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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-24
Charged That She Prepared Then
for an Onslaught Upon
the Americans.
TO PREVENT ACQUISITION
German Officers Are Row Drilling the
Troops China Said to Be
In the Great Plot.

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. z.-The Even-
ing Post prints an article today in which
It makes known the plans OF the Germans
in regard 10 the disposition OF the Philip
pines. The details Of this plot on the part
Of the government were furnished By q
gentleman high In the opinion Of the gov
ernment officials OF this country and Ger
many. The same gentleman now states
that Germany is endeavoring to empitter
the followers OF Aguinaldo against the
Americans. and she has officers In their
ranks secretly drilling them. The gentle
man in question says this has been going
on for years. and. prior to the interfer-
ence OF the United States in Philippine
affairs. almost every German vessel that
landed there carried one or more oficerA
in disguise and stacks Of arms and am
munltion for the insurgents.
The Posts informant has just received
a letter from an authoritative source In
Hamburg giving the details Of Germany's
future action in the Islands. Briefly. the
plan is as follows; Germany will send
numerous trading vessels to the Islands
and will arm 10000 Fflipinos, besides
furnishing Krupp guns and artillery for
field use. The islanders viii be thorough
ly drilled by German officers. and by
February Aguinaldo will be prepared 70
make an onslaught upon the Americas
forces.
To aid this plot the letter says, Ger
many is trying to induce China TO pur-
chase a large number Of big war vessels.
evidently to strengthen their navy. but
really to be held for transfer to Germany
should complications arise. The Germans
who have made a report to their govern
ment. say it viii be impossible for the
United States to land more than 5000
men in the Philippines before Agulnalde
is ready to make his coup.
A German report OF the condition OF af-
fairs says Americas only hope is to dis
arm the insurgents. The Post attributes
the recent ordering Of additional troops to
Manila after mastering out had been
ordered as an indication that the United
States has been informed Of Germany's
attempt to Illustrate American acquisition
Of the islands.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-24

The EDITOR
Madame PauImier Tried to
XIII the Man Who Sian
dered Her.
OF DREYFUS CASE
Enraged Woman Waited no Ex-
plsnation and Shot the
Wrong Man.
THE PRESIDENT DENOUNCED
N. Fsure Made the Object Of a Bitter
Attack Accused Of Attempt
10 Defeat Justice.

PARIS. Sept 2l.-Mme. Phulmler. wife
OF M Charles Ernest Puulmier. mem.
Der Of ihs chamber Of deputies. has added
another tragedy 10 the bcwildering intri-
cacies OF tho Drcyfus plot. Nine Paul.
mler today entered the onices Of la Ian.
torcne and asked TO see II. Mlllerand. cdl-
tor Of the paper. II. Miilerand vas absent
and 81 Oliver. who was present. stepped
forward TO receive tho lady. who. without
waiting FOR any explanation. whipped out
a revolver and fired twice. 81 Oliver fell
10 the ioor. wounded, lie wus taken to
tho hospital.
Nine. Paulmicr was taken into custody
and when questioned. answered cody: "a
wished 10 Kill NJ Millerand" She ex-
piuined tha, Ia Lantcrne had slandercd
herself and husband because her husband
had written letter 10 General Chanoine
minister OF war. with reference 20 putting
a stop to the attacks upon the army. pro.
vokcd by the Drcyfus affair.
The military authorities have accom-.
pllshcd their plan oi sitting Colonel PIC.
quart by placing him auEcrct.
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So Says Wu Tnng. the Chinese
Minister to Our OWE
Government.
CHINA WILL REMAIN INTACT
Has Strength to Resist Dlsnember-
ment by Foreign PoVers-All
off With Ii Hung Chang.

WASHINGTON. Sept 9.-The Chinese
minister. WI Ting. has received by cable
the full text Of an edict issued by the
emperor Of China yesterday which calls
the empress dowager hack TO power. 1t
follows:
Now China Is disturbed. there Is need
that all business be well done. We, the
emperor. agitatcd from morning TO even
Ing for the welfare Of affairs and fearful
lest errors may occur, observing from the
beginning OF the reign OF Tung Chi that
the empress dowager has tw.ee given In
structions to the emperor, and with sig
nal ability and success. so We now. con-
sidering the important interests Of the
empire have begged the empress dow
ager to give the empire the benefit Of her
ripe experience and instruction. The
dowager empress has been pleased TO ac-
cede TO this request, and therefore It is
to the good fortune Of the whole empire
that this auspicious event is brought
about From the day the empress dow
ager conducts the business in the tmpe-
rial department. and on the sth day OF
the present month Chinese calendar
meaning today English calendarl We will
take all princes and ministers to perform
In Chin Chung palace. Let Yamen (for-
eign offiee) prepare that the ceremony
may be performed with fitting hOnors."
The Chinese minister was seen at the
legation today and talked concerning the
edlct. He said there was no secrecy about
it-nothing to indicate that II was tri-
umph OF one foreign element over another
and that its essential purpose was TO
strengthen China herself at a time when
serious foreign problems were presented.
II was quite natural. he said, that the
dowager empress should be called to the
aid OF the emperor. owing to dynastic rea-
sons. The present dowager had survived
three dynasties.
Concerning the reI2rt that the empress
return TO power was a coup d'etat fav-
able to Russia. the minister says he does
not consider the move favorable TO any
power. as against another. Its efteet, he
says, would be towards direct impartial
lty in China's treatment OF Russia, Great
Britain. Germany. France, the United
States, Japan, and the world at large.
As to its effect upon Ii Hung Chang,
the minister said he did not think this
would result in the return Of Ii to the
foreign office, from which post he was
recently removed, owing, ii was under
stood. 10 foreign influence.
When asked If China had strength to
resist dlsmemberment by foreign powers,
Mr.. WI Ting Sang said:
II am confident China will remain in
tact"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-24
NEWSPAPERS IN FRANCE
pENoUNCE THE PRESIDENT
NJ Clemcnceau Couples President Faure's
Name with That OF ZurlInden, in the
Plot 70 Defeat Justice

PARIS, Sept Everything tends Ia
confirm the opinion the General Zurlln.
dcn.-in ordering the military trial OF Col
fiequart, acted entirely upon his own in.
itlatiyc.
The Temps declares that the cabinet
had previously refused 10 sanction Gen.
eral Zurllnden's proposal to prosecute
Colonel Picpuart and that General Zur-
linden therefore waited until he had re-
sumed the military govcrnorship OF Paris.
when he acted upon his own authority.
Upon leaving the prison, Colonel Pic.
quart had portmanicau and a port
folio. He looked pale and careworn.
A mob which had been bowling outside
the prison rushed toward Pimquart as he
emerged, shaking their fists and shouting,
some for and some against him. A sim
ilar mob waited az the Cherche MIDI
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-24
CHICAGO TUG BURNED.

CHICAGO. Sept 2S.--Fire broke out In
the boiler room of the tug Ira o. Smith,
while the tug was in the vicinity of the
Lake View crib and but for the presence
of mind of Captain James Crawford he
and his crew might have persisted In the
explosion which followed. The tug was
burned almost to the waters edge, and
sunk In 20 feet of water near the outer
breakwater at the entrance of the river
harbor, The escape Of Captain Crawford
and the two men who composed the crew
was effected just in time, as a few min
utes after they abandoned the vessel the
six-lnch steam pipe exploded and the boat
was soon a mass of flames. The tug was
run head on against the pier at full speed
and when she struck the crew leaped for
the pier, all reaching 1t in safety, The
tug was worth $4,000 and is a total loss.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-24
RED CROSS SOCIETY.

The oregon Red Cross Society vas or.
ganlzed In the rayior-strect church today.
ana the following officers were elected:
President, Mrs. Henry +. Jones. secre-
tary, Mrs. +. +. Lounsbury; treasurer.
Mrs 4. {. ProIzman. all of Portland The
three officers were selected from Portland
because Of It's central location. The presl-
dents OF the various auxiliaries in the
state were declared presidents OF the
state society. This regulation resulted in
the following as presidents: Mrs.
Levi Young. OF Portland; Mrs. Matte
oiler. OF Hood River: Mrs. L. A. Lowell,
OF Pendleton: Mrs. r. A. Bryan. OF Hills-
boro; Mrs. s. |. Cleveland. OF Astoria; and
Mrs. T.. Warren. Of Weston.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-24
REMARKABLE DISPLAY
OF GOOD FELLOWSHIP,
Peace Commissioners Entertained at
Queenstown by Enthusiastic British
ers, Who Lauded America.

QUEENSTOWN. Sept s3-The United
States peace commission arrived today.
There was n concert Thursday on board
the Campania In aid OF the United States
scslmen's charities Senator Frye, Of the
commission, presided. In concluding his
rcmarAs Senator Frye said:
May God hless the American and British
tars. May the angel OF peace touch our
hearts tonight"
The collection netted SSl6 FOR the sea-
mems society. MY Country, 'Tis OF Thee"
and God Save the Queen" were sung.
Sir William Marriott then proposed a
vote of thanks to the chairman, adding,
after hearty cheers. that BRITANNIA rules
the wave" should now be amended so that
some word representing Great Britain
and the United States may be substituted
for Britannia.
Senator Davis and ex-Secretary Day
also spoke briefly,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-24
NO MINISTER TO SPAIN.

WASHINGTON, Sept. GAS is custom
airy in the case of minister who has been
Obliged to leave by the breaking out OF
hostilitles, Stewart L. Woodford has filed
his resignation as minister to Spain. 1t
is believed that it will be six months be-
fore the United States has occasion to
send a minister to Madrid again, and II
Woodford's resignation remains so long
unacted upon his status will be merely
nominal, for, under the law, his salary
ceased after the expiration of 60 days from
the date he left his post with the ad-
dition of sufficient period of time to en-
able him to return to the United States.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-24
rlson. A detachmen, of military in both

prison A detachment of military in both
cases protected Picquart.
A majority of the papers denounce this
military coup with varying degrees Of se.
verify NJ. clemencean. In the Aurore,
charges NJ. Brisson with cowardlce or i'm
becility and couples President Faure's
nhmo with that Of General zulInden In
tho alleged plot 10 suppress the truth and
defeat justice. ~. clemenceau dwells
strongly upon the Nauyaises chances Of
the cherche Midi prison and credits the
ex-war minister with the remark. III
enerai Hercier had not been NO tender.
hearted he would have had Dreyfus muir
dercd."
Another paper. the Droits del'Homme,
abuses 81. Faure win the greatest yiru-
lence and accuses him Of employing NJ.
Brisson 70 make coup d'etat. II points
out that President Faures military
friends still hold all tho strong posts.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-24
ALASKA STEAMERS ARRIVE.

SEATTLE. Sept 23.-The steamer Al-h
arrived today from Skagway with 22O
passengers. most of whom were from
Copper river.
The steam schooner Samoa arrived to-
night from st. Michaels with 50 Klondik-
ers and gold dust estimated at 100000
The officers Of the Samoa report that the
steamer Bertha was to sail from st.
Michaels September 18 for San Francisco
with between s2,5OO,OOO and S,OOO,OOO in
gold
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-24
SECURE LITTLE BOOTY.

KANSAS CITY, Sept 2S,-The Colorado
express train on the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway, which left Kansas
City at 915 o'clock tonight was held up
by robbers near Leeds, suburban sta
tlon, about six miles out from the Union
depot The locomotive and baggage car
were detached from the train and taken
down the track toward Dodson, after
which the robbers shattered the Pacific
Express Company's car with dynamite.
The officials of the express company state
that the safe contained but little treasure,
as the messenger carried nothing destined
for points beyond Cofteyville, Kas.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-24
TOOK cARBoLIC ACID.

Mrs. Minnie Roseman. OF Albina. COM
mitted suicide this afternoon by swallow
ing about half the contents OF a two-ounce
phtl OF carbolic acid. II is supposed she
took poison while temporarily insane.
Mrs. Roseman was nurse and was about
a years old. She left a husband and a
number OF grown children.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-24
NAVAL MEN WANTED.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9S.-The naval
rendezvous in this city has posted a call
for men to man the gunboat Culgoa, one
of the Spanish vessels captured at Manila
by the American fleet.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-24
AGUINALDo APPEALS FOR AID
OF EUROPEAN POWERS.
Plea for Recognition of Belligerency anc
Independence-Win Press His APP
peal at Washington.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2S-The Tribune's
special from Manila, dated August 80, via
San Francisco, September %, says;
Aguinaldo and his chiefs have made a
plea to the powers for recognition of bel
ligerency and independence Angoncillo,
his agent, who was passenger on the
steamer China. is on his way to Europe to
submit the question to foreign arbitration.
Before proceeding to Europe Angon-
colo will stop at Washington and at
tempt to press the administration with
his appeal, No mention of the United
States nor any American force is made in
the document whict he carries. The ap-
peal is as follows:
ITO the foreign powers;
''The revolutionary government of the
Philippines, which was constituted ac-
cording to the scheme explained in the
proclamation dated June %, in which the
true causes of the Philippine revolution
were set forth, has demonstrated that
this popular movement is due to the unan-
lmous desire for just laws by people
who aspire to progress and perfection,
and which can only be obtained by one
road to liberty.
"Thls revolution actually dominates the
provinces of Cavlte, Batangas, Mindoro,
Tayabas, Laguna, Morong, Bulacan, Ba-
taan, Pampanga, Neuvaecija, Tarlac,
Pangasinan, Infanta zambales and the
capital city Of Manila, In these provinces
there reign good order and perfect tran
guilty, laws are administered by author
tiles who We're elected by the people ac-
cording to the regulations of organic de-
| crees of June Is and %.
"The revolution also has some 5000
prisoners Of war, and these are treated
with all the usages and regulations of
civilized warfare and humanitarian senti-
ment. On war footing We have 10000
combatants organized in the form of a
regular army.
! "In this condition the chiefs of COM
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-24
MORE PENSIONS.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 2S.-About 500 ap-
pllcations for pensions, arising out Of the
war with Spain have been filed at the
pension Office. They embrace all classes,
including widows. claims for injuries, etc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01

the infant were at work in the fSsads
adjoining.
Congressman and Mrs. Babcock
and Secretary OF State Casson and
wife have been at Eau Claire re-
Gently. They were met by Represen-
tative and Mrs. jenkins of Chippewa
Falls. Congressman Griffin was
guest at the same hotel, Mrs. Griffin
being in Washington.
There were five weddings of Wau-
kesha people on Thanksgiving day
Miss Mae E. Parker and Joseph F.
| Barrows, julius Dresdow and Matilda
Handt, Lewis Richardson and Miss
Mamie Carey, Adolph Winzenreid and
| Miss Carrie Ruby and Frank Klatt
/ and Lena Bellmann.
| r. p. Breese has received a letter
| from w. B. Brocchus, former secre-
| tary of the Waukesha Y. NJ. c. A.
! dated Boston, in which he says he
I reached that city in charge of a cargo
! Of cattle. Brocchus left under circum-
/ stances which placed the association
/ in an embarrassing position.
! Joseph Goulet, who left Ashland
/ last June to enter the United States
navy, has returned from Norfolk.
where he was mustered out. During
! the time he was in the navy he was
/ on the monitor Puritan, and was all
| through the war on this boat. He
| assisted in the bombardment of San
/ Juan.
| Judge John Whytock, who died at
| Albert Lea, Mimi, enlisted at La
| Crosse, in 1861, as member OF Bish-
ops company in the I'd cavalry, was
chosen lieutenant, then captain, and
! finally major. He has lived in
| southern Minnesota since the war
and had been judge Of the circuit
court for many years. He was born
at Buffalo and was 63 years old.
! At West Bend two freight trains
/ collided. Several fiat cars and a cat
tie car were wrecked, and ash engine
/ telescoped. The station platform
was also badly damaged. The en-
| gineers and fremen jumped
/ John Griffin pleaded guilty to grand
| larceny at GAINESVILLE and was SEN
fenced to one year in the state re-
| formatory at Green Bay He and
Ernest Byers stole some clothes from
St Pauls church, Beloir.
| AT Kenosha the ladies of ST. Mat
| thew's Episcopal church gave The
/ Bells of Corneville at the Opera
house. The performance was highly
successful, the singing of the solo
lists and the work of the chorus being
exceptionally good. Mrs. Tanner,
Miss Belle Head, Mr. Wheeler, Mr..
kupfer and Mr. Ellsworth were
cast for the principal characters and
sang in good style. The perform
ance will be repeated
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01
HOW ROYALTY TRAVELS.

The prince of Wales has just had a
new car built, which he will use in
travelling on the different railroads in
England. The car was built by the
Great Eastern Railway company at
Stratford, and is very luxuriously
fitted up in every way. The new car
is constructed like the American cars
and is mounted on two four wheeled
bogies, one at each end 1t is a saloon
car, and in addition to the saloon and
boudoir has apartments for the at
tendants The body OF the saloon is
Al feet long. The interior of the car
is decorated with English walnut and
satinwood The ceiling is covered
with LincruSta Walton, picked out in
cream and gold. The saloon and bou-
DOR are upholstered in cream morocco
and the draperies are of blue silk. The
saloon has seats for eight persons and
the boudoir seats six. The car is
lighted by oil gas and is fitted with the
Westinghouse vacuum automatic
brakes
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01
HOW TO PROPOSE TO A QUEEN

\ young man on the island of Malta
wanted to marry queen OF one of the
South Pacific Islands, so he wrote her
a letter Most Gracious Queen" were
his words, Il read about the steamship
Bonanza being drifted on your island,
and the women under you began TO
select husbands from the crew; and
that you, my queen, wanted for hus-
band a man that would love you and
make you happy II you will have
me for husband. write back and let
me know, and send me the money for
my passage, Send me a paper note
for twenty-five pounds and | will
come 10 you at once"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-01
nan. hiss received no decoration from

man. hiss received no decoration from
the queen.
Prince Henri d'Orleans. In a letter
says that had France needed his ad
vice the Fashoda humiliation woIld
have been avoided.
Late adyices from Papan states that
ten thousand or more fishermen living
on Etrup, northern Japan, are on the
verge OF Starvation.
II. Harvey Saith of Toronto, Ont, Is
dead at Idaho Springs, Colo. He was
SO years old and was a son of Sir
| Frank Saith of Toronto.
Spain is reported to be trying to
France on the security of the Spanish
Northern Railway system.
/ Rev. DR.. Kane. rector of Christ
church, Belfast, and grand master OF
/ the Belfast Orangemen. died at Bel
fast, Ireland from a stroke of app
plexy.
! Sir John Fowler, who built re-
markable bridge over the firth Of
1 Forth, near Edinburgh, is dead. He
was born in 1917 and knighted for his
achievement in 1890.
/ The Kolniscne Zeitung in an article
/ supposed to be inspired, advocates an
! absolute prohibition of the improta-
/ ton of sausage. This advice is aimed
at the American market.
The French government has ordered
that Captain Dreyfus be allowed to ex-
ercise six hours daily on Devils Is
land, and has otherwise moderated the
rigor OF his prison rules.
Severe snowstorms, the first OF the
season, prevailed over the midlands
and north Britain, and heavy gales are
sweeping the coasts. Trains and mail
boats have been delayed.
In tie Italian Chamber OF Deputies
it was stated that the recent visit of a
French warship TO the port of RAJ
heita, on the Strait of Bah ell Mandab.
had not affected the Italian ownership.
1t is semi-ofticially announced at
Madrid that the Spanish government
intends to notify the Cuban bond
holders that Spain will not pay the
NuDdu ucUl, WulbA Will uOb Dc ucn-
toned in the peace treaty.
According to a Paris report the Sc
cret document on which Dreyfus was
convicted was written by a Russian
military attache. 1t is now said that
the attache admits he was deceived by
agents of Henry or Esterhazy.
Prince Henry of Prussia unveiled
| the monument to the officers and sail
ors of the German third class cruiser
Hits, which was lost in the typhoon
on July %, 1896, north OF the Shan
Tung promonotory. The ceremony
was very impressive.
The son recently born TO the duke
and duchess OF Marlborough was baps
tised in the chapel royal, st. James
place, in the presence OF fashionable
congregation. The sponsors were the
marquis of Londonderry, marquis Of
Camden and Lady Blandford
Captain General Blanco has been
authorized to draw on Paris for ST.
900, 0 in gold, to be applied ia the
payment OF the Spanish troops in
Cuba. his amount is in addition to
the proceeds of the draft for s2,125, 900
by the Madrid government on London,
which was sold at Havana last week.