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' " 7 TRE ASrOMAN fatl till Urfllt circulation of lay piptr on tbi Columbia ftlvir VOL. XLIX. The Only ... IN ASTORIA ... Our Hpoclolty; HTOVCH AND IIANGCH Wo know tlit? biiHincM. Twenty your rxpuriiiic. If you want a (iOOD Ktove, ttco the ntok ut the Eclipse Hardware Co. REGATTA 1898 Official Regatta Badges. ' Astoria Souvenir Books, Fireworks, Flags, Balloons, Festoon Paper. GRIFFIN & REED. NEW (100DS JUST ARRIVED i - ' m - . . .-.. ; - - - J ft Four Hundred Different Patterns W11I1 Sing it Co., Mtrrliniit Tuilur, wtrv ntvir luttt r 'ivnirl tn mtvi' the puhliu in tlnir liiu. (miiU' KnrniHliin' (imuli ( f all llinds, Siiit.t iniulo to npltr luirkly. I-nrgo n;cck rcaily-miulo l'inmIh. ('lt'iinim? aii-l r''uirii)K'. ltcttiottitcr, Prlccn Tolk. ) VA SINO & CO 6a6 Com-fc-i st. COLUMBIA IRON WORKS Blacksmiths Boiler Makers Machinists Foundrymen I.obKIiiu HitalncM llultt nmf Rcpnlrotl. Heavy Forging Under Power Hammer a Specially Sole Manufacturers of tbe t'osurpassed ... M Harrison Sectional0 Propellor Wheel ... Manufacturers for the Pacific Coast of the ROBERTS WATER-TIM! BOILER. ? CWrjS.r-J freshest assortment. Fresh goods f WtX' -vt: i k'v.' constantly arriving. $ Pacific Sheet MANUFACTURERS OF Fruit Lithographing on Tin a Specialty. San Francisco, Cal. Astoria, Ore. Fairhaven, Wash. Write Um for Prlocn. Full Line of Fall and Winter Stove Store ?. Loners' Supplies Kept in Stock PURE FRESH SPICES I TEAS and COFFEE AT- Foard & Stokes Co Metal Works spice and Syrup ' FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS ABTOMA, (MEGON, The Piratical INSURGENTS AT ill But Demand Either American or British Rule Not an Error Made by the Naval Board Mines and Torpedoes in Havana Harbor to Be Removed Garcia Still on the War Path in Cuba The: War Department Will Establish a Regular Line of Transports President Will Promote the Gallant Soldiers Who . Took Part in the Capture of Manila List of Casual ties from Disease in the Army Very Great. MAMl.l.. Auk H-Tl.c g"V rrnrticfit hm n illU' ll fn.m ill tr .v. rnor of the Vlcu) UI.'-n'N. himI nur.imr of (I.-n- mil Jui'l'tiri :n hr Kiniir t!Ti'rttl- .Ml. vl iti Itilliii: Uf. syiU4 llirr.- h.i Intii tlouJr ftli'lii brlwen tb Spin-U-vH tin I Itic HireHt WlfT) r 1 .mntd Vf ,! lnMr or wti. 'lhc Hnn ft lo."- w rt "unimiMtMiK" T" b W 1uiil- r vt luiuntv'l ; f - VMHTINil IS CVliX. ... Hjkh;i r tn nn l liwiircriitu Kiikiki In i l.uNlMiN. Auunl :l - Ai' "T'llniJ tn a illopM' h fmin M.i lrxl to ImI im-ii nntiiy (hT h. ln hitiihih llXIHK h.,!'. 11 inntHi an J liinr$'-iit In tit.;t la which hr lnur;riit V' kil-t nl wuun.lr.1. Tht. rrivrt tiinnni lo ".innrttif J iri.ni othrr mir. r. WE Ml "ST Crop INSV'HiSKXTH. NKW VollK, A.iiv:l II A ilith (o Ih lUnW fnun .ulr1l my: tfitr lc a itrirtnf of Irrttailun. wliUh b J'" dl, ub,i fuMy In nnnliUTi.J rlrilc, ut lhi inlllirr .if 4h ltmur(trnl to n'i'IM'i' lh !iriil vl Mill nfiliT fur rr.itlon I hd!i:lr. An Imporliinl olllUtil p-ron-diss ulJ: "If cialtrri r ivntlnuwl lliun, Spain will find hi-r,;f iKnp-ll, J to mop the rritrlllon nf the l'utun tro. uiilonn I he I'nltnl Btiit- ran lvi u K'lir",,M' that Si'imlnh IntrrmtH will le Bfviarl k frrnn th plnKlcul liu HmitliiK of thf Inmirgrnta." Thf nuittfr I t nuh tu'ltit that If I hi' lnurmnl lunllnn hi'sUUHo. tho Bl,v tTiinirnt. ncurdntc ito thi moi imporiant mlnUtrrlulliiK. will iilvo or.r to I In' tinlith ln'l'i 1n tak tho olTrnxlvo .ilnt IIu'iki lin.irm nt who Oo not r" nMrt the protocol. II. H. Uulinn. founm"! for thf i'iiIkih ili'l.-ir.iilnn. wilit It ran ponIMi uiall tiamlH of Oitmiig werr ntlll IlKhtlnK In thr liili-rlor. There re no trl'Photu nr ti-lo-uraph wlrt'g rumiltii! ovrr Uii' lilanil. n'i h thnuchi It poi-jiUilf h'iitip of iIh l:iml wr imt nwarf of fhr riiHiillon if ho- tl.llll'H. WIU. LAY t0VN AltMS. If Assmvii ,f AnnTlean or lliltlsli IU1I0 In t)n I hlllpplncii. MANILA. AiiKUHt 21. -At n coiifcivniv tml.i" ln twcon the liiMiivwits ainl Anur liiiiiK, tho former ilirhiml eniphaili ally ihcy worn willing to iM-vx"riito with tho Amorli'MiH mill to mirrnuli-r their arnm promptly If asureil tho Inland wouM romnlii cither nn Aniorlcin or a llrltlnh colony, limlcr th proleotorato of the I'lillotl Slates or (Insit Urltaln. tther vIm the Inmirtienl leader acsertetl I hey Kouhl not tliir to ilUirm, nr.J ihuhi posi tively refuHo to do no. Tlioy threaten frenh rvhelllon within ft month If the Americana withdraw. Th nutlvea anwrt rvlltfloua ordera arc liiHtlKtliiK (i'POHilon t Amerk-un au preniaey. Newspapers published In boah Kngllnh and Simnlnh have already np lHared. Tho United State transport Klo .Tilnrtlrn .nn.1 liAnn.vtvnnlfi arrlviMf today. tho former bearing two t)attalhnia of South Dakota volunteer, recruit for rue I Tit 11 V IIliIiI urllllorv unit u detachment for tho Hlnl oonm, and tho latter the First C. H. THE LEADING DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING HOUSE OF ASTORIA TJWfiSDAY JIOKNINCJ, AUfil'ST 25, 1898. FIGHT NO 1 Inclinations of the Insurgents Call the Part of United States. MANILA DECLARE WILLINGNESS TO LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS M oit nia viilunteiT and ri-'rulta for tin- KlrM ttllfunilii voluniir. NOT AN KKROK MADE. WASIIlNtiTON. IX C. Aut!ut :i.-Sc-rto' t tho Navy Long- ha written a let;er to Itiir A'lm.ral Slcard, chairman of :1m navul war board, In will, h he pay tin- hliiln t lomplliii. nt tu the board f'T its iiTiliii Ourliiif thv Swinish war. The iM'cret.iry : "Not one error hu Ix-en made." CVm iiiiKlure Oronlniihlvld and Captain Mahan were the nunilH-r of thu board bt-KiuU-s aie-jrd. Till; riCAlE. COMMISSION". WASIUNiiToN. Aucust It-Senator Ial, charttnan of the tienate committee on forelKti n-latlona and n member of the ii.nunlioiion to ncKoJUue terms of peace with ial". arrived in Nannmnton louajr and had a conference with 'the president WANT THK MINKS OCT. WASHINUION, Aunust li-NeROtla-tlons have been H'eni'd through diplo matic channels by which It la expected n H)nnlsh novenmient will co-operte with the authorities here In the removal of the mlnea and (onx'does In Havana harbor tH'for the military commission assemble ther. the naval authorities be llevlnK rills to b a pror preoautton before any of our naval ahlpa enter tho haroor with the commissioner. REPORT FROM GARCIA. NKW YORK. AugusUt. A report from General Garcia was received at the Cu twui Junta todny. The report I dated Olbara, August 3. Garcia says: "I am at present with my headquarters In the town of Gllan, where 1 arrived on the 'lh of July. "(.in the ISth. while encamped at San Pedro do Cocum. 1 learned tnat General Luque had evacuated tho town and Gen eral Luis de Kara with the troop under him, had occupied It. ' The Spanish left In tho hospital over six hundred sick and wounded, whom 1 have provided with beef. General Luque l.i In llofculn with 12.tM men and 24 can non and I am trying to force him out, al though I can only count on 4.00U men and four cannon with which to llsht him. Volunteers and guerillas arc dally Joining u. About 1.5W) have already Joined us and If It continues the SimiiiIsIi army will soon bo dissolved." LINE OK TRANSPORTS. WASHINGTON. August 23. Assistant Secretary Melklejohn, of tho war depart ment, Is contemplating the establishment of a line of transports from New York to Havana, Santiago Ponce and return. It Is expected thai the lino will be ready for operation next week, llavaiu will not bo on tho route at present, but aa soon aa thut port Is open the war de partment's line vf transports will touch there. WILL RE PROMOTED. Tho President Will (Reward Otllcers Who Rendered Conspicuous Services at Manila, WASHINGTON. August 21.-The pres ident ha called upon General Merrltt, commanding tho military forces at tMii nllu, for his recommendations regarding the operations that resulted In the siir- Goods Now COOPER'S , r, . , d RKPORT. render of the capital of the Philippines. It Is the president' purpose to promote the officers who Tidered conspicuously meritorious service in the land Afc-htlng at Manll'L, Ju.U as waa done in the case of the trallant offlcers at Santiago. HAN.VA INTERVIEWED. Say We Only Want Manila, and In Twenty Year Cuba Will Be Americanized. ST. PAUL. August 2i.-Senator M. A. Hanna, of Ohio, arrived In this city thla evening from Yellowstone Parte. Speak ing of ths annexation question, he said: "The Phllipj'lneu is a problem we can n"lV!fe!yju, "Hurry TTJ if Ootfrse. n.n( Vnt.Uh t eollnd saVon, -thj-rv, iut I do not think It likely , we ehall want more than Manila and Its' harbor." trCuba. 1 another problem. 1 utr was much of a Cuban wid am nol prepared'fo ctimmlt myself a td! ihe policy we should pursue there. Wi pfnpose to establish a stable gonrnnieTU hiltat islam), -but what constitute a. staoie government ha not yet been defined. I think, how ever, that In Cuba there will be an evo lution, and In about twenty year It will be so thoroughly Americanized that there will be no question aa to what a stable government means." THE BOTKIN CASE. Evidence of Guilt Seem to Be Growing In Importance. SAN FRANCISCO. August !4.-Mrs. D. A. Botkln. who Is accused of causing the death of Mrs. J. P. Dunning and Mr. J. D. Deane, of Dover, Del., la now In the city prison here, having been brought from jckton thla morning. Mrs! otkln declined absolutely to talk to newspaper representatives, but to the chief of police she earnestly averted her Innocence. What the police regard as an Important piece of evidence waa made public In Stockton today. Frank Gattrell, sales mun In a candy store at Stockton, de clares that about thrve weeks ago he sold a box of candy, similar In appearance to that sent to Dover, to a womain, who said she had some candy of her own to put In the box. The candy which she put In herself nearly half tilled the box. Gattrell describes the woman as being . ,i.tn, height and build. He is posi tive that there were cholale creams among the candles, besides other French candies. The postotllce authorities have discovered that poisoned candy was mailed at station B. this city, August 4, by a woman which ehb sent as tlrst-class mall mutter. DISEASE THE MOST FATAL. List of Casualties Will Not Be Completed for Months. NEW. YORK. August 24.-A special to the Tribune from Washington says:: The list of casualties In tho army dur ing the war with Saln has not been carefully compiled, and In fact It cannot be completed for months to come, for In cluded, tn it must be Included ihe deaths In camp from disease, which will far out number those from the bullets of the enemy. The proportion of deaths from disease will probably bo larger than in tho civil war. In 1SS3 an effort was made to ascertain what the proportion was, which resulted In sttowlng that the aggregate number CUBA 1 THE of deaths among the union troop was Jj9.32S. The number of officers and men killed In action waa 67. CCS, and the num ber who died from wound received In action wa U.102, making a total of lW.OTO, or a fraction over 30 por cent of the ag gregate. It appears that 224.3M officer and men. or more than 62 per cent died of disease. The remainder of the death were due to various, cause. No fewer than l'i6 otllcers and4.S3Smen were drowned, while 242 otlker and 3.472 men died from accidental cause other than drowning.,, .. , .. . : According to official and eml-offlclal ! reports which are still euiiject to revision and correction, the number of officer and men of the amy killed' In action ' since Uie outbreak of hostilities against Spain has ' been 2S3 and- the numbtr j wounded J.4M. making a total of 1.778. It i Is probable that addition will be made to the list of killed by subsequent re- ports. , I Of course, most of the casualties occur ; red in the fighting around Santiago, but jeven that number wa not excessively j turxe considering the stubbornness of the defense and the fact that infantry, not j backed by a sufficient amount of artll ; lery. was led against the enemy, who was I strongly entrenched. Most of the fighting j was wHh small arms and few men In the American army, at least were killed or ! wounded hv shell. The Spanish troop were armed with the Mauser rifle, a weapon of long range. They used smokeless powder and had the advantage of positions and local knowl edge and made the most of them. Ac cording to all theory the mortality ! among the American troops ought to I have been much heavier. In fact, one I might have supposed that superiority of weupons alone, as compared with those usl by Infantry, a hundred years ago, or even 37 years ago, would have pro duced the result. The battle of Breed hill-popularly called the battle of Bunker Hill was fought In the days of the flint lock mus ket, when smokeless powder was un known, but the casualties vn both sides were relatively much heavier than In the battles around Santiago. The Americans did not have more than 1.3U0 men actually engaged and the Brit ish aoout twice us many. The American loss was 143 killed and 340 wounded and the British 226 killed and i2! wounded. At the battle of New Orlenas. the American strength engaged was about 3.000 and the loss only eight killed and 13 wounded, while the British loss, with about 10.000 mem engaged, was 700 killed and twice as many wounded a much heavier total toss than that of Shatter's army before Santiago. At New Orlenas the British Infantry attacked an entrenched position, as is also did at Breed's hill. At the battle of Belmont, In 1SK1. the number of union troops actually engaged was 21,300 and the number of Confeder ates, between 4.000 and 5.000. Neither side fought behind entrenchments. The Union loss was 642 killed, wounded and missing. Smokeless powder had not yet been invented and muzzle loading guns were used on both sides. MEDICAL SUPPLIES HASTENED. SAN FRANCISCO. August 24.-Dr. Mld dleton, chief surgeon of the department of San Francisco, has received a letter from Chief Surgeon Llpplncott, under General Merrltt, requesting that the for warding of extra medical and surgical Arriving Daily TIE DAILY ASTORIA Is to bluest inj test wtr oo tbe Colombia River NO. M for Action on supplies for the Philippine troop be ex j pedited a much as possible. This request has been wired to the war department at Washington. GOOD WORK APPRECIATED. WASHINGTON. August 24.-Orderi have been given or the two triple crews, Columbia and Minneapolis, which rendered good service In the operations In the West Indies, to go Into "reserve" at the League Island navy yard. SOLDIER BURIED AT HOME. ROSEBURG. Or., August 24.-The body of Wm. H. Roberts, of the Oregon volun teers, who died at Camp Merrltt, Satur day, of pneumonia, wa broubht home to his parents at Dillard's station thla morn ing and buried at Brockway today. WILL OPEN 9ALOON3 IN PONCE. PONCE. P. R.. August 24,-OeneraI Wilson will shortly permit the re -opening of the saloons anu cafes, but will pro hibit the sale of liquor by the drink until a license system shall have been estab lished. THE SCANDIA S TREASURE. SAN FRANCISCO. August 14,-About i,000,000, mostly In gold and silver coin. will -be carried to Manila on the 8candU for the payment of United States troops In the Philippines. The coin will be guarded toy a detach ment of soldiers. K. PS EXTRAVAGANT. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., August 24.-The supreme lodge of Knights of Pythias to day continued work on the charges of extravagance that have been made against the supreme otllcers by some of the representatives. One of the members of the committee announced this morning that he would bring suit for libel In the United State court for the district of North Carolina as soon as he got home. While a strong tight Is being made against the supreme offlcers. It Is under stood that the present olllcers will be con tinued. Ike Royal Is the iqbcit grass balisf powder kaewa. Actssl Usts show it toosoas Uira further thaa aay otto bread, FO'iVDZR Absolutely Puro HOVAL 1AKINQ POWDCR CO., NtW VOWC