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i. a t- t I- ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, exclusive; teleg i SGON, SAV VOL. XLHI, NO. 23. ASTORIA, OREGON. TlflE DOESN'T WAIT! WAR IS N V UU8l r JM i Opportunities of ft lifetime pass in n moment and are gone forever. Your chance lo have us make you up one of those h.ind.-omo Dress Suits of any style to order is here now. Fit unci workm-ins-hip guaranteed and prices the lowest, which can be' attested to by many nation? who havele.'h' mcasur-t-d for suits tho past G. months. Full lines of Mon'3 and Boys' Clotking.Furniali ing Gocd3, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, -Trunks, Valises, etc. - LMen's and Days' Bsillrng Suits of all lands now in stock. "Osgood flEHCATiiiE go. ' The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers 506 anil 50IT COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. China and Japan Have Begun Hostilities At Last. MILLIONS OF SOLDIERS. China's Countless Millions Will " Evcutualiy Drive the Japs Into tho Sea. coil, wasSx one V, Ished. ' J - T, Vioto dla, 11 daj l toilav. The? cable advices, a man being sti China .will noO I matlcally get ..ouiv, "The Uttli Finger Does it.,, Rea 1 the testimonials of the reel tint is manipulated entirely by the hand that holds the rod. Fron j. T Southwi.k( Rodieseri N y I desire to render unsolicited commendation to the surer lor excflln.ee of your Automatic Fishing Reel. 1 used it last season in black bass fishing for a larf,; catch of exception ally heavy tish, an i only lost one fish. Its us contn 'Uted vastly to the comfort, convenience and pleasure as well, as ( in insuring the tand'ng of lightly hooked fish. GRIFFIN & REED. CALIFORNIA WINE HOUSE. Fine fines and Mcmoi. 1 have made arrangements for supplying any brand of wines in Quantities to suit at the lowest cash figures. The trade and families supplied. All orders delivered free In Astoria. A. Yl. UTZIfiGEr, Pain Street, Astoria, Oregon. Str. R. P. ELiPORE Leave f of Tillamook Every ' Fow Days as ear as the meathcr mill permit. The steamer R. P. Elmore connects with Union Pacific steamers for Portland and through ticMs are issued'from Portland to I HlamooK Bay points by tie Union Pacific Company. Ship freight by Union Pacific Steamers. ELriORE, SANBORN & CO., - Agents, Astoria. UNION PACIFIC R. R. CO., Agents, Portland. $2 FOfl AiH $80 LOT I BY BECOMING A MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS YOU CAN GET A FIRST CLASS LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION TO ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE DELIVERED WEEKLY. NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE A Associated Press". London, July 27. A dispatch received which she has bcl at 11:20 a. m. today from Lloyd's agent seemed to be the ox f . m i i v. i . . . . n fl .'Via an.' - I .ua' flrlont nouncement exclusively cabled to the left Both Japan Associated Press last Saturday that war ing active prepara between China And Japan has been ing struggle. declared. Both the Chinese and Japan- A telegram was ese ministers say they have not been from Tien Tsih on th officially Informed that war has been effeot that theChlnesi declared, and they also claim to be lg- posed to enga Jd Englis norant that the Japanese have captured navy and Gentian office! the king of Corea. The Immediate and have applied to U UUUoe Ul lik: utxiniauuii itw o otuu Lilt IWU yuvma n v a vn.( to be the fact that the Japanese at- anee In the matter. : . .r;,:r j the kc?q a prii a number of Chinese Bhlps have been Waslilngton.'.July 27.' sunk by Japanese cruisers. Telegraphic Corea is a Japanese piiso' communication has been completely cut formation waft the Imports off beyond Nagasaki, Japan, and all in a telegram-' dated yeat messages have been delayed. If the Secretary Hev'x'rt' received treaty ports remain open, England ex- Day, of theiited Slates st pecta to make a continuous profit out tlmore, now af Chemulpo, Coi of the war, while the fact that Russia Day reported that he had Is directly or Indirectly giving assist- the marines to Seoul to pri ance to Japan Is likely to place a per. United States legation petual stop upon Russia's trade progress with China. I The Chinese representative, Mathie- r 1 Ik ,r WO0 l.C. I i latest report lvfWv NOT CONFIRMED AT WASHINGTON! tire town Is threatenixr. Washington, July 27. The report of; bridge across the White River u son, when questioned on the subject by the declaration of war between Jupan a reporter for the Associated Press, said and China lacks official confirmation lie had expected that tho war at the here. The Japanese legation believe i . ..1.9 I, fnnAwihla .1 Tanon .. ... . J .... 1 ,1 lrinl,an! UU'.HCl 1VUU1U UB HUVinuiv .v valiant tllftt II WAT naH DCtll UKUltHUU, as that country had long been prepar- xatano would -have been promptly !n- ing for this contest by drilling armies formed. i cf men and manning and equipping - - Mathieson added that the Atiiu cnuu avj. London, July 27. Information I lo burned. Railroad officials s: loss at Mason is fully a million with $250,000 Insurance. TERRIBLE FOREST FIRIi Epokane, July 27. A Sixjxesman'w view from Kalso, B. C, says: warships. Mathieson ndded that the ""' - .. ; " " "' .Tapnnese were a quicker moving na- .T,ondon, July 27.-InformatIon has, " " . tlon, and consequently it would be but bee recelved hpre thfrt ,eave8 no room " "' r"""5" , i .v.f thn nrf .nm.ni. ip. . . . ' ... r. -! about $125,000. The people of the Slo- liuiuiu. nit. ..oo joj. aOUDling milt UlU tween them and the dower moving exploring1 party Is safe and well on its Chinese -would, result in -a-vlotory for way north. ' the arms 6t tho Mikado. Qut event. ually China must crush Japan. "Japan," said Mathieson, "is absolute ly not able to pour out such a torrent of men and material as China, which country can carry on war for many DUN NOT ENCOURAGING. His Weekly Review Shows Some Start ling Conditions. can district are left destitute without Khelter or food. A relief party has left here, but It Is feared there will be great suffering before It pushes Its way through the burning forest. The fires had been burning all around the Ill fated towns for several days, but while there waa apprehensions, no one ex pected the total annihilation that came on the stricken camps. It was literally a fiery whirlwind. About noon, a roar ing garto swept 'down the mountain, lift ing high in the air the tops and limbs of the. burning trees, and carrying them New York, July 27. R. G. Dun & Co.'s years, If necessary, and always with weekly review 01 iraue loraurrow wm fresh trooDS. China of recent years say: hus qurchased largo quantities of mu- The heavy outgo of gold, the fall of nitlons of war, and Is not so far be-' the treasury reserve and of the price, hind In this respect as is generally be- of wheat lo tho lowest point on record, " I and the increasing uncertainty about The manager of the Jlong Kong and the tariff, have entirely overshadowed long distances as brands to start new Shanghai Bank, said: "One of the re- the other industries with the business Ares in a thousand different places, suits of the war will be to put a great delayed for months by the two great Almost Instantly a dozen fires were trade In the hands of England and strikes, now crowds the railways and raging in The Forks. Terror-stricken Europe to the disadvantage of China swells the returns, and gives the im- people had to flee for their lives, leav and Japan, but the end of the war will pression of a revival of business. But Ing everything behind them. . The pro be the making of China and everywhere " Is not yet clear how far there Is an Prirtor of the laundry and bath house opening China for all time, to western Increase In the new traffic distinguished whose place waa separated from the rest .4viiiHnn .nd trade. China, will real- from that which has been merely of the town, and his wife, jumped Into i thrn.irh thi wnr w croat and un. blocked or deferred. In some br developed strength, unconscious of the there has been more activity, releasota a law stuu-. bond for thtNw,, sent to jail. Fety "tSi- and made the seals used. . Y, he was Ignorant of the use to whlui1Uit.- stamps were put, and the1 OflicerB afe Inclined to believe him Innocent. ' He was released on $2,500 bonds. . Burr, who engraved the die from which the certificates were cast, was released on a Blmllar bond. SENATE PASSES THE BILL Paris, July 27. The . senate today ' passed the antl-anarchlst bill adopted by the deputies yesterday. The vote whs 205 to 34. The three Populists today acted throughout with the Republicans. The chair reappointed the conferees, Messrs. Voorheee, Vest, Harris, Sherman, Al lison, and Aldrich, and the senate, after transacting a little routine business, ad journed till Monday. AN OPERATOR HELD UP. Centralia, July 27. This morning at ranches 'he creek. The water was not decollated In the telegraph office 'of the .... .Jnn.i, tr. r.n th.m o,i i " "-' n raciiiu raurouu, ne -was neiu lin bv thrpA munlrprl miin ITo hn. tV.cn oolnlon that England Is in sympathy others less, because tho events early down In the water and rolled down the tied, searched, and' locked up In a closet. ... . . . a . ' utruam until 4 Vi uir ranthail a 1 1 rsi i,t Thfl Y 1 irl a fa Klatu niuw tk. ... .... ,i rpi.i I- ftnin nini.r A in s WGCK ieaa many 10 lnier inai no "- ii,,v w Russia's active wish to see Japan sue- change in tho tariff would be maue. ceed, and thus form a barrier to Eng- The internal revenue receipts of whls- land's progress in the far East." CHINESE-JAPANESE NAVIES. ky have suddenly dropped more than one-half, and the sales of wool have irreatly Increased. But the uncertainty is not removed, and much of the bus- shelter. Six of One, and a Half-Dozen of the lnesg done &.em to be in the nature Other. FUN AT LONG BRANCH. The Hoax Two Young Men Worked on the Seaside Swells. curing J2.10 to XM and escaped. There Is no clew. The bandits evidently wer experin ui me Dumnesg. HE KILLED III3 MOTHER. Spokane, July 27. Jack nankin, a nihew of Chief Moses, of the Colvllle Indians, is wanted for the murder of Long; . Branch, July 27. One of the ! of insurance against possibilities. Wheat' most ludicrous seenei ever witnessed Ma mnthar i.t.. nf Mnu. t,,i,, omt, ... . . ,i.i,. i,' - . .... ........... ,.r.. w. ....... m. , r,, Ti ms., ,j . , u rr '""v ' ' l" occurred on the beach yesterday after- wtn me Indians ana whiten are after Tein Tsin, China, July 27. China has sold below 55 cents, making the month-, . , . . ' ' .. him. and Mnan linn b-ivbi, nrri n about thirty warships, large and small, V average at New York the lowest ever, noon m xroni oi umerrneyer couage. ghof)t hm on H(fht JaL7k hj QWn f whlnJ, flv . falrlv cnod armored lul' ",c l" " brother lost December, ships, armed with Krupp guns. In ad- REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE. ditlon she has chartered a number of Iiot to Build a Home, for $2 transports, and these are being armed Anglo-American's New Cable Finished as rapidly as possible and with the best YeBterday at 11 O clock, guns China is able to procure. Hjart. Con'nt, N. F., July 27.-The On the other hand, the Japa' -se na flna splice c the Anglo-American Tel vy conslsta of about thirty vetwele. In- egraph Company's new cable was made was the hour when the families who occupy the handsome cottages on the bluffs come out and sit in the summer houses overlooking the sea. The Selig mans, the Henry Hlltons, the Unter- FLIRTING WITH THE HILL. eluding five armored ships carrying The Packers of Choice . lolumbia : River Salmon XJieir Brands and Locations. today at 11 a", m., Greenwich time, and th. lavlnc nf tho lr(rpRt. rahlA nr.riiHSt Krupp guns. So far as the warshlpe tha Atianti0 was successfully corn are concerned it will thus be seen that pleted. The time taken in laying this the two navies in numbers are about cable was the shortest on record, the evenlv matched although the Chln total time being less than two weeks, evenly matcnea, aitnougn tne Chinese Tne flnal gDlce wns made on the annl- battleshlps carry heavier guns than versary of the day on which the first those of Japan. But It is believed the successful cable was landed at Heart's Japanest naval officers are superior to Content In I860, 28 years ago, and not . t., . . . . T only on the same date, but on the same those of China, and Uiat the Japanese day warships are also believed to be In : better condition than the Chinese. The FELL FROM THE HEAVENS, war. however, is not likely to be de-J Btocktorl( Ca, July 27.A peculiar lu- cldea by sea ngnts. corea is a penin- mnuo body fell from the sky Jn a Washington, July 27. The sennto to day returned the tariff bill to the con- meyers and George Curtises were all 'erence without Instructions. The vote gazing out on the sea admiring the1 W,'lllTn'? lU"0? to '.I8""?1 , . , , A. M . conferees to recede from the elichth- shlps that pass in the daytime, when; cent sugar differential gtood, yeas, 32; two spienuiuiy aresoed young gentlemen nays, ii. xne motion was not agreed to. strolled by, arm in arm. They wore high silk hats, long-tailed coats, and,, were generally done up to kill. Lifting their hats gracefully to the AN INVENTOR ARRESTED. Washington, July 27. The Dollce have arretted W. T. Harris, the inventor of ladlea thev naftaod down tn tha hn,.h ,tt K"lene motor, on suspicion of hav. hums, they passed down to the beach. ,n(f rauBe(j lhg Kn()J bM(Ung fl , They were the Messrs. "Willie" and which three firemen lost their lives. Clinton Flanagan, guests of the Unter-'Tho police believe that Harris, while meyers. Tho women could not help 'experimenting, caused the explosion. watching themj as they strolled along' the water's edge, steering gingerly away from the waves aa they rolled up the Terre Haut, July 27. E. V. Debs, of gan(j the American Railway Union, is at DEBS TAKES A REST, Astria I'k ( Co Vsioria. Bootn A. Pk'g Co .Utori... Ce''i.bUCl7eirkCo; vtor .. Klrnnre Smnfl...J Alor1... AOKKtS. aula, virtually forming part of China, southwesterly direction tonight at r.iO J they arei to "t0 "tJ?n,f,L" ,plalnly' ftnJ he 18 .nn.nfhuenin-.U?mtl,nrit o'clock. It left a trail of light fleecy an altercation, and began struggling, in need of rest. ' Ki:intT'. I M, J. Kinuey. (.Jthu A. 1'evttu-j i . An tori a... ovaj.t A- B-oth & Soot Chlc&go Oxkt.xll... Cutiluj lTigCo... f o Fnncleo i flt,irf tCirkef J O. Ha nlharo k Co. ' J, G MojlcrttV, Vltorl... IrookaelJ tor!i iWLIubur t 6Cu ,Aiorl... ilv.leiuoD "eorge Barker Aitoris . . smoke behind It. The smoke was also China can pour army after army until iumn0Ug and glowed in the sky for she drives the Japanese Into the sea. some moments. At Lodi it was fot- lowed by a loud report as of thunder. ONE THOUSAND LOST. The course of the meteor wa clearly distinguishable in the sky for ten min- A Chinese Transport Bunk wnn ureal ute after It fell. Loss of Life. Highest of all in Leavening Tower.- J.OJIaurboni&Co J. O. Hauthorn . Ijj, H. George..; J. U. Megler i Hfe-fcermwl't... S:.t 'tiUMV'iftfl I Kiibermeu'! 1 AstorU. KiooVCeld Wu Astoria - YESTERDAY'S RACES. Tien Tsin, China, July 27. While no m , ; . , , . A , , M . formal declaration of war has been the ,rack fo pluxn wiU) broken made, the governmenU both, of China by Robert I., who was driven a mile "and Japan recognize that an actual in Z: -4. Tne time in an tne heats (state of war exist-, and more collision. J" J K 2:(l M are expected hourly. The general opln-J ' ' ' j I Ion seems to be that whUe Japan mayj WILL KEEP THE KING. ha lrw,Vui tinnn HkelV tO SCOTS the -tZT .u. i Tien Tsin, China, July 27. It Is said first victories, the Chinese troop, will ,ne Janani, have the king of eventually drive the Japanese out of (vra to Japan, where he will be kept Corea, even If million, of people have until the trouble U over. Latest U. S. Gov't Report e VV C mm