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VOL. XLIX.
A6T0KIA, OKEGON, Bl'NDAY JMUN1NG. JUJiE 1J. I8M.
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LAWTON IS
AGGRESSIVE
.... vA iir-J
lie Routed the Rebels anl Oc
cupied Parantfue This
Morning.
THEY STRONGLY RESISTED
Two American Officers Killed
and Many Men Wounded
anj Disabled.
REGULARS BEAR THE BRUNT
nurwtroks. Nichols fu eommsnd'r of
llir monitor Monadnock.
LIBITBNANT WEHTENEDOE DEAD.
WASHINGTON. June M.-Th war de
Pri merit received th following cable-
gr.m:
Manila, June 10. First Lieutenant
fill-had n. Westenedge, turf fori V. 8. A.,
dl'd bur a: f o'clock today from
typhoid fever. OTIS."
CommanJer Hlcbols Dell From Sun
stroke anl LIcuteoiBt Wesren
eJje From Typhoid fever.
Thsr rt th tlmpVil tnd most fflel.nt
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Select Bran
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KALSTON HEALTH POODS In great variety
fresh from the mills.
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TILLMANN S I'lRE EXTRACTS.
CHASE H SAStJOKN'S COI'PEES are yn
rivalled. Together with a bost of other
good things.
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UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS.
Subscribed Capital - $5,000,000
i . raid-Up Capital 1,000,000
Awota ..... 2,545,114
Aaseta in United States 300,000
Surplus to Tolicy Holders 1,718,792
Has boon Underwriting on the Pacific Coast over Twenty-two years.
SAHUEL ELMORE & CO.,
Resident 'Agents, Astoria, Oregon.
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MANUFACTURERS OF
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vl,l.iK'- of SUIiLia)-. to the norfh. and
lin 1'iiian to tlio ou:li. pr. paraiory to
Mi'lnK ujKin U oor, wli-(e the rtlx-ln
j IU-.I during the nlttht. T!i- rrbcin d
Sttir liHttite Hnnge m-rnd l'aratiuiu. and the trnchfa mih
or Mmnla t mMniglit. nndlriK the Arotr
Uuti Im hlml I In in, and ria;J ulung the
fiant. Oiiiy all-tfrd atn:goii were fund
tit '4raiaiU.
AX KXIIAI rfTl.NC DAY
ok co.vTixrora hattu:.
m I
lira
Tit,, lli-m and Itelnl IlullitK Lay
il.my ot Our Urave Soldier.
Low
THE "COLL'M'BIA" If
NAMED AND LAUNCHED.
. DlHtreulnir AccVkM CaJUaod by a
Carlutt rhotographer Mam the
Ocaanloo.
iiniHTOL. R. L. June 10,-Amerlca'l
anw cup defeixlvr, the reprmentatlun of
ha hw( boat building aklll and maU-riala
of which the wiwtern contlnttit can
twin i, wm carefully towered Into the
wab-r at thv Ilereahoff work at 1:30
o'clock tonlvht, and a he atarted down
thv way, Mr. Oliver C. Inlln chrl!enrd
her the "Columbia." Jim as the Colutiw
h.a waa about out, a dintrewlnc accident
occurrtd.
The rxjIOHlon of a car. of flafthllght
IHI-r ll-w the lK and part of the b-ad
uff Nujxjlcon San Soud, aged 12 yean,
broke the lvg of two other txjya and
i-vinly Injured aeveral prons.
The photographer who caui'd the ac
rid' nt erlected the top Of a ihed roof
which wm clonfly packed with boy. In
pouring out Oil fiflaatitSgrA puvdr,
grain munt have been loft connecting tbe
large can of exploitive with the imall
luantlty on the camera. A 'the phoio.
gnt!hr-r touched the flah be ahoutrd
arnlng, but there waa no space In
which th boy could move.
A terrific expl"lori followed. th en
tire hel collapsed, may women on the
wharve fainted rum the shock and
thre great exdtment. San Soucl
died In a few minutes.
ENGLAND
PREPARED
War With President Kroner
Now Ttoucht to Ee Inevitable.
CHAMBERLAIN IS FIRM
Troops anl Supplies Have Al
ready Been Poshd in Large
Numbers to Transvaal.
KRUGER W0HT RETRACT
Boers Will Have tbe Support of the
Orange Free State anj Are
CoDfllett-
I MANILA. June lu. 1. 3u p. nv At day
I hn ak tolay a fore.' of Coi' men unu
Kiiitiralu liwton, Whraton and Oven-
I uliiiie advanced from San Tedro Ma-atl,
'1
i-iSil!ig the country between the bay
und il iiiiln nnd Hay Uikc. south of Mj
If your better half does the cooking, i nils. Hy noon the c-untry will be cleared
mat is an aiaitionai reason wny mere , i.. ,,.,, tu m. i.,.i
should be a Star Estate Rang In your
kl'.rhen. The ue of them preenta worry tao oltlcers kllbd and II soldli r wound
and disappointment.
V. J. 8CTIJ..T. Agent
tn Bond Street
led. The rebel resisted desperately a
I the strongi r of their position, and left
W dead In the trenches. Many more
wounilrtl a-ere left behind by the rebels
In their retreat. The heat during the
'day wus overpowering, and there were
jmany proatratlotts of American soldiers
from that cause.
I !ii..vl 1 a tk-1 in 'a t.rca vinal h I A tit
and Builder two battalions, each of the TwentyVlrst
and Nineteenth Infantry, six companies
of Colorado volunteer and a detaebment
of artillery. The Nevada cavalry was
under General Wheaton and the Thlr-
.ttenth and Fourteenth Infantry, Uie
j Fourth cavalry and a detachment of
I light artillery were under Overshlne. It
was scarcely dawn when the troop.". In
a long silent procession, wound up the
illWl tllfllle 1 A11U1 land formed a klrmih line. Concealed
In the Jungle, the advance rebel outpot:s
tired a few shots before being seen. The
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Subscribed or guaranteed cap.
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Capital paid up ttst.800 00
Assets a,UMW
Catton, Bell & Co.
General Agents, San Vranolsc. Cat
Samuel Elmore & Co.
Resident Agents. Aston Oregon,
artillery, die Colorado Infantry and Ne
vuila cavalry swung around the hilltop
of the left and opened the battle at 6:90.
Thv rubwla uudv ua response Itvio Uie
hills and the Colorado mon cautiously
advanced through the thick morass un
til they were confronted by a trench,
from which n few weak volleys were
fired. A spirited response followed and
a charge Into the trenches found It to
be deserted. In the meantime a part ot
the Thirteenth and Fourteenth regiments
formed In sklrmixh line, extending a
mile to the right and supported by the
rest of the regiments, swept down the
valley and up the hillside toward an
other trench.
The morass seriously hampered the
Fourteenth, and the rebels, taking ad
vantage of this, poured a galling Ore
upon them tor 30 minutes. The Four
toenth was twice compelled to withdraw
In the swamp. Finally the trenoh was
enfiladed on both flanks. The rebels fled
through the woods, susttilnin severe
losses.
General Lawton then pushed his entire
command south through the center of
the Isthmus until a few mllos south of
Paranque, when he swung around and
halted on account of the heat. During
the march, men were prostrated on all
sides, owing to lack of water and ex
poure to the sun. It is estimated that
40 per cent of the troops were exhausted.
The double turreted monitor Monadnoek
and three other vessels shelled. Tarana.
pue this morning, nnd the rebels promptly
evacuated the place.
MONAnXOCK'S COMMANDER DEAD.
Captain Henry Nichols Falls Victim to
Sunstroke In Manila.
WASHINGTON, June 10.-A cablegram
was received at the nsvy department to
day from Captain Barker, naval officer
In command at Manila, announcing the
death at Captain Henry Nichols front
THEY TELL HOW
IT HAPPENED
hanneahurg. J. 8. Robinson, the South
African millionaire and mlneowner, rem
olved a telegram today from his agent
at Johannesburg saying th actuation
there is most serl'ms. Th agent added
that a mas meeting of Inlanders trill
be held today In order to confirm and
support th British high commissioner,
Sir Alfred" Mflner. As open air meetings
art not allowed without permission It
la not Improbable If th necessary pert,
nlsslon Is not obtained, that th potlc
will endeavor to stop th meeting.
Consensus of opinion among prominent
Ultlanders and South African capitalists
j in London Is that the British government
is In a tight fix; that It cannot retreat
from Its position and that f President
Kruger does not recede, war I Inert! a
bl. Regarding the suggestion that th
United State he asked to mediate be
tween th Transvaal and Oreat Britain,
United Stites Ambassador Choat says:
"While every good Anvrtacn wwuld
welcome the possibility ct halptng '
solution of the present situation, we hav ,
not been approached and I personally
know nothing of this proposed media
tion by America."
A detachment of JOO royal engineers
sailed today for South Africa from
Southampton.
BIO MASS MEETING
OK THE CTTLANDER8.
They Insist Upon Equal Political Rights
For all and Oppos Any Other
Settlement
JOHANNESBURG. June lO.-At a mas
meeting of Ultlander held here today
for the purpose of conflmlng and support
ing the proposals of Sir Alfred M liner,
the BritUh high commissioner, a resolu
tion was adopted declaring that "No
settlement will he saWnfaotory which
d.s not provide for the recognition of
! equal political rights to all"
President Kruger's proposals were con.
LONDON, June l'j.-When the Ser
tary of State for the Colonies, Joseph
Chamberlain, In the house of common
on Thursday summed up the result of
the Bloemfomeln conference by declar
Ing that "A new situation has been cre
ated." he used a pregnant phrase, open,
apnearantely. to a variety of Interpreta
tions, but In reality only open to one.
Politicians who have closely followed
the affairs of Transvaal and Cham- . jklered wholly Inadequate to satisfy the
berlaln attitude with respect to them. Jut demand of the unenfranchised, while
are fully satMled that the colonlan sec
reiary meant to declare by means of
Sir Alfred itilner's were endorsed as
the only irreducible minimum acceptable.
Tbe meeting was orderly and was at
tended by 5.000 Ultlanders.
Th government Issued a notice ad
vising the eofrtncblsed burgher to at.
lav I he meetlrjr !o nrocetd without dis-
a reasonable settlt- J turbam.e.
hese op-'mng negotiations, in which the
British high commissioner, 8ir Alfred
Milnes. had exhausted every diplomatic
recourse to a fleet
Fftzsitnmons Admits Tbat Jef
fries Won Only Because He
l the Better Man.
MR. CORBETT 19 ELATED
WHAT LENGTH OF NAPT
All A tree That Mr. Jeffries Is a Woo
dtrful Han end Has a Great
Future-
NEW yORK.June lO.-George Slier.
who referred the Jeffries Fltssimmons
tight, mid in an interview:
It was a nice, clean fight, with no
attempt on either side to foul. Of course
when big men like these get tired there
Is more or less clinching. In my opinion
Jeffries had a shade the beet, of It for
the lut seven rounds. Jeffries is unques
tionably a young man ot remarkable
yttength. It was a good fight from start
to llnlsh and the best man won."
Ex-Champlon Robert Fitxsiinmons said
to a World correspondent:
1 fully fc&pcoled. to wia but 1 did sot.
Jeffries won becuuse he Is the best man.
I could not believe that he had Improved
so much. He is young, strong, quick and
clever. I have no excuse to make on
the score of condition and overconft.
dence. I was In perfect trim, better than
I really ever was before, and I fought
th best I could. Whereas I fully ex
pected to win, I did not hold my man
cheap. That Is somethtng I was never
guilty of. Jeffries Is now the champion
of tho world beyond question and Is entl
tied to all the praise that may be show.
red on him. He won the title fairly
and squarely and he now has a ohanoe
to make a great deal of money. Let
him go ahead and get It, and I, for one,
will not molest him for the present. Of
course I may challenge him, but it was
all so sudden that I have not had time
to decide just what I will do. It is not
Improbable that I will ask him for an
ther chance."
James J. Ccrbett said:
"It proves just as I predicted. When
effiies was my spar'lng partner at
Carson at the time I prepared for my
fight with Fllsslmmons, I knew that he
had It In him. though he was then Im
mature. Fltxslmmons would not fight
me. But in Jeffries I got th man who
knew could defeat him. Jeffries was
never In danger. When I went to his
room before the battle I told him to go
In and fight as soon as the gong rang.
told him If Fllsslmmons -would not
fight In the first round to go at him.
He did it. In the third round he had
Fltxslmmons going. It was a splendid
battle and Jeffries did the fighting. This
proves what I have always said that a
good boxer with a good left hand could
defeat Fllsslmmons. Jeffries possessed
all the qualities of a (Treat fighter. He
ment of the matters In dispute. It had
beel proved definitely that Presidrnl
Kruger was irreconcilable and that all
hop. or an arrangement by uetilon 4jHlstKrnletndentr--
or diplomatic pressure was henceforth We have teen vala of Portland as sn
yglo. xport city and have read with great
..... . , , " satisfaction tbe tabulated statement of
The British are especlaly exasier. . ...... j
wheat shipments that have far surpassed
ated beoaik they feel that they have , those ot any 0.ner on tbe Paclflt.
been trifled wirh. and the question on but there are some other figures that are
everybody's lips Is "what next." j0"1 aa.Ufactory, the statement of
,,, , ., , , w j, 'merchandise Imported. These would not
be quoted, only that Oregonlans may see
verted from his course. He has resolut- j,ne weak fpot ,nd lake eps w ,(ren8!a.
ely snd deliberately espoused the cause en the sKuatlon. In 1835 the value of
of the Ultlanders and h next step will 'imports entered at the Willamette d lu
be a demand. It may be stated a cer- Portland, were only SW8.330 in value.
.... while there was ' the same year passed
tain that this contingency ha. been fully tnrouga ttle Puget 4 mer-
forseen for months past. Fresh troops jchandlse valued at CTSUSJ. But that Is
and large quantltes of munitions of war j not the worst of It. In latt the imports
have cone to South Africa by every
steamer. Troops hsve been described as
reliefs, but these they were supposed
at Portland were JIBUTI. In isa il.lOti,.
632 and in lM tS7). For rhe same
years the imports at the Puget oound
district were respectively, KT2.637, S39.
to relieve have remained in South Africa, j'ut) and J1JH0.3W. United States titatis
A steamer which sailed In May took 500 j tlcal Abstract, 1S9S. pp. 1, 146.
of these reliefs and the passenger, who l Po commerce only
I t I v.- tta Inul Hi fitrtr.k n.I T nnm a t
had previously secured accommodations 1, anJ more Wlnll.kab;e flgurM are
had to yield their places to the officers given by the Astorian of May SO. That
and men. In Natal, notably at Lady paper has access to the late reports.
Smith, a large force has been assembled, !' P01 ls copied:
, , . . . I "The published official rejxwrts of the
fully equipped and ready to march at w department state that for th
moment's notice. J . nin months endlne March. 1S3. th
Hundreds of mules from South Africa value of the merchandise Imports at Pu.
and Cyprus are on the spot; storehouses sound district was t..iH.i3, ana or
... . ., ithe export IU.277.3S. Portland, during
ar full of forage and the magaxlues '
the same period, Imported merchandise
are packed with ammunition, it Is est va,U(,(, at n1S4903 and lts exports
mated that Trusvaal could muster a amounted to $7,765,989. Total Portland
flfi-UUug force of from 16,000 to 1S.000 men, , business. JS.9Trfl.S92: total Puiret sound
while the British troops there already business. U7.3S4.3M. nearly 100 per cent
. , . , 1 above 'Portland for the nine months. For
numuer u.uuo mw, commanueu u ne ,he June tota
veteran Major General Sir Wm. Francis imriorts, n exports of merchandise at
Butler, who has been In command of the Ithe Puget sound customs district were
troops In South Africa since IStt. In shied at K2.978.7M. Portland's Imports
m nA AvnAPii far fViav voas ra frttfAn. at
addition, the British have a targe body . ;
ot splendid mounted riflemen and mount- 0f ppet Bound."
ed police available, so It hostilities were Can Oresron help herself? It is realised
to break out, events will move quickly. ,nal " c8n "Portisnn mint oe fore.
,. a . . most in the work. Portland Is a railroad
While the country generally ls back. ... ... .. . ,
center, there be nr four transcontlnenta
Ing Chamberlain, many well informed , MnM pnnr there-the S. P. Co.. O. R.
people assert that, urged by Cecil Rhode N., Great Northern and Northern Pa.
and the potent social Influences of the clfit. Two of these roads pass through
tlsh chartered South African com- the Columbia gorge on a grade almost
a. dead level. The han.llcan seemsi to he
pony, he Is hurrying the country to dl. a gnaow shlp cnanne, from the ,ea Up
aster. the Columbia to Portland, at low water
They say that not only will President , only feet. Big ships are now carrying
Kruger not retreat but that the Trans. h ' world and If th.
5ftffi-.t(r ranrKst lami at th Pftrtlana
vaal forces, familiar with ever inch of ,docks tney to The cnmmPrc
the country, will bo able to cop with iof New York has been done In 25 foot
any fore Great Britain can put In the bottoms but that metroplls awoke one
field. Kruger's artillery to known to be rn'ne t0Jthe fact commerc Is
much superior to British arUUery and ldeep(,nlns tne phanne, t0 K feet for a
signs are not wanting to show that tho 'distance of 7 miles so as to admit shins
Boers hav more than normal support 'of 33 feet depth of hold. Portland pro
of the Orange Free State.
AMERICAN MEDIATION UNLIKELY.
poses this summer to deepen Its channel
to Jfi feet, but that Is not deep enough,
and the 100 mile distance Is prohlhlttv
for a 33 foot channel. Oregon ought to
LONDON. June 10. It Is not Improbable d the "nare of business that belongs to
thA rfltt Tf It Minnnt h rlrtriA with
the crisis In tbe Transvall wlU be hast. PnpM . . M .hw Mnort. ,hen ,hft
encd by some untoward Incident at Jo- ' port be moved to Astoria.
(Osmtma4 on psg three,)
A
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
I 1 -....
o tmm sowof eo turn mK.