the Russian cannot hope for the friendship of the Manchurians. Large bands of robbers are giving the Russian outposts much trouble Northwest of Niu Chwang. The Japa nese, It Is said, havve supplied the "robbers with 1000 modern rifles and much ammunition. French correspondents from Murk den report that the Japanese up to last last Monday had made no demon stration near Liao Yang. These cor respondents are now with the Russian forces south of here, but American and British correspondents are not permitted to see the fighting. Viceroy Alexleft has Issued a proc lamation to the effect that all the traffic on the Liao river south of Murkden must stop and that food stuffs must be delivered to the Rus sians. According to native reports the Russians are loosing thousands of horses from glanders. Foreign military attaches who wit nessed the fighting at Fengwangcheng, declare that the Japanese artillery Is superb and that the Japanese army Is equal to the best of the European troops. The order of the American postal department, issued early In May, to send for Manchuria' to New York and thence through Europe, has caused uneasiness among firms and Indivldu.- als with American business relations, as the Russian mail route is con considered wholly unsafe. If the Japanese should cut the line of com munication south of Murkden It would result In the stoppage of all American mail. There are 500 wounded at the Rus sian camp three miles east of Niu Chwang. A few surgeons and mem bers of the Red Cross arrived this afternoon. Many more are needed. The local physicians are offering as sistance, but the Russians decline to receive their aid. . Valparaiso, Chile, The president has asked congress to postpone the laws for the redemption nt paper currency until July 190 and to provide for the admission after that date of $9,000,000 paper guaranteed by a largely Increaoed gold reserve. The convention was to have been carried out next January, but the postponement is asked for by the pre! dent because of the un preparedness of the country and because a certain amount of the conversion fund was used for urgent expenses when the country was in grave danger of war. General approval is glvtn to the president's action. COMPARING FOSSILS. Univtrsity Professor Busy Among the Bones. Berkeley, Col., June 85.-To compare St,mt0" Hanna and they were never be no doubt that he said it. Mr. llanna himself was too honest In such matters ever to have denied saying It. The two nien were always on the most formal and distant personal terms after that. When authorised charity solicitors made the rounds of the senate for con tributions. Senator Quay, who was a liberal giver, used to say to them: "All right, you may put my nnm down. Hy the way, what are the others giving llanna, for Instance?" The charity solicitor would mention the amount of the Ohio senator's do nation. "You may put my name down for twice that." Senator Quay would say This became so well known among the charity solicitors that they finally began to figure on getting Just twice the amount from Senator Quay as from If your eheit measure Is 42, 84 ooat would be little uncomfortable and would cause tome comment among your frlenda.. la your advertising ax penditure out too email for your bus! neta cheat meaiuremenlt DONT CO TO 8T. LOUIS Till you call at or write to the Chi cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Office 1S4 Thlrt street, Portland, Ore. Low rntea to all points east, In connec tion with all transcontinental. II. 8. ROWE, General Agent, the latest discoveries In reptilian fos alls made by the eastern geologists, with their famous prototypes In the old world museum, Trof. John C. Mcr rlam head of the University of Call fornla department of palentology is now working diligently In the great geological museums of England, Ger many and France, minutely comparing the material he has so recently un earthed with the older and well known fossils ttiere. The outcome of his work will mean revelations concerning the richness of the fosslllferous strata of the far west beds, which rival the greatest bone fields of Europe. MORE HOPEFUL FEELING. Tone of Stock Market Better During Past Week. New York June 23. The tone of the stock market has reflected a more hopeful feeling in speculative circles. Fluctuations have been narrow, how ever, and business dull. A rise In United States steel preferred had a strong sympathetic eltect on the mar ket. Opinions over crop prospects were favorable and an averaee increase in t railroad gross earnings was reported. The passing of the interest on the Wabash debenture "A" bonds upset sentiment considerably on Friday. Re dundancy of money forced some capi tal into the market for high grade stocks and bonds. EXTENSION OF FOREIGN DEBT. Chile Puts Off Redemption of Paper Currency. New York, June 25,-The budget of 1903 contains appropriations of 14,630, 000 for the extension of the foreign debt, says a Herald dispatch from Morton Starts for Home. New York. June SR. Vice President Paul Morton of the Santa Fe railway, .'ust named secretary of the navy by Tiesldent Roosevelt, has started for his home In Chicago after a few howm spent in this city on his way from Washington. He was warmly con gratulated by fellow railroad official upon his appointment. disappointed. -John L." on Work. The redoubtable and only John T. Sullivan Is credited with giving Ills advice to two small boys who paid homage at Ms shrine not long ngo: "Hoys, If you want to get along, do your work. Work Is the only thing that makes men happy and successful. Don't be like a boy whose father wrote to the boy's boss asking where his son slept. The answer the man sent back was: "We don't know where your son sleeps at night; he sleeps In the ahop daytimes.' " Quay's Dislike of Harma. It is said now that Senator Quay never forgave Senator Hanim for say ing, at the time when the senate re fused to permit the I'ennsylvanlan to take his seat on the appointment of the governor of Pennsylvania, that the country would be better off if Mr. Quay were to remain at Heaver. It was a rare thing for the tactful Ohio senator to permit himself to utter a remark like that, but there seems to Some Timely Advice. "Down In Kentucky not long ago," says a Chicago traveling man, in the Record-Herald. "I saw In front of a store in one of the small towns a sign which read: 'Paints, Oils, Hardware, Hooks and Stationery.' I had a rather long and tedious trip before me, and it-siting something to read on the way, I wont In. 'Do you happen to have any of the vest pocket classics In stork?" 1 asked the proprietor. 'No, I nln't got any of them just now,' he replied, but I can show you hip-pocket Colt, If that'll do. And If you'll take my ad vise you won't waste any money on a vest pocket classic fnh use In these parts." A DIRECT LINE to Chicago and all points Mat; Loula vllie, Memphis. New Orlean. and all points south. Bee that your ticket reada via the Illinois Central R. R. Thoroughly mod ern trains connect with all franscontl. nental lines at St. rui and Omaha. If your friends are coming west let ua know and wa wilt quote them direct tht specially low rtts now In effect from all eastern points. The Grotto handles nothing but straight liquors; no blended goods In the house. WILLIAMS FOR CHAIRMAN. Democrats Making Preparations for Their Convention. New York, June 23. Members of the democratic national committee, now here say John Sharp Williams, democratic leader in congress, un doubtedly will be the temporary chair man of the St. Louis convention and will make the keynote speech. It is expected that his selection will be rati fied when the national committee gathers next week in St. Louis. Sen ator Bailey of Texas has been men tioned for permanent chairman of the convention, but it is believed to be unlikely that both presiding officers will be chosen from the south. PERUVIAN TRANSPORT WRECKED IHKJJ.HHIWWHIII i,milWM, ,IM,l,,!aw,,,,,wwwl . , , JMi.JJJ.J.,.,JW ' I mi Any Information at to rate, routea, etc, cheerfully' given on application. B. II. TRUMBULL, Commercial Agent, US Third street, Portland. Or. J. O.LINDSEY, T. 1. ft P. A.. HJ Third street, Portland, Or. P. B. THOMPSON. F. ft. P. A.. 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Btey. ens at 1.00 p. m, arlvlnf Aatorla I ts p. tn. Sunday only. All trains make close connections at Coble with all Northern Paclfls trains to and from the East and Sound point. J. C. MAYO, ' General Freight and passenger Agent. Wt7 MM f&8 W$00l i All Officers and Men on Board Were Lost. New York, June 2.". The Peruvian transport Amazonas, has been wrecked on the Amazon near the confluence of the Napo river, according to a Herald dispatch from Rio Janeiro. The com mander an;l 22 soldiers were drowned. While negotiations between Peru and Brazil are progressing there are more disturbances in the contested zone. Indians have raided the villages of Pomboalto and Maranhon. About HO Inhabitants have been killed. Railroad Man Promoted. Fort Worth, Tex.,- June 25. Jj W. Dean, formerly superintendent of the Colorado & Southern railroad, has been appointed to the position of superin tendent of terminals of the Mexican National railroad with headquarters In the City of Mexico. The position which Mr. Dean is to fill Is a new one recently created and the duties, in a measure, will be the same as those de volving upon Division Superintendent Leech, who will be relieved. 1 FREE BOX WOOD. Anyone wishing box wood may have aame free of charge, provided they will haul it away promptly. TONGUE POINT LUMBER CO. VACATION TIME. Vacation time should bring rest, re'-reation and comfort; and comfort of the solid and pleasing variety means no high collar, no stiff hat and no itching scalp. It is for this last dis comfort that Newbro's Herpicide becomes a summer necessity, as it stops itching of the scalp and Prickly Ileat almost instantly. Take Herpicide with you on your vacation. ...SCALP WARNING.. Itching of the scalp is not so much a punishment for past neglect as it Is a warning for the future. It shows, almost coiisiusive ly, that the vine-like, microbic growth that causes dandruff, itching scalp and falling hair has entered the Sebaceous glands and unless this growth is stopped and kept out of the scalp, baldness will follow. ...IT IS CONTAGIOUS.. It was Prof. Unna (ask your doctor about him), who first pointed out that the true cause of hair loss is a germ or microbe that lodges in the scalp where it causes dandruff. Being, of microbic origin the disease Is necessarily contagious but Dr. Sabouraud has recently called attention to the highly contagious nature of dandruff, and the . necessity of constant watchfulness to avoid it. Kill the dandruff germ with Herpicide. UNSTERILIZED PUBLIC HAIR. BRUSHES, says Dr. A. Cartaz, are to blame for most of the baldness that Is prevalent today. He further states that, "baldness begins in the young." 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