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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-06-14
AN ATTACK
ON CAYITE
Rebels Drop Shells Into the
Navy Yard and Bring on
an Engagement.
THE WARSHTPS ENGAGED
Americans Cross ZapOrte River
Under Heavy Fire and Put
the Rebels to Flight.
DESPERATE BATTLE ENSUES
Heroh Conduct Of Lawton and His
Officers In RaIIyiHg Part Of His
Command Cut OFF BY Ambuseade.

MANILA. June la-'i6 o. IN At day.
light today lhr rybHs at Cayte vieio
dropped wo shells from a big smooth
Dor, gun. mounted 10 froh, Of the church
In %. navy ycard The only damage done
WAS the spln,erlng of lhe top OF the
huge shears on the molv.
The gnboars calIao. Manila and No
quito then proceeded TO dismouut the
guns Accr silcnclug the blg guns at
caa,c v,sjo the gunboa,s ran close
along the shore. bombarding the rebel
position The rebels replied with rife
ary and with the Gre OF some small
pieces %, artillery
So vigorous was the enemy tre a, 800
a. ni lha, the gunboat Helena joined the
small -unboa,, ALREADY named. ana the
Princeton. Monterey and Monadnock
from their anchoragcs also dropped &c.
casonM big shells among the rebels.
This apparently only Served to lncI,e
the rebels as they kept Up an lneesscn.
nrc Of muske,ry and artillery near the
mouth u the 2apotc river TWO miles
north OF Bakoor
The Hrc OF all the seven warshlps was
concentrated on this point shortly after
noon. whrn the upper bay presented the
appearance of being the scene OF great
naval battle. The insurgents were even'
tually forced TO abandon their guns, after
holding om FOR four hours. only TO be
by General Lawtous force
on land and in their rear, where there
was heavy fighting
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-06-14
The WORST
EVER KNOWN
The List of Dead In the New
Richmond Cyclone VIII
Extend Over 100.
TWO HUNDRED INJURED
Graphic Narrative of Survivor
Who Brought the News to
Saltwater.
1T WAS A PIT OF DEATH
many Pinned In the Wreeksge Were
Roasted -0ther Towns Badly
Damaged by the Storm.

NTw RICHMOND. WIS, June l3,-The
tornado that has swep, out Of existence
the prosperous little city Of New Rich
mond IS the most disastrous In point OF
fatality ever occurring in this section.
The exact number Of the dead is still
unknown, but 1t Will certainly reach 100
and very probably will considerably ex.
ceed that figure.
a Catholic priest, who had spent
sIeep,ess night and day In looking after
the bodies and souls OF his parishouers,
vas one Of the coolest and best workers
among the many who volunteered their
aid. Those whose injuries were serious.
but whose chances for recovery were be-
lIeved to be good, were quickly sent 10
the hospitals OF ST. Paul and Minneapolis,
where better care can be given them.
The slightly injured and those whose
chances seemed hopeless were kept here
and were given the bes, attention pos
slb,e.
The list OF dead gradually increased
during the day. and tonight 1t seemed
that 100 might be the minimum estimate
OF the dead, while the lis, of injured
will reach and probably exceed 800
PARTIAL LIST OF THE DEAD.
MILWAUKEE,. Wis, June Il-Tne list
OF killed. wounded and missing at New
Richmond, as wired by A. r. Horne, a
division superintendent Of the Wisconsin
Central to the general officers in this
city tonight gives the potal dead as far
as yet ascertained at a., with Il Injured
and one missing. The list follows:
Knled-ved o'Brien. William Callahan,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dunbar. Win c.
Hughes Cora Butler, Dominic d. Bar
rett William Hennesey, a daughter of
Jewett Mills, Mrs. Margaret Sunnson.
Walter Brown, from Boardman, John
Nitge, Anton Oleson, Ida oleson Ed J.
Carey. John Patton. Mr.. and Mrs. Ross.
brook, Abbie Williams, Mrs. Eta Gamer.
on. Of Pewaukee, Two corpses, unidenti-
fed. Vina Limbtn, Katie McKinnon,
Timothy Noonan, Mrs. $. ~ Hawkins,
her two daughters and one son; Al Bige-
low, Lettie Farrell, Anthony Early,
Kade Early George Slack and wife and
child, three children Of Mrs. John Brock.
bank Jelmer Johnson. Mary Menehan,
Nicholas Parden, William Blxby. Mnlard
wis, Pat Wills, John Casey, Julian
Hicks.
The injured-Thomas McNally, W, S.
Williams, John Germaine. Larry Keefe,
Charles Gardiner, Ernie Church, Lillian
Klideman, of ST. Paul, Mrs. Mcmahon,
James Finnigan, S, n. Hawkins. John
Mccoy, Mike LsTerty, Ed Nitge, Hanna
Essen.
The missing-Ed Harrington,
A company Of militia left for New
Richmond tonight.
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fond of nature, the country and the
streams, and other beauties Of this earth.
The lessons of his life are obvious to all.
There are two GLASSES of merchants, said
DIR. Dalton, those who are seeking only
their own aims and selfish desires, and
those who do not regard money making
az the aim In life. 1t is quite easy to be
seen to which of these Mr.. Blaton be-
longed.
The service was the regular Episcopal
form, the closing hymn was "Abide
With Me-" sung by the church choir.
A delegation Of the board OF trade at
tended the funeral. and during the SER
vice. the rooms.of the board OF trade and
Merchantsl Exchange were closed.
The pail bearers were ]. S. Winslow.
+. K. Boothby. J. Fl. Short. Albion Lit
tie, william L. Putnam. d. q. Somsrby.
A. II. Berry, Rufus Hincklsy.
The remains wsrs taken to Pennington
for intsrmsnh
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A few Of the more interesting items In
the report just submitted by Secretary
Cox are hore presented:
Senator Gallery Is charged with year s
subscription to newspaper. while Sens-
tor @. ID. Clark had 1--we magazines
Among the items for furniture are forty
eight oak chairs. s4s2; one brass pole,
with standards and double curtains. for
the committee on privileges and elections
sl45; two pairs of curtains for cloak
rooms. si46; antique mahogany desk and
bookcases for Vice. Presidents room, all
hand work. s3.b; desk for committee on
post-cffices and post-rosds. $40; brass
pole and curtain for committee on the
revision Of the laws Of the United States,
SO; one imported silk mohair khedivs
carpet for the vioe-Presidsnt's room,
Fourteen mahogany chairs for the COM
mittee on finance cost 1887; two mahog-
any tables for the vics-president's room
$50; and one sofa for sams room $3.50;
brass poles and portisres for tbs commit
tee ON Indian affairs, $40; 9 carpet for
the committee on rules. s4lo. or about ~
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country, lie had been enga ged In active
business of about quarter Of century
in the firm of Dssring, Milliken s. Co.
He retired In 1885, aftsr a success full
business career. during which time he
had borne u high reputation as mer-
chant. and was liked personally by the
business men with whom he had come
In contact. He was beloved by the mem
bers of his firm, and especially by the
boys who worked for him in his store,
for he was kind and generous master.
He had been president OF the board OF
trade from 1886 to 1890. and had spent
much time In this department doing
much for the city. Mr.. Blabon had also
devoted much thought and interest to
his two sons, one Of whom he was visit
ing ct the time OF his death, and with
whom he was intending to spend the
winter.
Mr.. BlsDon was kind and oonsiderats
father and husband. de was also deeply
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per square foot. Two specially designed
mahogany desks for the Senate chamber
cost $3.50; q perforated rubber mat Sll6
The carpet in the sergeant-at-arms'o ffioe
cost 1891, while that In the room OF the
COMMITTEES on the DISTRICT of Columbia
COST SS72. Eight Flemish oak benches
for the reception room COST 1864; two
pairs Brussels point lace curtains Tor the
Vice. Presidents room $500.
A carpet rug for the Presidents room
was purchased for $500. and two rugs for
the Vice. Presidents room for Sl20 and
S92, respectively. A carpet In the Sen
ate lobby. imported, was laid at a cost of
sd25, while a rug for the Senate post-otfice
cost 5000 L he committee on privileges
aud elections got a book case for $50.
One bill for IA revolving chairs amount
ed to 81, 296 The Grand Pacific Hotel,
Chicago. was paid s57l for entertaining
a select COMMITTEES on manufactures.
while s., 759 was paid the Western Union
Telegraph Company for kilograms to
and from Senators.
Ths amount spent for quinins, bromo-
seltzsr, oamphor, soap, and sponges was
$4Ss. -washin gton Correspondence baltic
more Sun.
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Unprecedented, and our limited number
Of sets will not last long.
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The entire work is sent to your adj
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call at the store II you can.
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MAINE oRNITHOLoGISTS.

The Fourth ANIMAL meeting OF the
Maine archaeological society will DO held
in the Ssarles Scientific building. Bow
doin college, Tuesday and Wednesday
December 26-27, 1899. Tuesday evening
there will be q lecture, open to the public.
Wednesday forenoon business meeting,
followed by reports from the members,
accompanied by papers: shore dinner at
Conant's; reports and papers In the after
noon.
The Maine Central Railroad has grant
ed half-rats tickets. good to return the
2Sth.
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II the umber of volumes contained in
the twenty four greatest libraries Of the
world be put together, we would have
the incredible total of over fifteen million
books Each Of the great National
Libraries, ut least, attempts to possess
every book ever printed In this country,
besides tens II not hundreds Of thousands
more from other countries. They are Inn
posing monument, and yet no one pre-
tends that all these hooks are Of equal
value. So far from that. hundreds upon
hundreds of Thousands Of volumes are
now little more than so much rubbish.
They may once have had q passing
value; they have practically none now.
On the other hand, when one visits the
great Art Galleries Of Europe-the famed
Louvre In Paris. or the Art Galleries of
Rome, Blorencs. Munich. Berlin-one 10
instantly struck with the difference in
plan and aim; here the first and foremost
idea is excellence. Only the best are
chosen. and the method Is selection and
discrimination. There are thousands Of
pictures in these Galleries. it Is true, but
the number is still absurdly small when
compared " ith the mum Der of volumes In
the Libraries. 1he pictures In the Gal
leries represent 80 survival OF the
fittest;" the rubbish Is thrown away.
The Finest Symphonies and Best Plays
The same result is more or lsss at
tanned In matters Of music. Only the
greatest operas are presented. Only the
finest symphonies and sonatas are to be
heard at the conoerts No one wou Id ever
think Of going to hear an indiscriminats
course Of unknown and forgotten operas
Neither do you go to see an indiscrimi-
nate number of plays. You select only
the best at the theAtres--thoss that you
know are worth your time. You do not
care to see every play; you select only
those Of real merit, and your selection Is
made, howf Upon the endorsement and
recommendation of those whore judge
ments and opinions you esteem. Indeed,
what a calamity IL would be II you should
have to hear every opera singer who ever
sang and every opera that has ever been
produced, or witness every play and hear
every player that has ever come before
the footlights. By careful and shrewd
and relying upon the YER
diets of well-quslitied critics, You select |
only those operas and plays which are to
your liking, and you thereby cave your
money and your time.
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do not know that IL wouid be too much to
say, to good learning.
IL seems to me that 1t would be ex
tremely useful In the majority of the
school-rooms OF the State. There are
COUNTLESS households in our country,
where, II these volumes could be placed
along with the Bible and Shakespeare
and WeDster's Dictionary, the children
would lie sure TO come up with something
approach ing Q liberal education.
/ feel that the editors and compilers
have conferred blessing on mankind for
which all who are striving to promote the
intellectual development of the race
should be grateful.
ELMER ii. CAPEN,
Pres. Tufts College
Somerville, N ass, Nov. l, 1899.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Charles A. and Allie G. Eaton of Port
land to Clnrs and Twin X. Eaton Of
Portland, for 81, an interest In lot on
the northwesterly side Of Pine street.
Portland.
Stephen A. knight OF Auburn to
James ID. Mccormick of Portland. for
q, 900, lot of land aud Its buildings on
the southwesteriy side OF Howard street,
Portland.
]. Willard Caswsll Of Harrison to
Frank p. Bennett Of Harrison, for 81,
a lot in Harrison.
Arthur L. Andrews of Ssoo to Jsrs-
miah r. Andrews OF Westbro,k, for 81 /,
one-third Of lot ON Main street, West.
brook.
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well; In short, all Of the great suthori
this great work have voted to be their
most lasting and monumental works.
Deductions Made from Comparisons.
You win see that this chronological and
comparative arrangement Ii most unique
and satisfying. BY reading the great
tragedies Of the Greeks you will sec wherl
Shakespeare got the foundation for many
Of his plays. and you may for the first
time In your life breathe the word
"piagiarism" against Shakespeare. You
win have every great author In his proper
niche; you will note whore and under
what conditions and environment every
great author lived; you will note who his
contemporaries were. You will be able
to study and compare every age of civili-
cation and development with the proceed
ing, and vice versa. You will uncon-
sciously study the development of poetry
from the hexamster verse and epic poems
of Homer and Virgil to the many various
kinds Of poetry Of today. You Will be
able to compare the great orations Of
Demosthenes and Cicero with those Of our
own Patrick Henry. Webster. Lincoln
ard Wendell Phillips. and the great ser
mons Of Luther, Calvin. Pascal. Parker
and Swedenborg with such great divines
as Beeoher and Phillips Brooks. Nor are
these sermons cot In two. You will find
in the International Library what
I2a.nho~ hf,,, s.If aatd ~vaa th> cv.,. taat .a.
mon which he ever delivered, that on
Noble Impulse, 4" and what has time and
time again been voted the greatest ser
mon of Philips Brooks, that on "a bra
ham Linooln," and 50 on We might run
nd lbitum.
Not Short and Unsatisfactory Ex-
tracts.
Tn, owner Of this Library-and IL Is q
real Library, and not a collection Of short
md unsatisfactory extracts-may open
any volume to almost any page and tina
! nne, interesting masterpiece. Possibly
he very story, poem or classic to which
he opens may not BIS absolutely to his
laste, Lut the chsnces are that the very
next one Is That Is to say, the selections
ire so varied, and the number Of them so
arge, that the well OF interest never runs
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will be sure of finding something TO en-
ertain him. There never was q Library
II Literature put together In such
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II this remarkable plan Is that there Is
,ot a single dull volume nor single
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airy quality OF each author or translator.
But 1 should say that the chief value OF
the Library, and the one likely to be last
ing, is Its line temptation to the youth
full. or the not very widely read, reader
to explore fully unknown, or at any rate
unread authors.
1t 10 pleasure to write this apprecia-
tion when rather confidently expected to
say the reverse. But this must not be
twisted into disoourtesy to the distin-
guished compilers.
h. WINCHESTER DONALD,
Pastor Trinity Church.
Boston, Nov. Z. 1899.
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MR.. BLABON'S FUNERAL.
The Exercises Were Largely Attend
ed.

The funeral of the late JOSEPH K. Blabon
occurred Tuesday morning at H. 80
O'Clock at the st. Stephens Episcopal
church, Congress street, Rev. Asa Dali
ton. d. d., pastor of the church, ofiici-
ating.
The body arrived in the morning over
the Boston s. Maine. In the special car of
the Great Northern railroad, "Manito-
bs." and was accompanied by Mr.. ]. W.
Blabon, son of the deceased.
The pastor spoke first of the gloom
cast over the many business friends Of
the late Mr.. Blabon. by the suddenness
Of the sad event, and told Of the deep
sorrow that was onoasIonsd. Mr.. Blabon
had come here young man from the
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The great work is library in itself,
and IL such a library as we could wish
might be taken into thousands Of Ameri-
can households. to draw attention away
In greater measure from the magazines
and newspapers with which we filter
away 40 much of our time to the sources
Of permanent culture and inspiration.
EDWIN ID. MEAD,
Pres. 2Oth Century Club
Dot. 81, 1899.
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Second Church In Boston, Ministers
House, ii Carlton St.. Brookline.
When was quite young. book Of it,
erary selections fell into my hands. and
1t had more to dc. with giving me taste
for good reading than any other infiu-
enoe In early life.
am persuaded that one reason why our
boys and girls read such quantities of
light and trashy literature Is because 1t 10
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You have done three things In the In
ternational Library. You have furnished
q collection excellent for casual reading |;
book for the leisure, half hour, and SO
taken away the excuse for reading trash.
You cave afforded material for getting
acquainted with the worlds great au-
thors. at least for getting an introduce
ton to them. And you have made posi-
BILE to anyone who win take this library
for study, some acquaintance with 1.-The
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If you read this
Distinction Between Books and Music
and Art.

and Art.
1t 10 certainly most curious thing that
this method which is followed In Art and
Music Is not followed In the Libraries,
and yet IL L. just because this same meth
cd Is not followed that the average man
or woman going to . great library Is sim.
ply lost and bewildered by the great null
tiplioity Of choice. Thia too, explains
why the libraries are comparatively go
little used. There 10 no attempt at seleo-
ton, no idea of discriminating In ohoos-
ing the good from the bad.
Have You a Well Selected Library!
1t 10 equally noteworthy that there
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that is, we'll selected Libraries. This Is
only another way OF saying that very few
people possess that knowledge Of books
which Is required for the selection of a
good Library. Such knowledge Of books
needs almost a lifetime to acquire, and
then the enjoy ment OF such q Library
once gained. needs an abundance Of leis-
ure, which very few busy men and wo-
men possess. IL is not strange that most
Of US have not the requisite knowledge Of
books to make the proper selections.
Four .flfths, II not more. Of our time il
taken up in business pursuits, household
duties, social functions and what not,
and 1t 10 natural that only those who
have spent their lives in the great Libra
ries of the world are especially fitted for
making the proper discrimination, and
picking out what Is worth ones while
to read Of these millions Of books.
Books Of the Hour-BOoks Of the
Ages.
thus 1t comes that most people simply
buy books of the hour, which make
passing stir In the world. and then are
heard OF no more. Very few people buy
or read the really great books Of the
world. The most Of the reading public Is
content with the current novels. I'm
doubtedly one reason why the great books
the classics as they are called-are read
so little Is that SO much In them IL I'M
interesting and out of date. No one
thinks Of reading all of Shaksspears's
plays. or all of Wordsworth poems, or
NIL OF Ben Jonton, Richardson, Fielding
II Baizac. simply because these produo- |
ions are all of very unequal value To
% able to choose only the best, however,
8 In itself great art, and fine literary |
tudying and reading. O
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have for some months past been able
to consult the International Library. I
do not pretend to give a critical opinion
OF the work, but l ought to say that l
find 1t very convenient set Of books to
have at hand. i think that particularly
In family where there are intelligent
children, they are excellent books for
them to.use freely. To dip along through
its pages is like going through good
library and taking down one or another
book at your fancy.
EDWARD EVERETT HALE.
Boston, Oct. 25, 1880.
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The Profession Of Letters and Good
Reading.

Do you feel yourself qualified to draw
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II You want an INDUCTION or Q rsf train
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TO books. at least guided by those who
have spent lives in the great Libraries of
the world, especially qualifying them
selves to weed out the good from the bad
from the millions Of books that have been
published. Ought not their Judgements,
which are based on lifelong study, to be
as good or bettar than yours as to what
the lasting and enduring works OF the
great authors are, when you at best can
only give few hours week to resdinsf
The New International Library.
1t takes only moments consideration
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Ihs central idea in the tuilding Of this
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just what the directors Of the geat pic
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This series of twenty large volumes.
more than 10000 octave pages. puts the
reader In instant possession of the great
Of all the worlds great au-
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Discourse, sermon Is absolutely complete
In itself. 1t gives five times as many full
page illustrations, there being over five
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and in this Library are given
reprod uotions of the great paintings,
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The Scope and Plan Of the Library.
In the first volumes you read the trans-
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Egyptians, Persians and Hindoos. many
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work. In the next few volumes. you |
,ome to the next period Of civilization
md artistic dsvslopment-that Of the
ireeks. Here you may read this very best
Homer, Anacreon, the orations OF |
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always at hand and easily procured.
From the examination Of the Intsrna-
tionaI Library, 1 am convinced that 1t Is
adapted for the youth and
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srnestly recommend all young people
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They will prove helpful In many ways.
THOMAS VAN NESS.