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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-24

NEW YORK. June 2S.-The Journal
and Advertiser today prints copy
righted dispatch from Rev. Frederick
Brown, presiding elder Of the Tien
Tsln district of the NJ. E. Church. The
dispatch is dated Chee Foo, June %,
and is as follows:
II have just got away from Tien Tsin
on German gunboat. The city has
been bombarded for several days by
the Chinese. All the foreign part of
Tien Tsin has been destroyed.
Lieutenant Wright, of our navy, and
$50 others of the white residents, ma
rines and sailors sent up to our assis-
tance, are killed or wounded.
The American consulate building
has been destroyed. Ammunition is al
most gone. The garrison is suffering
terribly and need instant help"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-24

WASHINGTON. June 2s.- Several
important communications have been
received by the secretary of state justi-
flying the attitude assumed by this gov
ernment that, technically speaking. a
state of war does not exist between
the United States and China. The
viceroys who have their seats Of gov
ernment at Marking and WI Chang,
and who govern the five great provinces
in the Yank Use Kiang region, have as
sured this government that they are
determined and perfectly able to pre-
serve order in their jurisdictions, and
protect the lives Of foreigners. In re-
ply to this they have been assured
that so long as they are to maintain
order and protect life and property in
the provinces under their control. the
government of the United States will
send no troops into that region. and
will use its influence with the other
powers in the same direction.
Another communication of great i'm
portance was received from Ii Hung
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-24

BERLIN. June 24.-The Chinese trou-
bles have almost completely swept the
South African war from public atten-
tion. Even the latest Pretorian news
went uncommented upon, except by
the military. About Chinese events the
foreign Office uses great retieence. and
above all studiously avoids admitting
that present events mean actual and
probably bitter and protracted war
with China. His majesty declared Fri
day at Kiel that German interests In
China under no circumstances must be
allowed to suffer. no matter at how
great q sacrifice. The bulk Of the Ger
man press takes the same view
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-24

Copyright 1900, The Associated Press)
LONDON. June 2S.-From every cap
ital IN Europe and from every ncws
centre the world over. there is pouring
into London an amazingly interesting
stream of stories purporting to foretell
the action the powers intend to take
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-24

SHANGHAI. June 2s.-Prince Tuan
has taken charge as generaI-in-chiet
after disniissing Young La, a nephew
OF the emperor, the former commander
in-chief. Prince Tuan gave notice that
he would march to Tien Tsin and
sweep out the handful OF foreigners
there.
At daylight on the morning OF June
q he attacked the settlements at Tien
Tsin with artillery and the best foreign
drilled troops. They managed to burn
the United States consulate. The ware
houses and the Standard OH Company's
premises are believed to have escaped.
Though the situation is grave, the Chi
nese have not occupied Tien Tsin.
The latest news from PekIn emanat-
ing from authentic sources is 10 the
enect that there is no change in the
situation. This is understood to mean
that the legations still hold out. The
Chinese have surrounded them, but do
not dare to make another attack. Ap-
parently they hope to starve out those
who have taken refuge there.
CHICAGO. June 23.-The Chronicle
says:
If The news which comes from Tien
Tsin is true, 10 Chicagoans have per-
ished under the Boxer sword. If Tien
Tsin is destroyed the mission workers
Of China have lost their central sta
ton, including the two largest and old
est hospitals in the north. Of the Chi
eagoans who have gone to North China
as missionaries. the best known are
Dr. henry Porter and Rev. Arthur
Smith. These men. with their families
are supposed 10 have gone to Tien TsinI
from their station al Pang CAuarg.
hve weeks ago. for safety. With them
was DR.. Porters sister. Miss Mary H.
Porter. foremost among the represent
atives of the Woman's Board of the
Interior in China.
Misses Grace and Gertrude wickoff
left Pang Chuang last spring to make
their permanent station at Tien Tsin
until the trouble farther south should
cease. Miss Nellie Russell, who, while
not a Chicago girl, studied here and
went from this district. notified friends
at Bessemer. Mich, recently, that she
had left her station some miles south
Of Tian Tsin to take quarters in the
city. Last of the list Of those whose
tate is uncertain, is Miss Frances B.
Patterson, whose permanent station
S in Tien Tsin. Rev. DIR. Smith. who
s perhaps the best known Of the Amer
can mission force in China, because of
he books he has written concerning
he country and its people, has had
'harge Of the Congregational agency
1t Pang Chuang.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-24
CHINESE ARMY NEAR TIEN TSIN COMPELS
FOREIGN FORCES TO MAKE A RETREAT

Three Days Bombadment OF the City Followed by an Appeal
the Powers for RenfOrcements
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-24

MANILA, June 2S,-The United states
cruiser New Orleans has sailed from
here and 1t is supposed she is on her
way to China. II is expected the ar
mored cruiser Brooklyn will proceed
to China shortly.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-24
FRENCH AND BRITISH SETTLEMENTS SAID TO BE DESTROYED

War Department Washington Dispatch More From San
FraudO-u Hung Chang Said Way Bring About
Peaes-AdmaIS Of Allied Powers Proclamation Deear.
Iug They WIN Use Only Against
Boxers and Those Opposing the
March Pekln
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-03
A RESCUE AT SEA.
Peri1ous Situation Relieved by the
Timely Utterances OF n SPELL
Binder.

"Help! Help"
In panic the passengers rushed to the
side of the ship, and gazed helplessly at
those struggling in the waves, says Harper's
Bazar.
1t was indeed perlous situation.
What was to be done? There seemed to be
no rope at hand, and there was trouble in
lowering the lifeboat, and, as is usually the
case, none of the sailors could swim.
A lawyer suggested writ of habeas cor
pus, but that was found impractcable, as
there was not judge on board, and no one
to serve such writ, anyway.
At that instant a man Of commanding
presence pushed into the frenzied crowd
and struck an attitude, close to the rail.
The drowning ones recognized him as a
famous political orator, and their spirits
rose:
Fellow citizens" he began, I'VE face a
crisisl'
The next moment cry Of Joy went up.
For the people in the water were hang
ing on his words, in which position they con-
tinued till the boats were lowered.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-03
HE WASN'T GROwLING.
Was Merely Seeking Information as
to Prices of Country Comforts
and Conveniences.

"Whatw carpingly calculated the summer
boarder from the city, as he glared pop eyed
edly at the altitudiIous bill which, says
Puck, the honest agriculturist had just pre-
sented to him. "Ninety.six dollars and
thirty cents for two weeks board for myself,
wife and three small boys? Now, look here,
Mr.. Hooks"
."Ye had the use of the hoss and carry-all
whenever We wanted EN-" interrupted old
Farmer Hooks, doggedly. your boys ett
up considerable many of my apples, and,
then, there's the fishin' and the scenery,
and the-er-grangers' picnic, and Uncle
Hiram Tinker's funeral, and the eclipse of
the moon, and-er-ah!-all that, and"
"But, pshaw, man! the only time we used
your old carry.all the horse was so sulky that
| had to lead him most of the way, and the
vehicle broke down and paid more Tor hav-
ing it repaired than it was worth. Your
green apples made the boys sick to within a
hairs breadth of an agoIizing death, and
to the extent of a 80 doctor bill. l caught
cold but no fish, fishing. We didn't eat any
Of the scenery, nor do we expect to carry
any of it away with us. We were in no way
responsible for the late Mr.. Tinker's fu-
neral, and / may add, did not particularly
enjoy it. We did not attend the grangers'
picnic, and, as for paying you for the eclipse
of the moon, III be-"
"Looker here! Do you mean to insinuate
that I'm tryin' to gouge ye?"
ooh, no; certainly not! But, by the way,
the present wealth of the United States Is
estimated at 500, ,OOO, ,0OO, 900, and-er-"
"Wa-al?"
"Well, l was merely wondering If you were
trying to get it all at onceV
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-03

A brief but fierce storm cost many
lives and did great damage in Eng
land.
That the ministers at Peking have
been massacred and that China must
soon be at war with the world is now
the uppermost belief in official circles
in Washington. A London dispatch
says that the Chinese army was advance
ing on Peking, the soldiers being in
structed to kill all Christians on the
way. A Russian banker declares all the
Europeans at Peking were killed before
he left there, July 7.
Lady Randolph Churchill and Lieut..
George CORVALLIS West were married
in London.
A dispatch from Cape Town says
Gen. De Wet offered to surrender on
condition that his followers be al
lowed to return TO their homes. The
offer was refused. Lord Roberts has
returned to Pretoria, abandoning the
effort to capture Gen. Botha.
King Humbert of Italy, aged sc,
was shot dead by an assassin named
Angelo Bressi at Monza. The murder
er is little known and his motive is
mystery. He is supposed to be insane.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-03
LATER.

The Baltimore & Ohio Duquesne
limited. from pittsburg. collded with
local freight at Mount Savage juno
ton, three miles west of Cumberland,
Md, on the 31st ult. Five persons
were injured, none seriously.
The wholesale lumber firm of T. NJ.
Richardson q Son, of Oklahoma City,
q. T., with headquarters at Houston,
Tex, has assigned. Liabilities will
reach $4,000. The assets are ull-
known.
Michael Byrd. farmer living near
Magnetic City, n. c., has been assassi-
mated from ambush. He died a few
hours after having been fired upon.
No clue has been secured as to his
murderers.
The Canadian government is about
to introduce radical reforms in the
KloTdike. The royalty system is to
he done away with altogether and n
government assay Office is to be es-
tablished at Dawson, and n compul-
sorry fee of per cent. charged Tor
assaying gold and exchanging for
drafts.
rhe first steel ever exported from
the south has just been forwarded by
the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co. from
it's Ensley steel mill to Copenhagen
and Glasgow. The shipment to the
former city was 25 tons of billets and
to the latter 30 tons of ingots. The
sales We're made below European fig
ures.
A cloudburst flooded the vicinity OF
Phoenix, Ariz., and caused disaster
along the banks of many small creeks
tributary TO the Verde river. Many
campers along the banks were caught
unawares and wagons and tents were
washed down stream. Two lives were
lost.
Ten big cigar factories in New
! York City which locked out 5000
cigarmakers more than three months
ago, notified their employees that they
we're willing tc take a.! of then tc",.
to work ol the 3isi ult., when the
factories were opened again. The
locked out men, women and girls
held mass meeting and adopted n
| resolution to the effect that they
would not return to work except I'M
der union conditions.
The secretary of the treasury has
begun sending out the new 2 per
cent. bonds due in 1890, which are 10
take the place of such of ,he old
threes, fours and fvcs as have been
offered for extension at the new rate
under the currency act of March II,
1900. The amount of the old bonds
outstanding when the offer to extend
them wns issued was little less than
$40, 100000, and of this amount $32),-
6S0,000 have been surrendered.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-03
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Petroleum fields of some impor-
tance are being opened in Japan.
An Atlanta jury decided that wife
is responsible for the burial expenses
of her husband
Cheap lands in Nebraska have been
taken up so rapidly that few desir-
able acres remain.
An addition of two miles will short
ly be made to the fine avenues on the
Gettysburg battlefield.
The Kansas City produce exchange
has adopted a plan for selling eggs
by weight instead of by the dozen.
The Chittenden hotel at Columbus,
o., was sold to three Cleveland capi-
talists for a consideration of S650,000.
Gen. Sternberg says 100 additional
medical officers, graduates of repu-
table colleges, are needed for duty in
the Philippines and China.
Miss Lille Ray, daughter of Daniel
A Ray, recently made United States
marshal of Hawaii, has been appoint
ed deputy marshal to her father.
Census figures, il is believed. will
be a disappointment for the western
states, where there has been little inn
migration during the last ten years.
Belgium is one of the few countries s
IN which the death penalty, though
still part of the criminal code. is
never enforced, in Difference TO public
opinion.
\ judge at Grand Forks. y. D.. has
granted decree of divorce to Prin-
cess Anna Josephine Charlotte Hal
verson, a cousin of King Oscar of
Sweden.
Representatives of nearly every
large publishing house in America
met in New York and took steps for
the formation of national publish
ers' association.
In her first speed trial the new
Russian cruiser Variag, built by the
Cramps. proved herself the fastest
warship of her class afoat, attaining
a speed of "a knots an hour.
The king of Corea has let contract
for $1,0O0.O00 10 a San Francisco man
for moving the cemetery 15 miles be-
cause astrologers told him the dead
queens spirit was unable to rest.
Three women, :he wives of famous
husbands, have been accorded the
honor of burial in Westminster Alb
hey. They are Lady Palmerston, Lady
Augusta Stanley, wife of Dean Stan
ley, and Mrs. Gladstone.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-03
FOREIGN.

The Colombian rebels are reported
to be sweeping everything before them
in their victorious march.
Lord Roberts reported the Boer line
of retreat surrounded and his own
communications reopened.
Gen. Macarthur announces the sue
cessful erection of another municipal
government in the Philippines at
Vigan, on the northwest coast of the
Island of Luzon.
Admira! Kempff reports that the Chi
nesc government is in sympathy with
the Boxers and that the imperial gov
ernment has been practicing fraud.
The United States, following France,
has forbid shipment of arms to China.
Massacres of ego converts at Hen-Sien-
Flu and 200 converts at Mukden were
reported. a japanese force of $4,000
men landed at -Hai-Kwan and de-
feated the Chinese in battle.
The Beers drove back Gen. Hunters
command near Bethlehem, the British
losing so men.
Twenty-Five conspfrators who plotted
to kill the governor of Santiago, San
Domingo, were arrested.
An official dispatch received at the
state department tells of the collapse
of the revolution in Panama.
Advices received at Kingston, ia
maica, announce the denomination for
n fourth term of President Zelaya of
Nicaragua.
\ London dispatch says that all the
l., Il al VI.
nese appeal for mediation.
American soldiers killed 50 Filipinos
in northern Mindanao for the murder
of one of their number.
Edward Bowen, of Lincoln, Neb, has
arrived in Paris on his trip around the
world on , bicycle.
Admiral Remey telegraphed Wash
ington that heavy reenforcements had
been thrown into Pekfng, making it i'm
possible for the allies to capture the
city except with an overwhelming
force. Prince Tuan, leader of the reb-
els, was reported killed in battle out
side Peking. Scores of missionaries
at Various points have been massacred
by natives. An imperial edict says for
eicners in Peking were safe July "a.
Lord Roberts reports that Middle
burg was occupied BY the british and
that the Beers were retreating to Mach.
adQdorp. President Kruger was at Bar
berton.
Emperor Wilhelm told his troops
sailing from Germany for China TO give
no quarter and take no prisoners. but
touse weapons for vengeance and Chris
tianity.
Advices from Panama say that a
treaty of peace between the govern
ment and the revolutionists has been
signed.
During weeks scouting in the Phil
ippines ten Americans were killed and
IA wounded and $50 Filipinos were
killed and GO taken prisoners.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-03
CATARRH

or inflammation of this delicate pink;
membrane.
The system is weakened in win
ter. The delicate lining is more.
susceptible to irritation or infamma-.
ton, and thus we have pneumonia,
grip, colds, coughs, fevers, etc., all
catarrhal conditions which may
easily be checked by one catarrh,
cure-Pe-ru-na.
That's the only way out of it.
You may dose forever-you will
not be well until you try the true
cure and that is Pe-ru-na. You,
may think your trouble is some
other disease and not catarrh. Cali
it what you will, one thing is sure,
your system is affected and must be
treated, and Pe-ru-na is the only
remedy which reaches the right
place and docs cure.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-03
Personal AND POLITICAL.

William c. Maybury, of Detroit, was
nominated for governor of Michigan by
the democratic convention.
Democrats, populists and silver re-
publicans in Kansas agreed on fusion
and nominated John A. Breidenthal
(populisD, of Topeka. for governor.
The national gold democrats have
decided not to put ticket in the field
this year.
Congressional nominations: Iowa,
Eleventh district, Lot Thomas (rep.)
renominated; Illinois, Seventeenth dis
trict. B. F. Caldwell (dem.) renom-
mated: Indiana, Tenth district, John
Ross (dem.).
Henry b. Metcalf, of Pawtucket. r. l.,
was officially notified of his nomination
for vice president on tie prohibition
ticket.
Nathaniel c. Bordwine, soldier of
the Blackh1wk war, died in Lewiston,
H., at the age of 101 years.
The democrats have nominated John
w. Leonard for congress in the Eighth
Illinois district and Frank A. Horner
in the Fifth Indiana district.
The Massachusetts republican state
convention will be held October 4.
c. d. Sheldon has been renominated
for congress by the republicans of the
Twelfth district of Michigan.
EX-Congressman +. +. Meredith died
at his home in Manassas, Va.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-03
IT'S ALL IN A NAME.
One Reason Why the Conservative
Negro whitewnsher Lost His
Occupation.

whats in a name?" asked Shakes
peare. Everything, may be answered, and
no one has made the answer more plain to
the ordinary mortal than Booker I. Wash
ington, the noted colored orator, says the
Chicago Times Herald. While lecturing in
Omaha last winter he paused in the midst
of his remarks and asked:
How many negro boys in Omaha are
learning a mechanical trader"
And from the vast audience came the re-
mot one"
Then Mr.. Washington proceeded to tell
the negro boys what they should do. The
old colored man with his brush and pail of
whitewash once made a good living. But
he was a whitewasher." The first thing
he knew white man came along with an
assortment OF brushes and several colors of
wash under fancy names. The white man
called himself an interior decorator"
and the old colored mans job was gone for
ever.
you negro boys" continued Mr.. Wash
ington, must become interior decorators,
for the whitewashing job is DONE"
An Insinuation.
The Plumber believe that we will all
follow the same vocation in the next world
as We do in this.
The Carpenter-Well, If that is true,
you will be out of job.
"Why so?"
What use will they have for plumbers
where there is no water?'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-03
An Insin uation.
An Emergency.

Assstant--The Irish stew has burned.
Chef-Well, put some spice in it and add
"a la Francais" to its name on the menu.
Puck.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-03
Sign Treaty of Peace.

New York, July 2s.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Panama says that
treaty of peace between the gov
ernment and the revolutionists has
been signed.
This action followed directly after
the most desperate battle of the en-
tire revolution, in which the losses on
each side were very heavy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-03
Like the
Deadly ,-,
Under=Current

which grasps one without warning,
the mucous membrane which lines,
the entire body suddenly becomes
weakened in some spot and disease
is established. 1t may be of the.
lungs, the head, throat, stomach,
bowels, or any other organ. Where
ever it is, and whatever it seems, it
all springs from the same cause
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-03
Arrests Made.

The police force has been singularl,
inadequate during the present crisis
fiagrantly violated the laws. However
Friday, Willie Ouliber, clerk in /;
grocery store, went to the Central sta
tion. and said he knew of two men wht
had participated in the murder of Au
gust Thomas on Wednesday night
These men, he stated, were Conrad an'
John Schwartz, brothers. Warrant
were Immediately issued for th
Schwartzes, and they were taken int
custody,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-03

Estes G. Rathbone, recently director
general of posts in Cuba, WAS arrested
in Havana on the charge OF .nisappro-
prlating funds.
Strikers blew up five cars with dyna-
mite in st. Louis, but no one was in
jured.
II is estimated that the new census
will show the population of the Unit
ed States to be between 76,000,000 and
100000
New Orleans was quiet and militia
were under orders ready to suppress
any further outbreak.
Robbers blew open the safe of the
Goodwin bank Mt Armstrong, ILL.,, and
secured $4,000.
BY the premature explosion OF a
cannon at Camp Lincoln in Spring
field. ILL.,, 12 persons were injured, two
artillerymen probably fatally.
Mrs. James Elton, wife of the treas
urer of the county, and her sister-in-
law. Mrs. j. II. Bird. were injured IA
tally in runaway in Grand Forks
n. ID.
President Gompers, of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, utterly
failed to make peace between the con-
tractors and the building workmen
in Chicago.
Prince Alert broke the worlds
pacing mari; Mt Cleveland. o., cover.
ing mile in competition in 2:02.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the 30th were: Brook.
lyn. .636; Philadelphia, .551; Pitts
burgh. .532; Chicago, .513: Boston
.4s1; Cincinnati, .456; st. Louis, .440;
New York. 1902.
\ tornado in Trail county, Y. D..
wiped out the village of Forgerings
killed several persons and did great
damage to property in other places.
The total foreign commerce of the
United States for the year ended June
80 exceeded the So, ,O00, 600, ,o0O mark fol
the first time in history.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-03
center of Formulation.

Washington, July 2s.-The best avail.
able data puts the center of population
of the United States about Blooming
ton, Ind. The center of area, excluding
Alaska, is in northern Kansas.