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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-17

SHANGHAI. June 16.-kast nights
advices from Tien Tsin report that
large incsndiary fires occurred in the
eastern part Of the city where three
English and American churches were
burned, besides the residences Of many
foreigners. Telegraphic communica-
tion is interrupted. the poles having
been burned. and there is no hope OF
immediate repairs being made.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-17
FURRY IN STOCK MARKET.
Chinese Situation and the Impending
Shortage in Wheat Create Ex-
citement.

NEW YORK. June 16-The stock
market today abandoned the idea OF
waiting in which It has been 80 long
steadfast. and gave itself over to ac-
tive liquidation with all appearances
OF state OF alarm. Two expected in
cidents We're the cause OF this change.
First Of these was the action OF the
directors Of the Northern Pacific rail-
road in reducing the dividend on COM
mon stock. This was accepted as
decision that serious shortage In the
wheat crop Of the Northwest was to be
faced this year. and that a period OF
declining railroad earnings was to be
expected as a result OF this. and re-
action In general business. The ef-
feet was pronounced on stocks OF grain
carrying roads. and especially In the
Northwest. The second cause OF alarm
was the situation in China.
CHICAGO. June 16.-The wheat mar
ket today was excited. July opened
Y cents higher, at 20 to 74A, and short
ly afterward sold at 75c. Liverpool was
1Ad. higher, evidence that the English
are at last beginning to appreciate the
reported blight in the Northwest. July
closed buoyant. 1A o 1hc. over yes
terday, at 75b @ 4.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-17
AFFAIRS IN CHINA
MORE SERIOUS

Continued trom Firs. Paseo
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-17

PORTLAND. June 16-Walla Walla,
81 q So; Valley. 54 q 54h; bluestem 81.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-17

NEW YORK. June ls.-A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from Tien
Tsin says:
Boxers control Tien Tsin. and the ma
tive city officials have been burned at
the stake. A great panic prevails
among the Chinese.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-17

and the Boxers are destroying the rail-
way in front Of his force and burning
bridges behind It, The excitement at
Shanghai and Tien Tsin is Increasing.
and II is rumored that the relief column
is Itself In need OF rescue. Admiral sey-
mour is a cool officer OF excellent judy
ment, and can he depended upon to
conduct the force to Pekin II supplies
hold out. The foreign admirals may
have miscalculated the strength OF the
Boxers. and il nay be necessary to
send Russian military force 10 sup
port the marines. The Russian reserve
OF L7O0 men is already on shore with
guns and horses. and this can be in
creased by 1000 men from Port Arthur
Dispatches received here before mid
night were mainly from the coast towns
and there was little trustworthy intel
ligencs from the capital. Christian re-
fugees had swarmed into Pekin from
the mission stations, and the embassies
and Protestant churches and buildings
were barricadsd. The China Inland
Mission at Yum Nan Flu had been at
tackled. and the insurreetionary move
ment was spreading from province 10
province. There were rumors Of hard
fighting. but these were not confirmed
with authority.
The British policy is not understood,
but there is a general impression
among members ~ parliament that a
European concert will lead to Russian
occupation. and that Lord Salisbury
will no, offer objections. Russia, by
a settlement Of some kind
with Japan in Corea or elsewhere. will
have a free hand and not be interfered
with.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
MANY BRITISH WOUNDED.
Buffers Forces Suffer Severely in Sat-
urdnN's Engagement.

Special cable dispatches from South
Africa say that in the vicinity of Spear
mans Camp, heavy fighting was in prog
ress all day Saturday and Sunday. In
Saturdays fight a total of 3O2 were
wounded, two were killed, and two are
reported missing. The casualties of Sun
days fighting are not known. One of
those killed was Capt. Hensley, of the
Dublin regiment, who was shot in the
forehead. The correspondent visited the
field hospital on the battlefield on Gov
entry's farm. The buildings were full
of wounded about 200 men. Gen. Butler
wires London that eleven officers, includ-
ing two staff officers and 279 men we're
wounded in an action near Nenter's
Spruit Saturday.
The operations Saturday commenced at
dawn. Gen. Warren attacked the Beers
who occupied strong position on his
right. The British artillery delivered a
heavy shell fire, but the Beers did not re-
ply until O'clock. Then the British
concentrated the fire of their big guns
on the enemy's artillery, while the infan-
try advanced under cover of it and deliv-
ering a heavy rifle fire.
The Beers courageously and tenaciously
held their position, but they were finally
forced back. and the British swarmed
over the ridge. The Beers retired in good
order and took up 4 second position,
which was subjected TO heavy bonn
bardment with lyddite shells. This forced
second retreat, the enemy being closely
pressed by Gen. Warren's men. Gen.
Clery's and Gen. Warren's commands
then bivouacked on the ground gained af
ter heavily bombarding, for some time,
the enemy's main position.
Simultaneously Gen. Lyttelton, with
the view to relieving the pressure on Gen.
Warren, attacked the enemy's front west
of Potgieter's drift. He pushed forward
his infantry, covered by the howitzers
and naval guns, both on the north bank
of the river and Mount Alice. The in
fantry's further advance forced the Beers
to open fire with their Nordenfeldt seven
FOUNDER, which was silenced by lyddite
shells in a quarter of an hour.
The British carefully worked along the
hills until within 1000 yards of a COM
manding kopje on which the Beers were
concentrated, concealed behind immense
powders. strewn thickly over the hill.
The artillery opened the attack and the
batteries worked continuously, pouring
tons of shrapncl among the Beers, who
devoted their attention to musletry fir
ing on the British infantry. The Beers
stuck to their rocky businesses with the
greatest tenacity and at the conclusion of
the day the British had only advanced
across few ridges. The Beers appar-
emily have few guns and they did little
damage.
On Modder River the British success
fully blew up and razed two buildings,
including the house formerly occupied by
Commandant Muller outside their lines.
Boer snipers had used these houses at
night, firing from them at the most dis
tant British pickets up the river.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
SMALLPOX IN MANY PLACES.
Great Epidemic of the Dread Disease
Is Feared in Indiana.


Indications point to the fact that lndi-
ana is on the eve of a smallpox epidemic.
j. N Huntry, secretary of the State
Board of Health, says that several hun
dred persons have the disease, and that
new cases are being found daily in and
about Clay City. The counties now in
tested are Nanderburg, Noble, Delaware,
Madison, Clay, Jackson, Sullivan, Green,
Washington, Owen, DE Kalb, Vigo,
Posey, Clark and Floyd The Govern
ment has ordered the mails disinfected,
as requested by the State board. The
Lesterville postofiice has been quaran-
tined.
In Washington, ID. c., members of the
House of Representatives are wondering
whether the discovery OF a case of small
poX in the household of Congressman
Alexander, of Buffalo, n. Y, is serious
enough to cause them to worry. Mr. Alex
andcr and his wife are now quarantined
in their apartments. While the disease
was incubating in the person of Ethel
Petit, Mrs. Alexander's maid, the Con-
gresham was attending to his duties on
the floor of the House. mixing freely
with members in the cloak and commit
tee rooms and in the lobby. Two-thirds
of the employees and servants Of the Con-
cord, where Congressman Alexander
lives, have been taken to the local deten-
ton hospital, where they will be held
for a period of sixteen days. The ten
ants of the building, who include some
of the best known families in Washing
ton, are living in a state of nervous ap-
prehension because of the probability of
another case of the disease breaking out.
Such a result, they fear, would cause
| them all to be ouarantined.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.
Observation-Disclosures:

The censorship on war news is growing
more strict.
Gen. White will assuredly be elevated
to a peerage.
All acid exports are forbidden by the
British Government.
The Duke Of Marlborough will go to
the front as Yeomanry staff officer.
The Paris Intransigcant says that there
are 211 French officers serving with the
Beers.
The Morning Post has joined other
London papers in demanding a change in
the ministry.
England is preparing armaments and
twenty-five transports will be on the way
to South Africa during the present
month. According to the program $4,000
additional troops and sevcnty-two guns
will soon be afloat.
Werner, Belt & Co., London, diamond
merchants, have donated f5O,OO0 to the
fund for the equipment of the Yeomanry.
II Is stated that the Beers have heav-
lily mined johannesburg gold fields, in
preparation for an attack when the Brit
ish forces advance to the Transvaal.
Great Britain will not allow United
States Consul Hollis to act rs her rep
resentative at Pretoria. He may, how
ever, look after the wounded.
The Government has also ordered the
manufacturers of Maxim guns to make
as many four and six-inch quick-fring
guns as possible until otherwise ordered.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

of Melbourne and then opened n taber-
naclc. Becoming violent in his language
against the Council he was given thirty
days to leave, and came to San Fran.
cisco, where he opened a church. Going
to Chicago the year before the World S
Fair, he started tent service on what
later became the Midway Plaisance.
He is now the lessee of n church with
a seating capacity of $500, and also of a
hall where he has a printing establish
ment, with pcrfecting press, three du-
plex presses and many job presses, rs
stands and a chapel of sixty union print
ers. The building is also the home of
the Zion Bank, a wealthy institution, and
the Zion City Land and Investment As
sociation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
ROBERTS IN DEFENSE.
Mormon Makes Strong Plea for JUS
tice Before the House.

Debate on the Roberts case reports be-
gan I'm the national House Tuesday.
Chairman Tayler argued for the majority
resolution, which provides for excluding
the Utah member. Mr.. Littlefield Of
Maine argued for the minority resolution
to permit Roberts TO be sworn in and
then expel him. Mr.. Roberts closed the
debate for the day. without cxhausting
the period allotted to him. He quoted
from the findings OF the committee, and
asked, without violation Of the con
stituton Of our country can you deny me
the right to appear at the bar of the
House, from which have been improper
ly turned away, and prevent me from
being swornT'
The House, he continued, was subject
to a great temptation ut this time 10 re-
spond to the popular will, without regard
to the limitations imposed by the consti-
tuition Other great and proud nations,
as much so as the United States, had for
violations, of this kind gone into decay
and naught but ruins marked the places
they once occupied. ''And so | would
warn you of the danger of the departing
from the constitution to respond to the
clamor of misled people" What was pro
posed in the House now, Roberts said
was that because in the sanctity of the
church men have taken a plurality of
wives, one of whom has been elected a
Representative in Congress, and the sane
tity of the home is threatened, a more
lawless act than polygamy shall be done
to rebuke the man so elected. Mr.. Rob
erts said, as he had said on the second
day of the session, that he did not stand
as the advocate or defender of polygamy.
1t had been conceded by Luther, to
whom more than any other man the peo-
pie of to-day owe whatever of religious
and civil liberty they possess, that polyg-
amy was not prohibited by the scriptures,
and that il was crime merely because
it was prohibited by law. The people who
believed and practiced polygamy, he said,
did so as "a part Of their religion, which
they believed came to them direct from
God. In that view they had not at first
submitted to the laws against il, hoping
for a favorable judgment by the court,
and when that failed, for reversal. But
the reversal did not come Thirteen hun
dred Mormons in Utah suffered punish
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
RUSkiN AND eLACkMORE.
Two Famous Men Whose Deaths Oc-
Cured Recently.

Curreu heCentlys
Two famous men of English letters
John Ruskin and Richard ID. Blackmore
have passed away. Both died in the
fullness of time and with their work ac-
complished, but their departure, never
heless, has saddened thousands of hearts
wherever the best in English literature is
known and appreciated. The death of
Ruskin is no surprise to artistic and lit
erary London. 1t has been known for
the last two or three years that his mind
and body were gradually weakening. 1t
is long since he ceased to be n living
force in English art, but it is impossible
to overestimate the 1ntuence he has
welded in the past.
There have been few as striking figures
in the literature of the Victorian era as
that of John RuslSin. With Carlyle, Ten
nyson and Browning, he stood in the first
rank of the creative and inspiring forces
of letters. In n certain sense these four
great writers supplemented one another's S
genius. In the realm of art criticism
Ruskin was the most brilliant writer of
the century, carrying over into n moral
earnestness and purity that once more
transfgured art and made it ministrant
to the highest in man. Ruskin's moral
earnestness and sincerity and his dissat-
sfaction with modern society found full
est expression in his famous "Fors CLAW
igera" papers.
AS to Blackmore, his story of Lorna
Doone" has been called by some good
critics the greatest novel of the century.
That is too high praise. 1t certainly is,
however, one of the greatest in its vivid
descriptions of n part of English life
and scenery which no one knew better
than he. 1t remains the high-water mark
of his genius and is sufficient to maintain
his fame.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

of Zion, and then there are to be portent>
in the heavens, which may be read by all
men except those enclosed in the Chi
cago streets. Later Dowie is to make a
triumphal tour to rhe Holy Land. On
the lake front will be situated $40 acres
of the tract, and there Dowie promises
the commerce OF the world is to be- cen
tered.
Dowie, who calls himself general over
seer of the Christian Catholic Church,
was born in Scotland about siXtysiX
years ago He was educated for the
ministry in the Edinburgh Seminary. He
appeared in Australia about eighteen
years ago and started a grocery store.
He was elected to the Common Council
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

mcnt by the courts, including the Repre-
sentative from that State. They need
not have suffered" he went on, IF they
had but said the word
The laws against plural marriages did
not obtain in the States surrounding
Utah, so that many plural wives had been
sent into them the husbands remaining
in Utah and there observing the law
against plural marriages. Roberts said
ii was a mistake to hold that he was
the representative of the Mormon church,
chosen over the protest of the gentle citi-
zens. He had been elected after thor
ougb canvass, in which the people knew
all about him, by plurality of 5,6G5.
The right of a constituency to the free
choice of it's representative ought not be
denied or abridged by the action of the
House.
In conclusion Roberts said he could
neither be excluded nor expelled without
dangerous action--action that threatened
to overthrow the foundation of Govern
ment. And | intend gentlemen" he
continued, his voice rising to its highest
pitch, and his whole manner intense and
dramatic to the last degree, stridng up
and down the aisle, ''to cling so closely
to the pillars of liberty that you shall not
drag me away unless you pull the pillars
down with me-"
The House resumed the debate on the
Roberts case at IL o'clock Wednesday.
The galleries were again well filed, most
of the occupants, as on Tuesday, being
women. Mr.. Powers (Vt.) was the first
speaker. He argued in behalf Of exclu-
sion of Mr.. Roberts. The contention of
the minority for expulsion, he said, ran
up against the very precedents which
were cited in its support. 1--WE are not
separating wife from husband" said Mr..
Powers, commenting on Mr.. Roberts
speech. .Polygamy has never been legal
in Utah, either before or after her ad-
mission into the Union. Polygamy was
illegal under the common law of Eng
land. The moment he took wife No. 2
the marriage was void. Mr. Roberts
knew the law. He cannot now plead the
baby act against the law and stern JUS
tice."
Mr.. Snodgrass of Tennessee followed
Mr.. Powers, supporting the views of the
minority in favor of seating and then
expcllng AIR. Roberts. Mr.. Lands Qnd.) }
argued that Utah had violated her com
pact with the United States. Mr.. Lands
went over the record of the apostles Of
the Mormon Church to show that most
of them were guilty of continued polyg-
amous practices. Some of his statements
were sensational.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
CRAWLING MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY l, 1900
Great Religions City Near Chicago
Where All Will BE Pure.

A great religious city, where the com
merce of the world will center and where
there will he no wickcdness, will, IL the
present plans of the promoters are car
ried out, soon be built up in the suburbs
of Chicago. The leaders of the peculiar
sect who are to be founders of the new
Zion are so firm in their belief that de
struction is soon to overtake Chicago be.
cause of the wickedncss Of its inhabit.
ants that they have bought, or have an
option on, 5000 acres of land near Wau-
kegan, suburb of Chicago, on the lake
shore, and here the future city, where all
is to be pure and good, is to rise.
John Alexander Dowie and his wife
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
sotes OF Current Events.
San Antonio, Texas, has subscribe
81. 900 for the Beers.

S3,OUO Tor the boers.
Firemen, trainmcn and telcgraphers
may form q new federation.
Springfield, Mo-, Hibernians resolved
to send no money to the Beers.
Dispatches from Baltimore say the pro-
posed oyster trust has fallen through.
George Smiley was hanged at Hol-
brook, Ariz., for killing Foreman Swee-
ncy.
Lamp exploded at Coal Run, Pa, and
Chas. Thomas and Allen Stott burned to
death.
Charles Woodring, Scranton, Pa, lost
his wages at gambling and committed
suicide.
James White, 1G, Mercer, Pa, was kill
cd by the bursting OF an electric starter
for a gas engine.
President Mckinley has named Lewis
X. Winston of Mississippi collector of
customs Mt Natchez.
L. s. & NJ. =. Railroad will employ
no frcmen more than 25 years old and
under 1G0 pounds In weight.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
TEST FOR a CHRISTIAN PAPER.
Author of Tn His Steps" Will Edit a
Kansas Daily One Week.

Kansas Daily One Week.
Rev. Charles VI. Sheldon, author Of In
His Steps," is to be given an opportunity
to edit a daily newspaper as he thinks
a Christian daily should be edited. For
the week beginning March Is he will
have absolute control of every depart
ment of the Topeka Capital, news, edito-
rial and advertising.
At the Detroit convention of the Chris
tian Endcavor Society Mr.. Sheldon asked
what philanthropic gentleman in this
age OF munifcent endowmcnts to educa-
tional institutions would give S1,OO0,O0O
for the creation of great Christian
dailyT' The philanthropic gentleman
has not appeared with the money, hut,
in response to the appeals of the leading
citizens of Topeka, Mr.. Shcldon's home
town, Dell Keyser, the president of the
Topeka Capital Company, offered TO give
the paper to Mr.. Sheldon for one week,
and the offer has been accepted.
1t is understood that able writer's are
to assist Mr.. Sheldon, and that states
men, prominent divines and editors OF
some of the dailies of New York, Chi
cago and st. Louis will help him by sug-
gestions.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
Gives LarucIy TO Charity.

When the will of Captain 1. Friedman
who died in the Palace Hotel, San Fran
cisco, is opened it will be found that OF
an estate valued at $750,0O0 a large part
has been given to charity. After be
quests which will reach an aggregate OF
100000 are paid the residue is bequeath
e6 to the Hebrew Home for Aged and
Disabled Persons.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

are the leading promoters. Ground is
to be broken for a temple early in May,
with most impressive ceremonies. The i'll
are to be healed. Dowie declares, and
the world is To receive its first rcvea-
ton of what modern Zion is to be.
Later, building of two factories. the in
dustrial beginnings of the city, is 10 be
gin. One is TO be for the making of
shoes, and the other is to he lace fac
tory. Next on the program will be the
laying of the corner stone for the Temple
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
Boers Have Barrels of Money.

Some notion of the power possessed by
the Beers may be gathered from the
statement that DIR. Leyds, the Transvaal
agent in Europe, is given $S,00O,OOO per
annum 10 spend in his work abroad. Ii
appears that the immense quantity of
barbcd wire purchased to fence the
Netherlands Railway" in the republic
was never intended for such lfe-saving
purpose. 1t is being used now to stop
the British from advancing from their
own territory.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
Rcnts Are Enormone.

An ordinary two-story dwelling of
eight rooms rents frequently for 500 a
month. Freight taken from the beach,
where it is landed from steamers in
barges, costs from 80 to 40 cents per
hundred; for the delivery of heavy freight
by horses, team and wagon. so an hour
is charged.
The ruling price of shave is 81, and
for hair cut $1.J0. A bath costs 50.
Fifty cents is charged for laundering n
flannel shirt. 20 cents for washing a col
ored linen shirt, and 81 for the rehabii-
tation of the rare and luxurious garment
known as the white shirt. Cigars and
drinks cost so cents each. 'Longshore-
men have been paid 50 an hour for their
labor. Carpenters receive $1.5O an
hour"
The prevailing fare to Cape Nome, just
now, from Seattle or Victoria, is 500
for frst-class and $50 for second-class
passage; freight, $40 per ton.
The earliest date at which any of the
steamers are advertised to leave for
Nome is May 1, 1000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

sullen and twice deserted his team, leav-
ing no word behind. Notwithstanding
the fact that he was the best man in the
business behind the bat, he was to be
traded TO one of the other teams for the
coming season. A brother is now catch
ing for the Fort Wayne. Ind, team. He
promises to be as fine catcher as Martin
ever WINS
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

wife, children and
himself, was but the
elimination of many
peculiar actions of
the great ball play
er, all seeming to in
dicate his insanity.
For the past sea-
son Bergen was the
hardest player in
the National League
to get along with.
He was morose and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

John w. Haslam, student and promi.
nent religious worker in Brown Univer.
sity, Providence, II. l., has confessed ia
stealing watches and clothing Of other
students.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

Corporal Fair and Private Jockens OF
the Tenth infantry are held under 81, ,OOo
bail Mt Papillon, Neb., for killing Pri.
vatc Morgan, a dcserter, who was at.
tempting to escape.