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ALL THIS THE
Thought that War Between Germany and France Cannot Be Avoided---Public Feeling
Runs High in the French Capital General Joseph Wheeler Gives Out a State
ment, in Which He Says Conditions at Camp Wikoff Are Greatly Exag
gerated, and That Soldiers Have Every Consideration Shown to
Them Government Gold Reserve Reaches the Highest
Point in Its History Oregon Wins at Cricket.
PAHIH. Hfpt. t-Th not Jl
nil.llc lknt !. U U the
common MWt Ihiu Ort Itrltnin
and Hutu turn th vi of wnr.
nl (Mt lh ionKwjurwt. of tlm lr jr-
fu ..hikIuI mill involve Kronen In r
lih Ikrmany.
Ttm ov?rnmrnl I. ilnlim II. It t'
i.m ih rllii4f ?l! "f intlintl'm by .lu"
Ir.l quifiwi . hl- h (n.;ilin-. tin- J"ur.
nul Ir. V'i uifl otticr j.a.rr. tut !l
may u-fr1 In t'.nii( ovor lt crl'.ln.
rrr.-nl M. Fnirrrr Ixnorr. ihf rf
(triiachr. of thi" ir ."'I pnnilnn si
Huvr.
Illnh ornrrr. c.)ir tnnt Ihc iIIcub
.Ion. thin will fiillow a rovlolon of thi
lnyfii. urT.ilr will prwl'ly rniitil war,
.( ih-y ' that !h.n w.hiIJ prf-r-:)ii
to ImvIiik the nrrny rt-matti unilr a
I'l.nnl. l(h tH)..ll.liitl.- rf the jc'.tation
Iru.lliiK to lvll irli
(JKNKKAL WIIRKI.EK 9 fTATBM KNT.
H.iy. ronlltln Art- Fuv.rW ut Cmp
Wikoff. n.l i'i.minrnJ Att'r.
OAMI WIKtFF. tM'l. 1-M.iJor-O'iv.
rml J.ih Whaler ipivo the fulltiwtujt
to the Amu 1m tod Treiin tolny:
"lliliuiirtrr. of the Vnheil Btte.
Korrwu. t'unip Wikoff. U 1.. H'Tt. 1 -The
llowlnlt I. wunle rf Ihe leiiem which
.re r.mntntly received retriiMInc the ol-
Hem In trkli. romp:
" in rnanl to my .tep-.on, we. feel
very untiy lxut him on iuvunt of
mw.inrr retirt of the prtvatkm nnt
.ufferlnir InflK'M upon prlvaten. Al-
thoiiRh he hn never ulterej cmililn!
ln-e he hn. been In the nrrny, we htsir
from othrr .oun-'Ti the cruel ainl hor
rible trvatment Infllrtetl ujvn our .oliller,
iirvl.T the. preteuav if hiimnnlty for our
nolchlNirn. mill the whtle country l In a
ntv! of terrible rxrltonn-nt. 1 nboul.l not
be nurprlnnl If the fwllnc nhmilil U-ml to
rvolutiin of .dine klixl, for I u.sure
ymi I hour on nil .idee tnoet vlolont n1
bitter (b'nunolatlon of the war ilopart-
monl and of the ndmlnlut ration. It l.. In-
dee.1, a irret pity tlvnt th glory of our
trlmiha xhould be llnunel by inuh a
.hnmeful thln .ia the lll-lntxtnirnt unit
tarvntton our brave, wtldlcra, while the
tlnnlih priKoinT. hv the bent trMtnun:
that the country can anVrd.'
it will he een tht Ihiu letter ay
not a word of complaint hi. been relvl
from thin aolillcr. and. no far a. my Inves
tigation Koe. no complaint hais betm maile
by ny of the brave nobller. that have
ndled ifUwy 10 our arm. In tho Cuban
cumiNilKn. A Krent many inxlou fatn
r., mother, brother, or .later arrive
hero from all part, of the I'liMed State
to look after their relative, whom tJiey
iwy the paper, tell thi-m are mitTcrlntr.
and many of them hove heard that their
relative, are .In a condition of .tiirva.tlon,
Mont of thi.ie. people are little able to ex
pend money for such a .tourney, and they
are .ur;t1ned when they como here to
tlnd their relative, eurroumtoit with
everythlnir to e"t that can ho vroduceil
by money, ami, If lck In tho hospital,
they are grtitmVd mvl .urprlai-d to llnu
that thoy are lven every possible euro.
in reply to a direct rxiiet that I plve
the exact fact, na I m-e them, I will Htate;
Every officer nnd soldier who wont to
Cuba regarded It that he was Klven tt
Brent and .ptvlal prtvl,t;o In HvoIiir per
mltted to viibukc In Hint campalKn. They
knew they were to incaunter yellow fi'ver
and other disease, a well as tho torrid
C. H.
THE LEADING DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING HOUSE OF ASTORIA
and Germany Are Abont to Fight.
OUTCOME OF
heal of the Country, and they were proud
and Kind to. do o. The brave men who
won vh'torlea did not complain of tno
m-Klect of the Borernmitit, but on the
cw.r.iry they Htnvd grateful to the
president and se-rft.ry of war for Blvlnc;
thitn an opi.rtunrly to Im-ur these dan
ger, and hardshli. Tlvy reallxeil thai. ;
In i be hurrlt-d onrsnilsatlon of the extll
tlon by the Rovernment, which had no
one with any rxirience In such matter..
It was Impos.tnle to have everthlnt er-
nitmi-.l to prfettlon. and they will t-j
wi- iiiKk, uii.ivr iim 4Tirfuiii8im'i, condi
tion, were much more perfect than any
in! would have rwison to expect, and
lh.it the nn-itl.1it .ml Brefrv ttt -rl
and other, who pl.innid and disiv-iti hej
thmo expedition, deservo hih commi-n-Uailoti."
HKSERVK S HIGHEST POINT.
WASHINGTON. Bept. t-Tbe gold re
erve In the TnHed Suite, treasury
reached the highest point In It. history
today, with a total reserve of C13.ru. Til
The highest prevlou. amount waa f'.i9.
duu.ouo. which wa. recorded In March. lt&
The res.Tve tu eetaibllshed In b79, with
$U6.ooo.(XiO. The lowest ever touched wn
tt.0uO.0o0, In January. ISSi
THE BRITISHERS DEFEATED.
All-Oregon Teiun Won the First Sertci
In the Cricket Match.
PORTLAND. Sept. t-The tntwmtflonul
cricket match between the All-Oregon
and Ilrltt.h Columbia team. wa. played
at Multnomah field and resulted in a
victory for the home team by 21 run.
The vlsHor. won the toss and went to
but, tut with tho exception of Saunders,
Mallus and Captain Jukes, none of them
made much of a Wand against the bowl
ing f Wilkinson. Lawrence and Wullla.
The Hrltlsher. were finally disposed of
for SO runs.
The home team went In about ! o'clock.
and. before tho first wicket fell, had
placed 13 run. to their credit. The next
six wickets fell for an average of less
than six runs, and for a lime, defeat
seemed to stare the Orcgonlans in the
face, but Astbury'. excellent playing for
14 run. and the brllllnt lnnltws of Wallls
and Oilman changed the apparent defeat
Into victory, and "before the close of the
Innings the home team had won by five
wiekota.
CANNOT RECOVER.
PORTLAND. Sept. l-ln the matter of
the Iloei of the St. Paul Fire & Murine
Insurance Company against the steamers
Gamecock and Staghound, owned by the
Yukon Transportation & Commercial
Company, the exceptions to tho libel were
sustained by Judge Kelllngw today, and
tho suit dismissed. The boats were In
sured In tlw St. Paul Fire & Marine In
surance Company, the premium not being
paid, nor tho policy delivered, when the
boats were wrecked, shortly after going
out of the Columbia. If they had been
lost tho Insurance would have to be paid.
CHEERED THE TARS.
NEW YORK. Sept. 2. -President Mc
Klnlev was In the balcony of the Fifth
Avenue hotel, fanning himself with his
hat, when the naval reserve from tno
cruiser Yankee passed. He Jumped to hi.
feet and clapped his hands, and. when
the tors presented arms, bowed In answer
lo their salute. The president and hi.
Winter
Goods Now
COOPER'S
Ml
THE INVESTIGATOR OF THE
party left the city
Camp Wikoff.
it 10:15 tonight 'or
THE REPORT UNCONFIRMED.
VANCOUVER. B. C Bept t-John Al
lan of MacLeod, who arrived here today
from la,won, bring, an unconfirmed re
port that Ave men had been drowned
while on their way to the Atlin lake gold
fleldi.
FOUR MEN KILLED.
The Men Were Blasting Rock "When a.
Dynamite Explosion Occurred.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Sept. t-A .pec
lal to the Sentinel from Bloomlngton,
Ind.. say.:
A horrible accident occurred at 8tlnts
vllle this afternooon In which four men
were In.tnatly killed by dynamite ex
plosion and many others seriously Injured.
The men were blasting rock for a pike
when a terrible explosion of dynamite
occurred. Instantly killing the following:
JOHN WILLIAMS.
JOHN' GRUBR
BUCK. W AMPLER.
EDWARD WATTS, fatally injured,
BEN FYFFE. seriously Injured.
MILTON HIKE, seriously Injured.
WIIXIE LI FORD, seriously Injured.
The men killed and Injured were well
known citlxena of this county.
All bad families.
RAFT WENT TO PIECES.
8AN FRANCISCO. Sept 1-What was
left of the big raft which was started
down the coast for the Elbb Lumber
Company, and which broke in two off
Point Reyes a tew days ago, wa8 towed
into port this morning. Almost 1,000,000
feet of lumber was lost, but the section
saved will cover the loss and expenses.
MANY DEATHS AT WIKOFF.
CAMP WIKOFF. Sept. 1 There were
10 dettihs In the general hospital and six
deaths lii t'ihe detention hospital today.
At the general hospital ' there are 1.2T6
sick; at detention hospital, SM. One
hundred men were furloughed today.
NEW RAILROAD.
Rumored That a Line Will Be Built
From Gray's Harhor to
Wallula Junction.
PORTLAND. Sept. t-The Orogonlnn
will say: '
The newest rumor of a railroad for the
northwest is to the effect that a line Is
to be built from Gray's Harbor easterly to
Wallula Junction, there to connect with
the O. R. & N. and the Northern Paciilc
The proposed road, it Is said, will cross
the Cascade range at Notches rass and
ta,p a country of great resources in coal
and timber.
'ihe news appears to have come to Port
land In a letter from prominent New
i ork broker, ta which It was said that ar
rangements had been made for the sell
ing of bonds for the Wallula and Cray's
Harbor road, and all the preliminaries
for the enterprise hod ueen perfected up
to the point of organising the company
through which to adt.
Charles E. Ladd and L. Blumauer of
this city were offered directorships In the
new company. Mr. Ladd stated he re
ceived Buch a proposition, but declined
It. Mr. Blumauer said he had received
(irfinnn
wtbmi
t
a similar offer, but bad taken no action
In the matter ret.
ANOTHER "EMOTION" IN FRANCE
Henry's Confession and Suicide Will Re
sult In Dreyfus RatrlaL
NEW YORK. Sept l-A dispatch to
the Tribune from Pari, .ays:
Colonel Henry's confession of forging
the famous document upon the authen
ticity of whlcl) General De Bols Deffer,
chief of staff of the French army. In his
Impassioned appeo.1 to the jury In the
Zola trial staked bis own reputation and
the honor of the amy. and CoL Henry's
suicide In the fortress of MontvaJedU-n,
have caused an emotion throughout
France which has not been witnessed
since the fall of the Sedan.
CoL Henry had no conception of the
enormity of his crime until overwhelmed
by Its detection. This brave but infatu
ated chief of the Intelligence department
of the French army embodied the whole
head and front of the Dreyfus conviction,
of Zola's condemnation, of Esterhaxy's
acpulttal and of Plcpuart's degradation
and Imprisonment
Although the document which Colonel
have any effect on theHenry forged In
Henry forged In 1836 cannot technically
have any effect on the Dreyfus trial,
which took place in ISM. tt Is neverthe
less with consternation that today people
are askiraj what sort of evidence could
Dreyfus have been convicted on. If, In
the Judgment of CoL Henry, It was so
flimsy that he thought it could not stand
investigation without being propped up
by official forgery.
M. Cavalgnac, the minister of war, in
his memorable speech in the chamber on
July 7, based his declaration upon the
authenticity of this formal document,
w-hlch was printed and posted on the
walls throughout 'France.
After conversing: with representative
Frenchmen of every class, and after mix
In with excited groups In the streets
and cafes. It is evident that the popular
tide Is at least turning In favor of a re
vision of the Dreyfus trial, no matter
what the consequences may be.
It Is significant that such newspapers
as the Cuiots the Echo de Paris and
Journals, w hich are known to be in dose
touch with the army, now declare that
the feeling of military men is out and out
for revision of the court martial, and
many prominent officers Insist that It Is
the honor of the army Itself whUh neces
sitates such a revision.
General De Bols Deffre whose monstrous
threat to resign with the whole general
staff of the army if Zola was acquitted,
has now, by his resignation, admitted
that he was the blind dupe of a forger.
This inspires grave anxiety as to
whether or not the general staff has been
duped In other matters that of national
defense, for Instance. Henri Rochefort,
who still champions the validity of the
Dreyfus condemnation, Is authority for
the statement that all the officers of the
French general staff employed In Paris
have applied to be relieved of their pres
ent duties and sent back to their respect
ive regiments.
The minister of war Is conscientiously
subjecting all documentary evidence used
In the Dreyfus and Zola trials to expert
tests to ascertain whether any more for
geries exist. There is every indication
that the army and people now demand
that the prisoner on Devils Island shall
have a now and fair trial, but this cannot
I take place for many months. ,
I Although tlrra confidence in the sincerity
Arriving Daily
IiiuUIILy U3
DREYFUS CASE
and good faith of the minister of war is
expressed on all sides, there Is much corn
ment on the fact that ex-Cblonel Pk quart
Is apparently the only person in Franca
who was not completely astounded at the
news of Henry's confession and suict'ie.
When the news was communicated to him
In his cell at La Sante prison this morn,
.ng Plcquart listened without manifesting
the least surprise, and exduhned:
'The poor, unfortunate devIL What a
terrible and heart-rending blow to his
young wife and lo hi. little son!" , ,
, . FORCING OUT THE 6tt IBS. ,
Important Statistics Showing the Increase
of American Watches In Japan.
NEW YORK. Sept. t A special to tha
Tribune from Washington says:
There is a good deal In Consul Ailolph
L. Frankenthol's report from Berne con
cerning the Swiss and American watch
trade in Japan to interest American man
ufacturers. His letter Is dated July 12,
and encloses the translation of the Swiss
consul general's report to hta government
In which Important admissions are made.
In ISM 6wltsertaad's export was equal
to the United States but In 1897 the latter
gained. Mr. Frankenthal says that the
reason was either Chat there was greater
push on the part of the Americans or
there was a considerable reduction In tha
prices. The reason Is notable either way
as showing American ability In a field In
which, a few years ago, the Swiss enjoyed
prominence over all other nations.
Mr. Frankenthal admits, however, that
while the United States takes the lead In
the export parts of watches and other ma
terials. Switxerland Is far ahead In the
manufacture of good watches The consul
general. Bitter, notes tha the two Japan
ese factories, one at Osaka, which imports
movements and rough cases from the
United States, nnd another in Toklo,
whkrh Is superintended by Japanese who
learned the trade In Swttserland. and pro
poses to Import parts of watdhes, ar not
likely to give competition.
TEN NEW FEVER CASES.
WASHINGTON, e-pt. t-The Marina
hospital service was officially advised to.
day of ten new cases of yellow fever at
Orwood, Miss. '
The loyal ia the kiqbaat arase bekiaa, aowaer
fcaewa. Actaal tt show It so oae
talrf fartaw taaa ar tW breatf.
FQVOIR
Absolutely Pure