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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-26

against the Insurgents in the island
n Panay has resulted in driving them
to the mountains, 20 miles inward.
The Americans in all had five killed
and IS wounded. General Hughes, Cen
eral Carpenter and Colonel Edmund
Rice commanded during the various
fights. Thirty-two insurgents were
killed In the engagements and the ma
dives reported that 10 carloads OF
wounded were taken away.
Among the Americans killed Were a
lieutenant Of the Eighteenth regiment
and a sergeant OF artillery, Twelve OBJ
solcte cannon were captured.
The Third infantry, reccNnottering
from Balinag, met the insurgents on
the mair road and had a running fight
to san Idefonso, where they drove
300 Filiplros from the old Spanish re
doubt.
Proceeding towards san Miguel the
Americans found the insurgents in a
series of strong works two miles south
OF the town. probably, General Rio
del Pinar's Old command, numbering
$50 men, An officer and a private were
killed. The insurgents had four men
killed and 10 wounded Nine Fihplnos
were captured
This Is probably the largest bald of
insurgents north of the Pasig river,
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London, Nov 25.-The position in
Natal remains fun of perplexities.
which the censorship has increased.
Although division and a half have
now reached Durham. that place is
practically powerless until supplied
with cavalry and artillery. and until
these arrive the situation will undoubt
edly remain grave
With three beleaguered garrisons in
Natal besides Kimberley and Mafeking
and no signs Of succor in the immedi-
ate future, it is no wonder tina, the
outlook is regarded as distinctly gloomy
tonight and that the most possible is
made of General Methuen's success
such as ii was. That battle decided
nothing From no other point can even
the semblance OF success be reported.
Mafeking appears in a worse plight
than the Britishers have hitherto cared
to admit and it IS difficult to see how
it can be relieved for some time to
come.
While an official dispatch from the
Boer head laager outside of Ladysmith,
dated Nov. "a, showed that the town
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-26
TROOPS everywhere ON The MOVE
AgulnaldO AbandOns Ms Baby and His Wife With Her Gold In
His HeadOng Flght-Eyery Fellow Nov
Tor Himself

WASHINGTON Nov. 25-The acknowledgement has re-
cciycd the following cablcgam from General Otis
"AIanila-A vessel from Iingayen gulf with dispatches
from Wheaton the 23d inst brought in Bucncamino the in
urgcn secretary OF state captured the 2ls inst He says
Agunado and his party left Taac the night Of the 18th
to be escorted north by 20OO troops from Bayombong and
Dagupan These troops Wheaton struck San Jacnto and
Young eastward.
"Agunaldo. with part Of his family escaped north with
200 men, passing between Young and Wheaton Young is
still in pursuit at last accounts and has been raoned at San
Fernando Agunaldo mother and oldest child with Buen-
camino became separated from the OF the party the
mother getting lost in the woods and the child years Old is
with Whcaton's troops Two thousand dollars in gold
belonging to the mother captured and is now in the
Manila treasury.
"a heavy storm in Lngayen gull has prevented the land
ing Of troops there for the north Macarthur has captured
the nsurgeut director Of the railroad who endeavored de-
stroy the mioad to DOpumn; also Captain Lawrence an
Englshmau who served in Aguinaldo, artillery
The telegraph is not working north of Tarlac today.
"lawton shcleycd to bc on the military road to Bayon
bong The roads practicable for wagons and supplies
lor him and they being forwarded The troops have
liberated 500 Spanish prisoners recently"
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TIME FOR REFORM
San Francisco Oficlal Treatment of
Chinese 10 b. Investigated By
Federal Authority.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov 25.-Ths
Chronicle says that the death Of Ho
Man. a Chimes. at the county jail may
result in an International complication.
he was In custody Of the federal off,
ciais awaiting deportation to China. his
immigration certificate having been
found 70 b. defective His Death is al
legged to have 5een caused by neglect.
Incidentally Il has developed that the
cts autopsy surgeon who stated that
the man died Of heart disease. made
only a superficial examination of the
body The Chinese Six Companies Will
request their consul 10 ask reparatlon
from the S'cit.d states government.
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/ MANILA. Nov. 25.-The news which
a." steamship Brutus brings frnm Dag
ypan dspels an doubts that the So.
called Filipino republic is crumhling
! like a house NJ cards,
AguInaldo Is deserted or bcing abaE-
loned by the politicians and his army
which fortnight ago was cntrcnched
at Tlrlac and exercised dc facto gov
crrmert over nine-tcnths OF the people
Of Luzou. and he Is now fugitive in
tn, mountains, with small hope Of re-
establishing the machine,
The army is scattered in the hills on
both sides of the railroad and its Wide
ly separated attachments are within
TIE Gordon which General Lawton and
General Wheaton have cemented,
The ruling spirit Of the cabinet Is a
prisoner IN Manila, a white elephant on
the hands OF the authorities, and the
small fry are tumbling over one an
other TO get 30 Manila,
Three provisional governors have
arrived In Manila to request General
Otis to install them in their old offices
under the new regime DR. Luna,
brother ot General Luna, and pomi-
nent insurrectionist, has arrived here
and his friends and many others are
applying to general Otis for permission
10 enjoy the Injuries Of Manila,
The only large force Of insurgents
known TO remain are those In CaVite
province. at San Mateo and In the
SAMPLES mountains, though several sea
ports yet have large garrisons, Agu-
inaldo began his retreat with 1000 men
under General GNgerio del Pillar, That
force was probably brought to is pres
ent proportions by deseruon, b..
The last definite news as to AguInal-
dos whereabouts Is that he passed
through Trln0dad, east Of Artlngay
and toward Bacombong, escorted by 200
men Of tho Bulacan battalion, who
had dwnded from 600 within a week.
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INFLUENCE OF
UNITED STATES
A GREAT DIPLOMATIC FEAT
Forces the Door Open in China
and a Re-aijuStment of Policy
on the Part of All Euro
pean Powers.
A GREAT DIPLOMATIC FEAT

copyrighted 1899 by Associated Press. }
LONDON, Nov 25.--As p rssult Of the
United States request to the powers
4 for assurances regarding the mainten-
anoe Of the open door" in China. the
Associated press is able to say that
negotiations have been entered into
looking TO a more permanent and i'm
portant International agreement than
yet mootod.
Though the greatest official reticence
is observed at all capitals regarding the
secret movement, there is good cause
for believing that negotiations have
reached hoDsful state. According TO
I the reports current here. in consequence
Of Russia and France falling to reply
satisfactorily to Washingtuns request.
the United states has decided to take
up the Chinese question still more Wig
orously.
The cooperation Of Great Britain TO
this end. 1t is asserted, was secured ani
it is said upon the initiative OF the
United States efforts were set on foot
to secure not only assurances 20 the
United States, but definite agreement
between TIE European powers them
/ selves.
such an understanding to the aver
age European statesman has long
seemed Ctopian, yet today the Associ-
ated Press Is Informed on good author
/ ity there are fair chances Of Great
Britain Russia, Germany and Japan,
in conjunction with the United States,
becoming signatories 10 treaty de-
Initiating spheres of political influence
in China and determining their fiscal
policy in that quarter of the globe,
based on the open door" principle
Such is the scope OF the negotiations,
the projected arrangements may be
retroactive, for instance, may change
hands in return for other privileges,
France apparently has exhibited the
greatest opposition to this plan so
far, but assurances have been received
from Russia; and her apparent willing
ness to enter into agreement with the
Uni$od States as leading factor has
given rise to the belief trat France Is
not necessarily a stumbling block. for
If Russia entered into an agreement
France. 1t is asserted is almost bound
to follow or render herself powerNess in
the far east.
1t is understood the United states,
Great Britain and Japan, have alry adyI
arrived at a perfect UNDERSTANDING
Germany's decision was greatly tn-
flunced by the emperor who had fire.
luent conferences on this far eastern
problem while in England with Joseph
II, Choate, United States ambassador.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-26
BOERS SAID TO BE GREATLY ELATED
No News From Ladysmith Since Friday When Union Jack Was
Still Fying-Recruits for Beers Said to Be Raised
In This Country.

LONDON, Nov 25.-The situation in the northern part
of Cape Colony about unsatisfactory can BE- The
Beers turning up in all directions
Cape Town dispatches received tonight report that the
enemy have blown up the railway bridge between Romead
junction and Addeburg with the object of preventing the
advance from Port Elizabeth
The effect of blowing up this bridge will tend isolate
Naauwpoor, WHICH recently re.occuped by British
PHILADELPHIA Nov. 25.--It is asserted that on last
Thursday night $50 men left this city the Trans
vaal to join the Boer forces
Recruits in much larger numbers said to have been
shipped at numerous intervals since the beginning of the
1t also asserted that recruiting going all parts
Of the country
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-26

found burIed 81 the edge u bluff
three mil'~ wea Of .hls c,ty thIs
morning. The man had been killed
with a gunshot wound IN the breast.
The murderer had dragged The body
200 yards and buried Il. sDfplciOn
points H. William Frank, a German who
has fVade threats against Zaspel, Oh ac-
count of the latters alleged intimacy
with zaspei's wife. Frank is under ar
ret
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Mountains.

MANILA, Nov, 25.-The movement
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-26
THE SHERMAN IN.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 25.-The
United States transport sherman ar
rived from the PHILIPPINES today. There
were Is cabin passengers and 1874 dis
charged and sick men ON board. Eight
died on the voyage.
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THE BICYCLE RACE.

KANSAS CITY. No, Nov. 25.--The
score at the end Of the 32nd hour in the
s-day bicycle race as as follows:
Waller 645 miles; Llngenfelder, sl1
miles; Niederhofer, sos miles.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-26
scHLEY HAS SAILED.

NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-The cruiser
Chmicago flagship Of the South Allan
tic squadron, under Rear-AdmiraI
Schley, sailed for her station today.
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was stir flying the Union Jack on Fri
day. the cheerful tone OF the message
and the evident anticipation Of a
speedy reduction Of Ladysmith is not
calculated 20 -heer- the anxious rela-
tives.
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DIRECTOR GENERAL DAVIS DEAD.

CHICAGO. Nov. 25..-Colonel George
r. Davis, former director general OF the
worlds fair died at his home in this
city tonight from heart disease.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-26
GRANTS FLYING COLUMN.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-General
Fred Grant It is stated will in a few
days start out with a dying column to
clear the province Of Cavite of IN
surgents,
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MURDER AT SPOKANE.
Body of a German Found Hid With a
3unshot Wound.

SPOKANE, Nov. 25.--The body Of
August zaspeL German laborer was
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-26
MOVEMENTS IN PANAY.

Series Of Engagements in Which the
Natives are Driven Back to the
Mountains.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-26
THINK THEY KNOW THIEF.
Man Supposed to Have Stolen
S25, 900 From Steamer Alameda.

Honolulu, June IS (via steamer Rio De
Janeiro to San Francisco. June 25.)-It is
almost certain that the chest OF $25. Goo in
gold lost from the steamship Alameda.
left the ship at this port. In fact Mar
shall Brown has in his possession TODAY
almost conclusive evidence that such
was the case. The man who it is be-
ieved robbed the ship is also known. but
has skipped beyond the pale Of Hawaiian
law. He is now in Japan and may event
ually be caught. for the Oceanic Steam
ship company has a powerful detective
agency on his track
The mans name is supposed to be VIII
son, an Australian. He has been sus-
pected in other such robberies between
Sydney and Auckland. When the Ala
media sailed from Australia this man was
a passenger for San Francisco. He left
the boat here on the 18th On June 1 he
sailed by the Gaelic for the Orient.
Marshal Brown does not know just how
the thief brought his treasure ashore. but
the transfer is admittedly not a. hard
matter. 1t is presumed that the thief
had accOmplices. and they brought it Off
on number of visits aboard the ship at
the dock. The coin would weigh about
leo pounds.
The loss of the money was discovered
when the Alameda was within two da-,s
of San Francisco. The densest cloud OF
mystery surrounded the disappearance OF
the box.
Chief Lees of the San Francisco police
took n chance shot and wrote Marshal
Brow the bare particulars The latter i'm
mediately began an investigation. with
the the success given above.
BY the steamer today the San Francisco
chief of police will be advised concerning
to the Orient. Most probably detective
will at once be sent to Japan and China
to look him up. The suppOsitiOn here is
that the man will double back and in a
few weeks will be ranchinS or doin-
something else in an out-of-the-way Aus
trili2u district.
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Brest, France, June 25.-The French
first-class cruiser Tage put to sea this
evening, the official explanation being
that she has gone to experiment with
carrier pigeons. She is, however. a
much larger cruiser than the Sfax,
which is bringing Captain Dreyfus, and
the dispatch of a big vessel with carrier
pigeons is quite unprecedented. Usu-
ally a torpedo boat is sent, and the
opinion, therefore. gains ground that
the Tage has gone to meet the SfaX and
TO take Captain Dreyfus on board. The
pigeons can be used to announce the
transfer, and the Tage might proceed
TO another port to land the prisoner.
As against this theory and as an in
dicatiOn that the landing of Dreyfus
Will be effected here, there is the fact
that a large number of gendarmes from
the country around Brest are arriving
or expected to arrive tonight.
The treasurer OF the famous League
of the French Fatherland reached
Brest this evening from Paris, and as
this organization has been at the bot
tom of the anti-Drevfus movement, it
is thought he has probably some to
organize a demonstration.
Madame Dreyfus has obtained per-
mission to visit her husband in prison
at any time between sunrise and sun
set.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-26
It IS NOT A CATTLE TRUST
SIMPLY A BUSINESS ON AN I'M
MENSE SCALE.
Proposition to Buy Up All the Stock
In Texas - Company Worth the
Sum of $4O,OOO,OOO.

Fort Worth, Tex, June 25.-George
B. Loving, who is at the head of the
great deal having for its object the
formation of a gigantic cattle and
ranch company in Texas, in an inter-
view tonight said that the company
will be an American organization,
composed of New York capitalists, and
not Englishmen, as reported. The in
tention is to form company with s40,-
100000 capital, $4,000, 900 or $50, 900, 900
of which is to be used in the purchase
of cattle and ranch property in this
state, the balance of the capital stock
to be used in operating the big con-
Germ.
1t is believed the business can be
more successfully conducted, and at
less expense, under a single mana ge-
ment. For the past two months par
ties representing Mr.. Loving have
taken options on cattle and ranches to
the amount of $1,000, 900. These options
expire July /, but it is understood if
necessary they can be renewed. No
doubt is expressed that the big deal
Will be consummated, for the prices to
be paid are fair.
Mr.. Loving says there is no intention
to form a cattle trust. merely an eff
fort to conduct an extensive cattle
business. the largest in the world.
ued at sl20, 900, 900. Mr. Loving says
there is no intention to disregard the
antitrust laws of the state: that the
organization of the company is moth
ing more than an immense cattle trans
action.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-26
WILL TEAR DOWN GREAT WALL
FAMOUS CHINESE STRUCTURE
TO BE DESTROYED.
Syndicate of Chicago Capitalists
Have the Contract For the Work
From the Government.

Chicago, June 25.-A special to the
Times Herald from Denver says:
According to Frank Lewis of Chica-
go, who was today a guest at the Ok
ford hotel, the Chinese government
contemplates the destruction of the an
cient Chinese wall that separates China
proper from Chinese Tartary. He is en-
route to China to assist in tearing down
the famous structure.
Mr.. Lewis is a civil engineer and goes
TO China on behalf of a syndicate of
Chicago capitalists. He said:
II understand that the enterprise is
one of the Chinese governments own
conception and is independent of the
Russian, German or French influence.
The cost will be great, involving mil
lions of dollars. The concessions that
will be granted will be worth the can
die, and l anticipate there will be
sharp competition"
Mr.. Lewis said he has information
that a New York syndicate is the only
other American concern after the pro-
ject and that there are two British syn
dicates out. a French syndicate and
three German companies. The hicago
syndicate is said to have such men
back of it as the Armours, Marshal
Field, the elder Letter and Carter Har-
riSon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-26
PRESIDENT GOES TO CHURCH.
How Sunday Was Spent In Town of
Adams. Mass.

Adams, Mass, June 25.-The rain
kept the president and all the members
of his party indoors almost all the af-
ternoon, but it cleared up somewhat
before noon and all except Mrs. Nc
Kinley attended services at the Con-
gregational church, where the pastor
the Rev. A. B. Penniman, preached on
the theme, War for righteousness and
Peace" His argument was that a
struggle is necessary for development
The presidential party attended the
exercises of the Sunday school imme-
diately following the sermon and sat
on the platform with w. n. Plunkett,
who is superintendent of the Sunday
school A special programme entitled,
THE Righteous Nation" had been pre-
pared for the occasion. 1t contained
number of patriotic songs. in the
singing of which the president Joined.
At the conclusion of these exercises
the president returned to Mr.. Plum
kett's house and in the afternoon took
a carriage ride with his host.
The party are enjoying good health
except Mrs. Mckinley. who contracted
a cold on the trip from Washington.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-26
WOMAN FINDS A RICH MINE
DISCOVERS THE GREATEST
QUARTZ LEDGE IN ALASKA.
Miss frankie Flormon, the Lucky
Person-Has Bonded Her Interest
For 100000.

Chicago, June Pa special to the
Chronicle from Tacoma. Wash, says:
Miss frankie Flormon of the Black
Hills, S. D., has discovered what Atlin
mining men believe will become the
greatest quartz mine in Alaska and
British Columbia. 1t consists of an
ore vein from 200 to 500 feet in width
and nearly a mile long. 1t its course.
this immense vein is intersected by
Atlin City The ledge is a true fissure
of free milling ore with a hanging
wall of serpentine and a foot wall of
uuartzite. The largest surface assay
is S27 and many assays average IS,
making it much richer than the famous
Treadwell mine if these values con-
tinue with the depth. To determine
this. shafts are now being sunk.
Miss Flormon, her father and friends
have located claims covering the en-
tire ledge 1t was discovered by her
two months ago. while she was hunting
for. mineral. She has been prospecting
in Atlin for some time with her father.
who is a well known mining expert.
After making her first location. Miss
Flormon superintended the work of
stripping the ledge to determine its
extent. She has also acquired site
for a stamp mill and has water rights.
Frank Baker. a prominent Atlin
operator has bonded her interest for
5000. 900 and started Expert William
Partridge to London to sell it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-26
MEETING OF THE CABINET.
Several Officers Removed and New
Appointments Made.

Paris. June 2Y.-At the cabinet coun-
Gil today, NJ. Loubet, the president.
signed orders making the following
changes:
NJ. Bertrand. procurator general TO
the appeal court and NJ. Fe1il oley. pub
lie prosecutor, are both removed. NJ
Bulot. advocate general, is appointed
public prosecutor. NJ. Lombard, whose
dismissal on account of the Deroulede
trial has been much criticised as un-
just, is appointed advocate general. NJ.
Bertrand's successor has not yet been
appointed.
General Hartschmidt, General Goget,
Colonel SAKE and Colonel Cobertin are
transferred to other garrisons.
The premier, NJ. Waldeck Rousseau,
will read a draft of his speech in par
lament tomorrow, which will be very
brief. merely announcing that the new
ministry has no aim but to follow out
the order of the day voted on June II,
on the motion of Joseph Ruau, Demo-
cratic Radical, representing the Second
district of St Gaudens, which was as
follows:
The chamber is determined to sup
port only a government resolved to de-
fend vigorously republican institutions
and to secure public order and passes
TO the order of the day"
The fetes in the memory of General
Hoche, at Versailles, passed off quietly
NJ. Ribot. in the course of a speech at
a banquet last night, and probably with
a view TO another ministerial crisis,
said:
1T would be madness to wound the
armys feeling or to doubt its upright
Snirit' -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-26
A FEW UNION ROWS.
Union Men Protest Against Non
union Men at Cleveland.

Cleveland, o., June 25.-Only one out
break of violence attended the resump-
ton of traffic on all the lines of the big
consolidated street railway this morn
ing. There was an objection in some
parts of the city to the retention of the
non-union men who were kept by the
company. y party of twenty-five men
assembled near the Brooklyn bridge,
just south of the city, and whenever a
car came along with a non-union
crew, the passengers were asked to
disembark and wait for another,
manned by a union crew. In most
cases the passengers did as requested.
Finally a non-union conductor under
took to argue with the crowd, and ne
was promptly struck over the head
with club. and the mOtorman driven
away. The mob refused to permit the
car TO move until a union crew came
along and pushed it to the barns.
AS a rule the old men were glad the
strike was settled. though there was
some grumbling because the non-union
men were kept. 1t is predicted that all
the non-union men will be glad to leave
the city within thirty days. though the
company imposed as one of the condi-
tions of the agreement for the settle
ment of the trouble that all the new
men should be treated with considera-
ton by the old employees.