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A.STOKIA, 0HEO0N, VVEI'NEhDAY TUNING. JUNE 21. IBM.
VOL. XLIX.
177
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KALSTOS HI'.ALTH I'OODS In ijrcat variety
fresh from ttic mills.
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TILLMAXX'S I't'KR RXTKACTS.
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(leui Zealand pre Insurance Go
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UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS.
Subscribed Capital - - $5,000,000
raid-Up Capital ' 1,000,000
Assets 2,545,114
Awets in United States 300,000
Surplus to Policy Holders - 1,718,792
Has been Underwriting on tho Pacific Coast over Twenty-two years.
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Exoluslv. ot paid up wpital
Law Union and Crown
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Suborlbd or gtiarantod cap.
Ital IT.KW.ao 61
Capital pJd op LMJOu N
Assets H.UI.W
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Qnral Agents, San TTaaolio, CaL
Samuel Elmore & Co.
Resldtnt Acnta, Astoria Crefoa.
Mil
MTV",,
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COME TO A
STANDSTILL
Government Unable to Get
Warships Built for For
mer Appropriations.
HIGHER PRICES THE CAUSE
Ship Builders Decline to Bid Be
cause cf Advance In Ma
: terlal and Lator.
WILL HELP PACIFIC STATES
; Ex Minister Birretl Sys the Annex
i itlon of Philippines Meanj Great
Benefits fo the West.
NK'.v vu;K. i t'"- 9.-A !.- ai t. t
1 tin. ir. un V.."lii'ifc-i-11 n i"
r Vi mi urn iilll pimxl aljJUi Siif
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l Oil
.c;l
., in. Mi of tvimifiw all'! i-'K"
Mrti.li 3rd. i.nnliW lor aia l"o
cruiw n ;hut wri- lm ul. wlth'iil arm
m-iil, tun lu.i" . !v.ni 11.11-'-.ich.
I iu-rr .ia l""-n iiiucli c..nt ro r -) a''u;
I..
III'., h-tiii uf Hh' iraiwr a:"l a. j
j :u .1. iar . iii. fit tvaclii-.! tlw t Jin l l' lo-'i :
I ii..t t..r II1.1 iiiun-' ui;";il 1: "Ul.l lv ,
! ij.ilir to butM hil' ot jivm 3 'Mi ton !
I m.inii ut iui tit-nul.it'l b th!
! v.. 1
I Ii wa "lily .-ry rxviil.y tiial 1'" -'"!
mructinii .'jurl uimii !" Kf"ral
t.-nir . f Hie luw hli anil now tho ,
.wf . ..ilii uii-r In a boat iv.iJy W h"w' '
!!m d fkii-iv Jiiwi Ui" i'arimcii.
; pri'inn-a i miiiTiiw fr bnlii for th
. ituiiuu Hon uf lb" v. w!. how-vtT. a
oiwlltliii I1.11 ..'lo'r.'iiltil il dial I"")'
' .'. r th i oiilro. :ton until oiimrv. ha"
I attain tti 1 Th,- i-ali-uUtloiw uik.ii which
j lira Irailtl.A Wi l. clll.infld . i to pro.
I ;i.ii iiuitT'''' aii'l iaiJv of la
j l.r nill'.i! ! tin1 bill bv ainr a la.
If ii had 11 po-Mliie lJ .i'lvril ai
lon.T for l)iH for rontructlji tii.-rt as
! .... .ln!.l ;!o.l tn. ..lHS-ti.:Uill of tho d'
j .., 1 , . i r. . , .1
j j rtm in would r,a..r,l.
Within a f.-w wkK. unforiuJiuU-iy lor
j ,j, li.iM-n.in. iit. tin- iiri.-t "f lion and
Iwl halv ima)i;- lIii'IMLMtl aV 5.V
WiiK'i' UlKr lia- advatircd from 10
to 11 (xr edit 111 the Iron trade. Tn.'W
fii.'t are nurv to be k.-p: In mind by
tin- contactor whn the bid are made
and Ii l now a matter of wtw doutit
whnthrr tlw Mliipbullden will rufh In
t!i,. bld for the nix i-ruu-vrs witlun th
limit of prut llxol by the senate and
houve.
Tb, ork on the new baltlejliip also
provided for by the imval appropriation
bill I ntoH'il Iwauw It has leen
known to lv usHis to ir' to gt the
best armor (date at the limit of cost al
lowed by congreiw. The Krupp steel,
which II wan d.vided to use In the bat-
tliwhiiw at tb.. Intent close ala'wed In
held at W a ton, or was when the bill
was p.i.-svd. Then emigres was williiiK
b pay only :) p r ton. As the maker
of Krupp mevl lire certain to add some
thing lo tli.'ii of armor, to meet the ln
cr.am'd comi of Iron, the pnvspect of
makiin; an early liegmmnir on the
M.iltie. M s- .iiri and Ohio are not promising-
ItoSToN, June Jl. -Hon. John Miirrett,
I'nlted Slates mlnlilcr to Siam durlnff
nevel.ind's H.lmllistratlon. slHik before
the Hoston clwniber 01 oomnierce this
afternoon resimllng the Philippine, and
the exterslon ..( th Tni i'd Slater tr:ide
In tho far easd. He said In part:
"If w fall to hold the Philippine and
to protect our rlffhts of trade throughout
th far east the I'nlted States will not
only become a seeonilary power In the
great Pacific where, by our natural po
sltlon w are Intended to be forever first,
and th Pacific coast states will experi.
enee th greatest demoralixatlon and
mo.t destructlw blow to their progress
and prosperity that could poislhly be
Klven lo thm. I appeal to ynti as reji
resenmtlV). i-ittxens of riotrton and Mass.
achusetts and through you to the peo
ple, of all New Kngland to unite with and
support the Paolilo ooast state In a
policy whloh will tvH only Insist upon
our meellns and mastering courageously
and succeejifully our unavoidable moral
responsibility In tho Philippine, but upon
our taking legitimate advantage of the
Immeasurable material and commercial
opiwrlunttle that will result from th
occupation of the Island.
OBNKUAI. WHKATON ADVANt'KS.
American OasurtltleK, Five Killed
Twenty-throe Wounded.
and
MANILA, June 50. 9 a. m. General
Wheaton's command has renewed the
attack upon Peres de Mann.is. Early
this morning they moved on the town,
hoping to reach there by noon unless
very strong cpposillon was encountered.
The list of 'the American casualties In
yewtorday's fighting shows that five were
killed and 23 wounded. The list Includes
no officers. Tho wounded were brought
to Manila fremt Bacoor.
A STEAM9IIIP IN TROUBLE,
KINGSTON. Jamaica. June 30.-Th
British steamer Broukllne, Captain IJt,
Baltimore for Port Anttmlo, Jamaica,
which arrived here yesterday, brought
an officer andl three man of th Briti!t
steamer Ethelwoid, Captain Henshaw,
Philadelphia for Port Antonio, who wer.
picked up IS hour after they had left
tbe Ethelwoid, then In treat distress, to
iwk nil!un'. The Hrookllne promptly
returned to itw jcltn where tho EttViU
wold wa laboring wtien th boat put off
uiwl mada a careful nr.rctt for the tam.
rr. So itw-n of hr, ti'iwcvi-r, wr fund
mxl It In faod that the Ethelwoid has
foundered.
A KIHIIEKMA V Ml'KDEltEI).
ll.it ll'jJy Kviind '. Offir'm While Jlun'.
IniC for Btolrn 8alnwn.
AllKHOKB.V. W'h.. Jur Vl.-Two
n-lii ko W of almon wr tol.
.ii fr'rfri Oamon'i wtmrf on Gray. har
txir. lxnit I" mll- from AbTdn. Hu
pti -Urn llri":ltl to Joph AlvU-nKn
aii'l Inn:l Iwnlnsr, Hhhrrmcn llvitMf
In th vu-lnlty. Offlorr, armoj with war.
rann, (--arf'lH'i th hut of Lovrnin, but
foutiit no tnwx of tl- mln fluh.An.
il-rm coiil'l rtut lw foun'l, but luffa..
i!n-nily hU i-aJ win ill!OVer1
burlnl In the narnl. Th rmam wtr
l.urlxl, lut th cororwr lcarrm unplrt'ju
ari'l fxhuinl thirtn. Upon oinlng th
folliri a nimbly xuflit a -irn ;v!ei. Th
li-ml "f th tily drop il iMck, dine.oiing
a rli-an ul ffmv r to rar. while th
knl! I.H'I 1-ti trut- with oni tiiun:
iiiHinimi nl. DiwnU h-i Jut bn r
rrs'.d. i harii-.l with thi- murd'r. An
Iri'i i.-t will Iw h-ll tO'lay.
A I't llhlC IIENKKACTOK.
DnrfTON. Jan 2'. -Trip late BoUrt
ItillliiffV Will trlvi- about 7'.W In pu'-
II- bMti.-t. including UWWfl each to
ll.1rv.1rd coll'K'-. the Ma(i.a'huts ln
tiiun' of trihnol vy. with V. ad.'.
tlfira! to found th liullnKn' mu'bnt fundi
and th mui-tim of fin art. CO.OW eo h
jt th MihuK K'-ni-ral h'pltal.
I N.-w KiiKland hodtal for women anJ
ji-hlldrn; 'hildrn' hospital; Ma;ichu
"tt Ky.. and Kar Inrtrmnry; fi.'Ml to
tlw I'.-rklnn inotltutc for th Wind. th
Am.rl'an t'nltarlan a"o.Malion, th R"
lonVounic M"n' Chruilan I 'n! n ; Home
f..r a'-l ni-n. th.- Hampton InMUute.
ILimp'on. Va.: $I0l to the T'nc'ut-,
Ala . normal fr!nl; JVM) to At'ania unu
v.-rnty; II" " mi-h ti I'l puhllc arul char-h.-ild..
ltiitltuilonii In and around I!oton
mil niim.'r'MjK othr um of H''t or
inoii- m variou bodies.
I'.KJ FIRK IX TACOMA
Tac im.i. Jun S' -Th Mwtllo hotel,
a fa.)il ,nablH aiwnm.-nt hu."". wa par.
tlally d.-H:royd by fir tonight. l.H-uteru
an: Into rtrhliir.-! and ( apt.rn Kufd
of fh fir1 d.-prmnt. w-r nrrid out
I of thi- litiiiillnir rn-om by moke. and
I V P. Kit.'i-tnayi r. a flrman. was
rn.-k by tbv noxxb of a failing ho and
knik'krd off the laddi-r. None of the fire
men wert seri-aisly lniird. Iis to the
btilMlrr wlH mwt to C".
HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Tbe Islands In a Prosperous
Condition.
Honolulu Merchant Talks of the
Business of His City inJ
Country.
C'HIOAOO. June 20. -William W. Hall
a leading Hawaiian merchant, left Chi.
euro last night for the east. Mr. Hall
was born on the Islands, of American
parents, ami has been a llt'ciong reeiik-nt
of Honolulu. He ssiys he will go to Wash.
Iiigton and call upon the president, whose
brother livld. he knew well when the
tho latter, now dead, wa consul to the
Island kingdom. Speaking of the situa
tion and prospects ot the Island, Mr. Hall
said :
"It lll bv a year ago next Fourth of
July since the American Hag was raised
in the Hawaiian islands, and the country
still presents tile anomaly of a republic
wlttiln a repnnlic. President Dole and
his cabinet have gotie right on exercis
ing t'heir functions until congress gets
around to oivanUe & territorial form of
icivernmont. The majority of the pec
pie want Mr. Dole appointed governor
under the new syetem for a time at least.
He would certainly be much more ac
ceptable than any American pollilclan
wh might be named. The only other
candidate In the Island who has been
mentioned I Harold Sewall. son of the
man who ran for vke-presldent with Mr.
Bryan, He 1 a republican, however.
"Honolulu Is enjoying an era of pros
perity almost amounting to a boom.
Sugar is up and rice nid coffee planta
tions are doing well. There are several
millionaires in Che city now, thougb 10
years ago. I don't suppose there was one.
Kwrybody Is Interested In the planta
tions: clerks and school teachers all hare
snares. There are plenty of opening
for American capttal. The Pacific is go
ing; to be the moat prosperous part of the
globe ami Honolulu is almost at the
center of the travel east and west. The
trip to China or the Philippines Is too
long to make without a stop. We will
have a cable, line within a year or to.
The Pacific trade Is becoming Increas
ingly important. I have seen Honolulu
grow from a village to a modern city of
35.000 people, with sch.iols. water work
and a lire department that 1 a model.
Our Hawaiian constitution Is a model,
too, by the way. Ajnerloan lawyers who
have examined It say It 1 an improve
ment on that of the United States."
PHILIPPINE TRANSPORTS.
SAN PRANCISOO. June BO.-Four
transports will sail for Manila within a
week and a fifth will soon leave. The
steamer Zealandia la now scheduled to
sail on Thursday. The Sherman at)i
Pennsylvania will depart Itogiethietr on
Saturday, and the Valencia will follow on
Sunday. The 'Wyefleld, carrying only
freight will depart early next week.
The Zelandla will take part of the
Twenty-fourth Infantry and the Valencia
will take the remainder. The troops
that have been assigned to the Sherman
ami Pennsylvania wilt arrive late in
the week.
ENGLAND'S
TROUBLES
To Conquer the Transvaal
Is a ft? Undertaking.
BAEDC UlNIW UITtl HUC'tnl ven,n. w-her they will be held n
DULltd HAND I TtIIM llUnb ' Jari to awaK further Inirtructlon and
! Jd'-ntlllcatlort. The ofHcer ax confident
j tiHit tliey have the right partle.
FIgbt Like Rough PIders ani! A 8,0 sta robbery.
Never Know When They
Are WhiFpei.
' o.ie of the largest and boideat mall rob.
. berla In the hlatory of the Chicago poau
HAVE MET REDCOATS BEFORE' t4 today am) the arri.1
jof Walter Porter and John Newman,
Full Resume of the Military Strenfth
of toe Transvaal cy Lord
Cecil Ccmpton.
OIIICAGO. June Si.-Uord CVtU Doug-,
Uu, Compion, an English chaplain of ;
I a n. Kt..r .f'A. n l.rif vfav in f.hlf.LffO. i
left fordhe east lat night with hi wife.
lord Compbn served in Souih Africa for
five years. He did not participate in the
Jamen raid, but he wa in the country
at fliat time and Immediately after that
untoward enterprise he entered me
Transvaal country and traversed much
of ii. He know ;h Boer and their
country and he considered both critimlly
from the standpoint of a military or.
fleer and stuib-nt. He spoke of the Trans
vaal pn-blem entirely as a military man.
He said:
"There are motive of fair play and
humanity which make Great Britain
exceedingly reluctant to Interfere In
South Africa by force. But It is only
candid to say that considerations of a
military character also operate to make
ut chary about rushing into a cam
palun which must put the most formid
able olt-tacle and Involve quest of
trnTirt, supply- and! tratgyt . hat
might stagger a military experience.
"In the nrnt place the Boers fn.m the
Transvaal are magnllicbent guerrilla sol
diers. Their history has proved It and
they are fully up to their standard to
day." "They are expert marksmen, born
rough riders, such as your own cowooys,
and their courage and tenacity Is und.
nlable. Individually they are as good
military stuff as the world possesses.
"They are thoroughly convinced of the
justice of their cause and would die to a
man at the word of Oom Paul.
"But aside from their morals and their
times, the Tran-WAll munrt-v fa nn ad.
mlrably adapted for the purposes tof
defense. It is a land wirh large unin.
habited space. An army invading it
must have a distant base and Its supplies
must be brought through a seml-tropi.
cal country under the moeit dlsadvan.
tageous conditk-m. Cape Town Is 1000
miles from the Vaal river and if an at-
tack were to be toade from Natal there
would be mountains to work through and
much tropical growth.
"Tbe question of transportation would
be serious. Wa w.Hild need thousands of
mules, which must be briiucht from
Siutti America. The ocean distance and
the adverse climate would k It the an.
mals off by the hundreds and the actual
work would entail even greater losses.
"Therfls a question of statcgy as well, i
Tho Boers would ty difficult to hit In a !
n ass. Indeed, they might not be mobll.
Ixed, in an European sense, at all. In !
an arid, ro.-ky country, filled with aplen. i
did slkxs, wit-h no real objective point to ,
ipture. with a disaffected, or actively
ho-.nile popululoii on your Hank or rear,!
the conquest of the Transvaal would be
one of the most arduous undertakings .
we ev?r entered upon In my opinion, I
t o less than (W.OO! men would be required. '
V. , in TMllnnlnn ..-- B A. I
ficult. Indeed. It Is folly to underesti.
mat the military strength of the Trans
vaal, which proceeds not alcr.e from tb
material character of the population but
also from the nature of the counrry Itself.
'And the Boers are armed to th. teeth.
The money reallxed hy taxation of Ult
landers has been spent In arms and ar
tillery, so that the republic reoeata on a
small cale the military camp which the '
continental powers exhibit on a great j
cale." i
NEGRO LYNCHED.
MOBILE. June 30. Daniel Patrick.
a negro, who is accused of assaulting
Miss Bessie Ireland In her home out
side of Scranton, Miss., on Monday, was
captured today. He was taken to Jail,
where he confessed to the crime. At 1
o'clock this morning (Wednesdav). the
mob took the negro from the Jail and
lynched him.
UNION PACIFIC ROBBERS.
.
BUTTE. Mont., June 20.-A special to
the Miner from Dillon, Mont., says: Yes-1
terday evening word was received here (
that two desperate looking characters, .
answering the description Of the two
Makes the food more
OTM SMIM
brother advrtln(l In th reward of MK)
each, d'a4 or allv, for th hold up and
robry of th Union Partrto et mall
train nr Rock Crek, Wyoming, Jun
I, wr in biding on a ranch about ihr
or four mil from Tied Rock, in Bavr
h'al county. A poa wo at oik.- or.
ffanlnxl and tarted for th rtuliyou,
whbh wa rachl at abut day.lfht.
Th robbr wer aip ami wtin awak.
sued were iruiing ht th musxl of alx
or tfcven uirly looking Wuvrh9rter wlOi
r..olut and cool mn bhind ea:h on of
them, and whn calll upon to ummdor
thfcy dogKdly avnu-nted aa It wa Impo.
Ibl for thbem to do otherwise.
The r.bbra were on ot and wer in
balMamlithed condtttun. The pox,
with thlr prlnoner arrived at Red Rock
j Two Chicago Mm Had a Well Developed
Plan to Kub tbt, Mall.
CHICAGO, June 20.-What U regarded
j by P.Miofficr Inapeowr James Stuart as
driver of mail wagon at rbe poatofflc
followed. Pjrter made a full confession,
' ieni. mijViy orderi(' pakiue,
by the men were found in their lodging
nous- at 260 South HaJateadi treeL In
the pile were letter, money order and
liiet-kU dtrjtd to alt part of the,
country and Europe. One cbeck found In
the pile wan for nSO.WO, while another
f'-r a largtf amount wa nt irom Uarcu
Oaiy' bank at Anaconda.
From th fact that the robber bad
. "7" ;" v-
un s - uiux .inc? juiy i ana inat a.t me
theft were committed tnce that time,
while the priionr were driving their
wagon, make- the scheme one of the
bo-ldwi in nthe reollctlonn of Bie po.
office inspector. Malt wa ail taken in
pouches whlla being Carried ta Hi
wagnnn fro n the post office to the ralroad
station and back and It ha been ad
mitted that three sacks were taken in
on. day.
SETTLERS TO BE DRIVEN OFF.
VANCOUVER, Wash., June SX-Major
Henry Wygant, Twenty-fourth infantry,
has been ordered to proceed at once to
Spokane and there confer with the Unit,
el State Indian Agent. Albert II An
derson, with reference t ejecting tres
passer from the Coeur d'Alen Indian
reservation. The ord-r states Major Wy
gant will proceed to such points on th.
reservation, accompanied by a detach
ment of one norci nmisskmed officer and
nine men from company M. Twenty
fvurth Infantry, from Fort Spokane, as
may be necessary to accomplish the re
inoval of the trespasser.
ANOTHER PLATE TEST, i
WASHINGTON, June . There was a
, test at Indian Head today of armor plat.
Intended for the battleship
Wlsronstn.
!5i Inches
Tbe test plite tapered from
to iUj Inrhes in thickness. The fiflrst
shat, a Carpenter armor piercer, wttte a
j velocity of yffTO feet, penetrated the plate
Si Inches. The second, a Holtxer armor
j piercer, with a velocity of 1800 feet, pen.
trated inches. This plate wa not
' cracked and the test was satisfactory,
1 '
MR. SIDNEY DELL'S BOOK,
I The following letters are selfexilami.
tory In regard fc th revision of Mr.
Dell's proposed book, entitled "A Book
of C'ati County," as requested by
the chamber of commerce:
i Mr. Sldnev Dell Dear Sir: In reference
to your book of Clatsop county, the MMS
of which was submitted for examtna-
lion lo a committee from this chamber,
preparatory to taking action on Us en
dorsement by the chamber, I have to In.
form you that at a special meeting held
by the chamber on laat evening for the
purpose of receiving the report of said
committee, their report was read and
fully discussed and resulted In the atror-
Hon of a motion as follows, vis: "That
the entire matter pertaining to Sidney
Dell's book be referred back to the com
mittee whh the request that the first
chapter of said book be rewritten entire
ly, showing the advantages of the As
toria harbor, without referring to any
other port on th ooast.
Tour Respectfully,
B. C. HOLDEN.
Secretary.
ASTORIA. June .-E. C. Holden, Esq..
Secretary Astoria Chamber of Cimmerc
My Dear Sir: In compliance with reso
lution of Astoria Chamber of Commerce
as per your favor of this date, I beg here-
with to submit1 to the committee on ta-
tistloa ami compllatbxr chapter II. of "A
RnrtU f rtatson Countv" rewritten as oer
request of chamber's resolution. I have
i not named any other port on the Pacific
ooast In showing the advantage or As
toria harbor, but I would respectfully
point out to your committee the difficulty
of showing a harbor' superior advant
ages, or desirability without oomparlng
it with rival potts.
I I trust, however, the enclosed ha ac
jcomplished that great feat by a brief
. glimpse . I entrust the MS3 to your per
i onal care, with an assurance that you
I will protect the trust. Hoping to hear
, promptly from the committee.
I tun very respectfully,
SIDNEt DELL.
' It to Inches that make a foot in Amer-
ioa, but pinches that do the buslnea In
China.
delicious and wholesome
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