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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-08-10

lagos as near as possible to land they
are c%ultivating.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-08-10
Akkh
EIy's Cream Balm

Easy and pleasant t.
usc. Contains no i'll
furious drug.
1t is quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief ut once.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-09

the cocoanut with the short point Of tho
machete. set before you tail glass, not
too clean. aud pour into IL the sweet fresh
milk Of the c0coanut. Bits Of the white
meat Of the nut Will noat around or top
and "a first you are not quite certain
whether you viii Ike Coco aqua" or
not But when you have tasted II a few
times you conclude with the Cubans that
there Is no other drink in the world SO
cool. refreshing ana satisfying ia the tor
rid heat Of the island as this a fun
glass costs tho equivalent OF cents or
less
The water Of Cuba IS likely 40 contain
germs. 70 say nothing OF being warm
and insipld. the wines are heating bur the
COCO aqua Is absolutely fresh and pure.
In crossing the island on "A hot dusty.
weary day IN a slow train. one comes
10 walt with Joy the stops aud tine sounds
Of the little Cuban boys clad only iu thin
trousers and thinner coats, chipping from
the platform Coco aqua. Coco aqua
Here while the train walks you may guam
a refreshing glass. or sou may buy de-
licious green oranges Ruavas and other
fruit or you may take home with you
for = few cents, little green parrot
which q woman or an old man brings int@
the car 10 sell as an American tfsainboy
would sell gum.
Aud yst In spite Of the dellciousnsss
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-09

showed that the well-drlllcd men were the
FIRST to run away. FOR the last o. the de-
Tense was made with the Old guns aud
black powder.
TWO things seemed especially 20 sur
prise the soldiers Of the allies. tie chi
nsse stood their ground long time. and
they handled their guns remarkably Well.
Their artillery practice was amazingly
good In the attack on Ticu Tsiu the idea
was largeiy prevalent among the Ameri-
can soldiers that al they had 20 dc was
10 get a the Chinese With the old yeli
and in the same dash TINT had cant Tho
Eilipinos running SO often. and d would
all be over. II was the common belief
that the Chinese would nre high and Wild
and no great damage would be- done u
was the plan TO have the hags Of the all
lies hoisted over the city gates 40 II
o clock To- the morning. But she Chinese
stuck TO their work aEd shot low. with
the result that ali that day they repulsed
the attack In the night. however. their
courage oozCd out. and they quit.
Their work with The big guns was quite
al good. IN the judgment Of many experts,
a. that Of the allies They gave one ex-
hibitlon Of accuracy with the 80 riHe on
the morning Of July that was astonish-
Ing. After the taking of the wcst arsenal
tnNt morning Admiral EekfNHN OF 10"
British Navy. and Gen. Fukushima. tho
japanese commauder-in-chicf sto9d talk
ting together on top of the brick ar@h over
the road that leads through the mud wall
to the city. With them were about TWEEN
~ stan officers and newspaper men. From
the pagoda that tho Chinese used as q
watch tower they were easily visible. To
the north 81 the city. a mile ana e half
away. the Chinese had a battery 81 80
guns IN sho fort They opened FIRE on the
uttle group on top Of the arch. The FIRST
shell was line sn0t but bout seventy
Eve yards short The next WAS almost a
line shot bot just above the ar.h. AZ tnat
Seymour turned 10 Fukushima and said.
They're shooting at US We mad better
get down
lie gave his hand 70 the little Japan
csc general and started 10 help him
down Just as 10 did 20 the third shcl
exploded squareiy on top ~ the arch, and
a piece % 10 hit Lieut. Fair. the Admit
rails nag secretary. IN the right arm.
That set the crowd scrambiug down
without waiting for further ceremony
just as they an got down the fourth she'll
burst on top OF the arch That was the
last The Chinese saw that their target
had escaped and ceased firing.
II was probably the Boxer who intro
duced the element Of attack into Chl-
neae tactics. Up 10 this time Il wls said
Of the Chinese as q was Of the spanish.
''thsy never attack" The Boxers chang
ed all that They did not hesitate 70 80
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-09

concession al Ten Tsin. there were scores
OF huge long piles Of sale. stored there
BY the salt commissioner for the govern
ment which maintains monopoly Of that
industry. These piles were covered with
thick. stout mats 40 shed the rains. The
Chinese used to crawl under these mats
under cover Of the night and "snipe' into
the settlements all day. II was only oc-
casionaliy. and then under the utmost
difficulty that any Of them was caught,
because the excellence Of sheir ammuni-
ton left no clue by which they could be
located.
But Lord wolscley and the yellow
Peril" man were not entirely right The
Chinese is not natural nghting man as
many Of his antagonists were. II takes
time ana patience and a lot OF hard drill
ling to make him a good soldier. or TO
get something Of the art and science OF
war hammered lnso the heads Of his Of
fcers They have made "a beginning to-
ward being a yellow peril Perhaps in
another fifteen or twenty years they
might have gone far toward the accom-
piishmenf of their dearest dTeam-the ex-
pulslon 81 all foreigners from their terri
tory But IN 1870 they are far from the
mark They had bought enough modern
rifles and guns to equip huge army,
hut there We're hundreds OF them VINO
stn clung 10 the old-fashioned hlgElety-
plegiety moss Of shooting irons that the
war with Japan should have shown them
90 be almost utterly useless. They had
old smooth bore muskets that looked as
n they had been made when we wcre
fighting England about the impressment
OF our seamen There were carbines al
most. n not quite. as old as the hills;
such long Misunderstanding rifles a. Daniel
Boone used IN his fight for Kentucky.
and hundreds of gingals. a gun OF ap-
parently pure Chinese invention. THIS
weapon IL eight feet long or more, and
shoots a ball about an inch in diameter.
Most Of the glnRals are muzzle-loaders.
but al Tien Tsin there were q good many
new breech-loaders, with a breech lock
that combined the principles Of the Mau-
ser rifles and che rupid-hre guns In ser
vice IN our navy. In the hghung before
Tien Tsin our men were always talking
about the great number OF oue-pounders
that the Chinese had but after the esy
was taken fl turned out that they were all
glugais
When tha new equipment was first pur-
chased the rifles were issued only 10 men
IN the regular army Of one or other Of the
provinces. who were under foreign In
structlou Some time before the fan Of
Tlen Tsin however. these fine weapons
we're served out 20 the Boxers Ia great
numbers in the FIRST part o. the nght.
when Tien Tsdn was taken, these rifles
played an important part. but the event
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-09
THE KABO CORSET.

good for much when used as guupowder
After that exposition OF offieia. rascality
the European drin-masteN OF ;he Chinese
armies insisted on having a hand in the
purchase Of supplies. The result was this
the Chinese al Tien Tsln were supplied
with plenty 81 Krupp guns ana were
armed with Mannlcher rifles with appar-
entity limitlcs quantities OF sm0keiess am.
muuitiou OF the very best grade II IS
not too much 10 say that not one Of the
forces sent against the Chinese was as
well equipped for the offensive az the
enemy Al told. more than a hundred
guns Of various sizes ages and makes
were taken hy he allies in and around
Tien Tsln Very many OF these were
krupp 32-inch rifles. nearly new. This
ls on admirable field gun, better tnan
anything any Of the allies had until the
arrival % Light Battery r OF the Firm
United States Artillery with les six rihcs
OF the snme size The British, OF course,
had their naval guns, aud l2-pounders
from the big cruiser Terrible. and some
ana 47-inch rifles from the Funhoats
Algerine aud Phoenix. But these are nor
heid glnF
one day early in July the Chinese
planted new battery 10 the west OF
Tien Tsln. They opened on the settle
mcnts with u soon after y o'clock on
beautiful, clear. sun-Ht morning a
dozen or more men were on the tower Of
the German club. one Of che tallest build
inrs I'm the British concession, and sew
cral British officers were on the tower
OF Gordon Hall. their signal headquarters.
All had good glasses and oil were doing
their best 10 pick up the new battery.
The direction OF the shells and the re-
ports OF the guns were their only guides
for the ammunition OF che Chinese was
Of so good a quality that ~ tho distance
there was not the slightest trace of
smoke discernihle by the strongest biuoc-
uiars. 1t WAS more than half an hour be-
fore the location Of the battery was as
certained. Il happened that ono Of tho
watchers was looking at the exact spot
when one OF the guns was fired and he
saw the fash. That was enough. In the
course OF the next few minutes oil four
Of tho guns were located and the officers
on Gordon Han were signalling to the
twelve Founders where TO IRE 90 engage
the batter
The pos s@r used IN the cartridges Of
the Nannlicnor rifles was entirely smoke
less Rapldi.v OF ERE apparently made
no difference with Il. A single shos from
one OF the Rrag-Jorgeusen rifles ~ our
soldiers leaves very little trace, but when
the whole line Is firing at will. there is
n thin grey haze above the men which
~ a no. so extremely difhcult to place.
n was not 50 with the modern guns on
the chinese. on the north bank Of the
Pei river, Just across from the French
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-09
oocoANUr FOUNTAINS ~ CUBA.
Climbing "a Tree for Drink seems
queer Thing to 10.

Climbing "a Tree for "A Drink seems
queer Thing to 10.
Tampa. Fla Dec 5-The Cuban boy
knows few Of the joys Of the nzzy soda
fountain. he is without orange phos-
pilates to soothe his spirits during his
year-loug summer but be has one thing
Ia the way % drink which no American
town. az least north Of Southern Florida
can provide lie may visit cocoanut
fountain" There are hundreds OF res
taurants and cafes in Havana and ia all
the towns u Cuba where an important
item Of the stock Is a huge pile Of green
cocoanuts. clad IN their rich husks just
a. they come from the trees. There are
also many little shops very much Ike
familiar American lemonade and. where
these cocoanuts are the main stock in
trade.
The proprletofs Of these stands are us
ually pirat4cal-ie oklng young men who
smoke eternal cigarettes and chat and
laugh with all corners. DO you wish 90
try the virtue or Cuban cocoanut foun-
tain? Step up TO the stand and say.
Coco aqua" tCocoanut watorD
The proprietor viii instantly and with
deft grace pick up one Of his big green
cocotnnts. seize a murier9us-.c oking ma
cheie and hack of the end OF the hgsk
close down TO the oocoanut proper. Then
he will bore out one Of the little eyes OF
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-09

up 10 the very muxzles Of the guns. that
Is. they did not a. nrst. As long a. they
held 10 thelr idea OF invulnershility thoy
were the br, vest Of the brave. ANA as
touishiugly ltless. In some Of the fights
81 the Scyu N expedition for the relief
Of Pekln they actually ran on 60 the
bayonets % tho foreigners At Tien Tsin
thcy attacked repeatedly and with deter
miuation. on the nlght Of July II. force
estimated at az least 1000 charged the
railroad station desperately and WAS not
beaten on until the Japanese made bril-
liant counter charge
At Peiun there was not 50 much inn
proNcment in the work OF the Chinese.
This s. explained by the fact that the
drilled armies were az Tien Tsin Be
siues thcre was such o confusion Of au-
thoritv AZ Pckin chat no persistent Dc.
termined effort could be made, After the
relief OF the city we found two big ware
houses stored with new modern rifles and
guns and great quantities Of ammunition.
Tho whole episode has demonstrated what
has been said before, that the Chinese
can he made a first rate soldier. but he
needs a lot OF training Of the most pa
tlcnt sort. and he must have good Of
ncers oscar King Davis.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-09
SOUTHERN TRUNK FACTORY.

ana the nutri,lve value Of the eocoanut.
a large part Of the Cuban crop goes to
waste because che Cuban In his love OF
ease Will not cisruh the trees and cut
down the nuts before they are too old.
SIN when one has seen a. big eocoannt
tree without "a limb for ~ fees and no
end o. Htfle spines and ridges, one ac-
quires fs3low-sympathy with the Cuban
IN his lack Of energy. II II true that
food nay BE- had ia Cuba for the picking.
bus sofnes Ifres the picking II far from
eaev work There IA something unique
about climbing tree when YOU want a
drink. instead 81 digging a hole IN the
ground rs the Northerner does, but hav-
lng once tasted coco aqua the Northerner
admits that the Cuban method has It's
advantages.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-09
PRETTY GOOD FIGHTERS.
An ESTIMATE or THE CHINESE
ARMY's ABILITIES AND CAPA-
Utilities.

The American Veterans Of the phil
ippine Campaign Who Expected
the Yellow Men 90 Run at the
onset Got surprlse-Nrmnmen
OF the Chinese nj TIcn T-in Was
Hctter Than THAT of Any of the
Allies - Many of the CcIeStinls,
However, SIN Cling 80 the old
Fashioned Gingat~ and other An
uaue Weapons, with which They
right stubbornly-some Artillery
Practice That WAS Appreciated ny
Admiral seymour and Gen fuku-
shimn - BoNers InRugurntcd the
Element Of Attnck-rhe Chinese
Army Not yellow Peril" Now
Nus with Training and Good ON
GERS "a May fet He.
&.- lork. Dee. 7.-Probabiy most OF
fa' army officers VINO went TO China last
amor had forgotten the dcciara ion 81
I.rd Wo.selcy that the great danger In
Europe lay 10 the hghung force % tue
Chinese. Perhaps they had never heard
q. it Surely ID was the belief Of the nv
taat tAe men with the long queues aud
Tapping, bagsy clothes would not and
'oa.d not stand long before his own SUI
i.for military skill and proves. The
ease with watch ha,f dozen tin-elnd lii-
Hf sanuoats took the great Taku forts
served those VINO held this opinion as cor
io69ratory evidence. But after few days
60. the lighting about Tien Tsin they he
t-N TO remember the man who wrote
DE Yellow Peril" ana 60 talk OF The
saN IT would be 10 overcome the Chinese
aH4 The danger to the world OF permit
''s them to organize ana driil On army
any considerable size. For John
tinaman Al Tien Tsin developed quail
~ as lighting man that astouished
- enemies. First Of all. he was equip
l.l property. Next. he knew how TO use
F. Equipment Then he attacked an cle-
!. at heretofore unknown in Chinese tac-
ul.
~ wan IN the war with Japan that the
'4'''ese learned that sawdust was not
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-09

We make our Trunks OF our factory,
40 90 ~ Bay. east.
WE WILL SELL you AT WHOLE
SALE PRICES.
Don't fan TO examine our stock before
buying. as We can save you money.
, ara pROugHTON. WEST.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-09

Eczema. catarrh. hip diesease. white
swelling. and even consumption have their
origin IN scrorulous conditions. with the
slightest faint OF scFofula 10 the blood
there Is no safety. The remedy for this
disease in oil its forms Is Hoods sar~a-
parilla which goes 10 che root OF the
trouble and expels al impurities and dis
ease germs from the blood
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-09

The best family eatharle Ia Hoods
Pilla.-ad
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-05

as was the direct trade between China
and them. The United States. then.
stood. and stands. In the same iank
in commerce as in population-namely,
third-and with Great Britain ard. ia.
pan forms the first class In commerce.
all other nations, even Russia. with her
enormous geographical abutment upon
China, being relegated to second and
third classes.
Now. these particulars, poulatIon and
commerce. are the legitimate bases OF
interest and influence and OF title TO a
voice in the disposition Of affairs.
Upon such bases the United States is
entitled to high consideration in the
settlement OF the Chinese question" e"
1t is, moreover. worthy OF especial note
that the only powers which surpass, or
equal, or even approximate to the
standing Of the United States upon
those bases are the two with which
this country is on the most intimate
terms and which most closely agree
with the United States in policy toward
China. These three-Great Britain. ia
pan and the United states-are the
three great powers in China in point Of
numbers and commerce. and they are
the three that have consistently stood
against conquest or partition and for
the integrity Of the Chinese empire and
the maintenance OF the open door"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-05

selves on that account. They are all
right, and II is shame 70 spend
money in ways which viii 10 them no
good" 1t would be difficult to say
whether the selashness or the stupid
ty of this view of the matter is the
more conspicuous We should I've glad
to believe that It Indicated merely a
careless and temporary relapse on the
part Of the journal expressing It into
the harbarism which Spanish rule en-
gendered. but W. fear It WOULD be un-
safe to assume that "El Cubano's"
miserable attitude win not he con.
sidered wise snd proper by a large
number of cUbans,
OF one thing, at any rate. there
ought to be no doub; and that is that
until the people Of the United States
are thoroughly convinced that such
sentiments are no. part OF the men
tai aud moral furniture OF a majority
Of the people Of Cuba they will reso.
lutely refuse 10 turn over the govern-
ment Of the islands to its inhabitants.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-05
NOTICE OF FILING SPECIAL AS.
sESSMENT ROLL NO, SO.

Notice Ia hereby given that tho board
on assessors have completed the spec
lal assessment for the Improvement OF
seventeenth street from tho south line
OF FRANKLIN avenue 10 tho north limo
OF irving avenue. and have reported
tho same TO the Common Council OF
.he Clty OF Astoria and that the Same
mas been lled with the auditor and
police judge OF the city OF Astoria and
named and numbered Special ASSESS.
lncnI, No, 49, and that the committee
on atre'tu and public ways OF tho Com.
mon Council OF said city has been ap.
pointed 10 meet with the board OF a..
SCISSORS on the isth day OF July 1900.
~ the hour OF 10 o'clock a. m. OF said
dny M the Council Chambers In the
CITY Han OF the city OF Astoria, Clat.
sop County, Oregon. 90 then and thrre
consider rcview. correct and equaiise
said Special Assessment Roll. No, 81,
Any person hbJecting to said assess.
ment must fle hia objections thereto
IN writing with the auditor and police
Judge. II 10 NEf s)N
Auditor ana Police Judge OF the City
OF Astoria.
Date OF First Publication. June 90 1900
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-05

SEALED PROPOSALS.

OtIlco OF c, q, NJ. Vancouver nar.
raokn, Wash, July 2. 1900, Sealed pro.
poaalu, IN triplioate. win be received
here until II o'clock a. M. August Z,
l9OO, and then opened. for furnishing
forage and bedding az the several mil.
ltary posts IN this department and
camp at skegway. Alaska, ana Port
valdez. Alaska, for fiscal year ending
June 10, 1901, Information furnished
mere or by Quartermaatora az posts.
u T. reserves right TO reject or accept
any or all proposals or any part therr-
ot, Envelopes containing proposala
should be marked; Proposals for
Forage and Bedding at -" and ad.
dressed TO undersigned. ], W. Jacobs,
G, .. NJ.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-05
AMERICAN INTERESTS IN CHINA

New York Tribune.
Some figures which We published the
other day OF the numbers and nation.
alities of foreigners residing in China
express eloquently the extent of Amer
lean interests in that country. We
have heard so much for the best part
OF century OF British relations with
China, Of French interests in the south
eastern provinces, OF Russia's invasion
aud colonization OF Manchuria, Of Ger
many's conquest in Shan-Tung, and. Of
course. Of Japan's close relations with
China, ethnographic, geographic and
commercial. that many might have ac-
eepted unQuestioningly a report that
each Of those countries far surpassed
this in the number Of its people settled
in China and in the general extent Of
its interests there. The fact is. how
ever. that only two of them surpass
this country. and one Of those only by
narrow margin. while the fourth in
rank lags far behind us.
The figures of population show the
numbers Of foreigners of various ma
tionalities residing in China in 1899.
The British led. as was to be expected.
with 1862; the japanese came second,
with 2t4O, and the United States was
a close third. with 1886. At long dis
tance after US came Russia-despite
her geographical proximity to China
and her active plans of conquest-with
only 1921; France followed with 1888,
and Germany was sixth, with 1874
Thus the United States has almost as
many settlers in China as Japan had
nearly IS per cent more than Russia
had, and more than France and Ger
many had together. On this ground,
then. the interests of the United States
in China are entitled to consideration
in the foremost rank. The foreigners
settled in China are to be grouped ac-
cording to numbers in three classes.
In the first class are the British, Japan
ese and Americans; in the second are
Russians, French and Germans, and in
the third all others.
A similar showing is made in the
returns Of China's foreign commerce.
The latest authentic returns at hand
are those Of 1897. In that year China's
foreign trade. both imports and ex-
ports, with the chief nations Of the
world was as follows. computed in
Haikwan taels. Of, say, IS cents value:
Great Britain, 52,ssO.OOO; Japan, 39, 9,1s1,-
900; United States, 3O,26S, 900; India,
2l,l14OOO; Russia. in Europe and Asia,
ls,S52,0OO, and all of Europe besides
Great Britain and Russia, 34,443, 900. |
1t should be added that Hong Kong's |
figures were 15O,528, 900, but nearly all
Of that vast volume Of commerce was
merely in transit for other countries,
among which it was distributed prob
ably in about the same proportions
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EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given lha, the un.
dcruigned has been by the county
court OF Clatsop county. Oregon, duly
appointed executor OF the last win ana
testament Of Evellnc siforte, deceased: |:
and that said viii has been duly prov.
en- and admitted 10 probate by said
All persons having claims against
the estate ot said deceased must pre-.
sent the same. duly verified, 10 the
undersigned. at the once OF Harrison
Allen, attorney az law. room 7, Page
building. In Astoria, Oregon, within
six months from this date.
ALBERT r. StFERTE,
Executor ot the Last VIII and Teata.
mont OF Eyellne Slfcrtc. Deceased.
bated this lith day OF June, 1900.
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NOTICE FoR punLlcArloN.
and md Once g ,.sl a, Oregon city. Oregon.

June 10. 1900
Notice iu hereby given that tho fol.
lowing named settler has hled notice OF
hls intention 10 make final proof In
support OF his claim. aud that said
proof VIII be made before the County
SSlrrk OF Clatsop County at Astoria.
oregon, on July 80. 1900. viz:
JOHN ANTTILA.
u. ~ NO. libSs, for the lots 0. 10. 10
ana 10. section II, T I n, RsW.
he names the following witnesses 70
pIvIo nus continuous residence upon
said land. via;
Harry Hlll. OF push. Oregon; Ja.
kob Hiltunen. OF Push. Oregon; William
Row. OF Push. Oregon. Albert Hill. OF
Push, Oregon.
CHARLES u. MooREs,
UoEiatrr