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make itself felt, riders of both sexes will
be out in force, and every road which is
not in too wretched condition will con-
stitute exploring ground for scores of
wheelmen.
Although the period of gentle zephyrs is
only several weeks old, the observation has
already been made that this year will be
characterized by notable revival in wheel
! street ana watched the worslfpcrs
thronGing past. They looked at him
cu"ioUsly. as though he were Il freak
instead of human like themselves.
Some regarded him with sort of con-
t"mptuouS pity. while others frowncd.
No one spoke to him. Not Il friendly
face among all those lie had known
from his childhood looked int his.
lie remembered some of those faces
II his trial. Then. when he knew that
he deserved punishment and had no
claim upon the consideration of honor
Hhlc mon. silly women had brought
him flowers in his cell and in their
scpsclcss. mawkiSh sentiment had
sought to shield him from mcritrd ret
rihution. Now. when he had pnil the
penalty and was once more entitled TO
tho recognition of honest men. the w.
men who had shoWcrcd sympathy up
on him knew him not. He had come
back TO them asking for justice, not
sympathy. and they were not interest
cd in the subject
He turned away from the chu"chgo-
CrS into Il byStrrut leading TO the river.
The novelist Whu creates his situations
with nh easy disregard for truth would
say that fate led his steps in that di-
r2ction. The thrologian would ascribc
it to the hand Of Providence, which
was leading him to II momcntous crisis
in his career. AS a matter of fact, it
was only habit which caused him to
follow the quiet street to the rivers
cdgc-thc awakened impressions OF
years ago. when he was an upright and
promising youth and this street was Il
iavCrilc walk with him and Helen, and
it was of lIclpn the cX-convict and So
cial outcasl was thinking as his feet
uod the familiar path.
He knew that if there was one per-
son in the world who could find excuse
or palliatiuH for his fall it was IIclcn
Not that She had any reason to rom@m-
Der him kindly, for his treatment Of
her had been fully consistent with the
rest of his foolish. wicked career in the
city where he had committed his crime.
but somehow he felt that she would
not judge him aa severely as the towns
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Carload Seed Potatoes-State of Maine,
Early Rose, Early Harvest, White Star, Rural
New Yorker, Beauty Of Hebron.
r. B. FRAZER,
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ColGrsssmsn Liit'eislu ie strong ad-
cate of the expu sion meth cd CT gettif g
d Of Rob,r aid re has the courage of
his c ny.c ioEs. HaT CO he will press his
vlewI on the Hous3. IL has always
seemed C car to us that bcth from the
ct ,nipoint of regularity OF prc sdurs and
i'm orsssiveness tbs expulsion msthod was
D eferable to the ether. Under the pro-
cidure whicl Congressman Taylsr advo-
Gates It will bs possible for mere par
tisan maj 0rity to keep out legally
cleo 4 and coastitutionally qualified
repr sentative simply by alleging ZONE
Jaw in his character. 1t mny be said
that a majority would never agrees to do
srch thing unless the charge was seri-
Gus and fully eststlished, but what ma
j rites will do when craftsmanship Is at
favor heat cInnot be ioreseen.
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There Is net much doubt that
a mai 1rity of the Kentucky legis-
lature nave made up their minds
b declare that Taylor was illegally
elected and to give the GovernorshiP to
Gosbel. From this decision the Rspubli =
cans will appeal to the courts, but 1t Is
not probable that they viii get any relief
there. What will take place then re-
mains to be seen. There are threats that
the Inauguration Of Goebel will be OPP
posed by force and that an appeal win
be had to the general government.
though just how the latter Is to be brought
about is not clear. Force will he resisted
by force, no doubt, and condition Of
civil war will be Irsoipitated. How far
the militia ooald be depended upon In
such an emergency 10 of course doubtful,
but ths probability Ia they would be
affected by their political sym pAthies and
would prove a very weak ard uncertain
reliance. There are certainly great pos
sibiliies In the situation which is threat
sned Of cor diot and bloodshed,
and yet We are inclined to think that in
some way suoh q catastrophe will be
ayerted. Similar situations have occurred
In many other states. once In Maine. and
yet in all of them we think
a peaceful solution has bsen brapght
about. There is little doubt that what
tine legislature is contemplating is steal
pure and simple. which the supporters of
Gen. Taylor would be morally justified
In insisting by fierce. and yet in view OF
the deplorable consequences that might
now from such course 1t may be wiser
and more praissworthy to submit, after
exharsting all peaceful means of resis-
lance.
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OF course 10 was not 10 be expected
that the journals that have been attack
ing Secretary Gage would oeass after his
letter OF exr lanztion, notwithstanding
IL does, In the opinion Of cvery
fair Minded and impartial man,
relieve him fully from all suspicion Of
having done anything bus what he be-
lieved TO be, and what really was, for the
TEST interests Of the government. A
certain GLASS Of journals will never aban-
aon sensation simply because IL has no
basis of fact TO rest upon. A sensation
without such basis Is just ~ good for
their purpose as one with the best hasi 9
In the world. With few exceptions the
journals that have been attacking him
keep right on attaoking him, they
say that his explanation IL not sat
lsfsctory, nay more, some OF them say
that IL makes his case worse,
trusting that few people will read the ex
PLANTATION, while ruany will read their
false representation of it. But no one who
has read the Secretary's statement careful
~ " III have a lingering doubt either as to
tuo Va WV c&PSesSHSS
OF mis- action. furthermore the
reaser will find that what Secretary Gage
has done has teen done repeatedly By
other secretaries without causing SO much
as ripple OF criticism. II ons Is dis
posed to seek the origin Of this raid on
MIR. Gage he Will 1nd 1t In the fact that
one Of the banks In which some Of the
governments money was deposited Is
owned largely by PROMINENT stockholders
OF the Standard OIL corporation. The
whole secret Of the raid lies In the telief
on the part of the raiders that they could
by means OF 1t cast suspicion upon the
administration OF Icing friendly to
trusts. 1t turns out as u matter OF fact
that this bank secured as permanent
deposit less money than 10 was entitled TO
IN rr, portion to thu security 1t put up wi b
the government. Indeed tee whole "a b. 10
Of unlawfr lress, inexpediency and favor
itism which the yellow journals had Sd
carefully and industriously woven, Ia
completely demolished by the Secretary
clear and STRAIGHTFORWARD stf t,ment.
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The oil clal rep5rt of the killed and
wounded at LRdysmith Is much smaller
than the unefic al report gathered by the
new spapsrs. And 1t Is mt ch smaller In
pIoportlcn TO the length CT time the bat
Tie intinusd than has been the csse In
any other battle. Perhaps thu explanation
Is that tnis time the British were on the
defensive and fought for the most part
behind breastworks while In the others
thy have been the alta cting party and
have teen exposed to fire entirely un-
FRO! C ed.
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baps because Of Its being thus open 10
anyone, Of however lowiy estate, the Vic.
toria Cross IL NOT included In the list Of
"ordsrs" given in the works on herai-
dry.
Among the regiments Of the British
and Indian armies, the Ninth Lsncers,
otherwise called the Queen's Royals, and
Of disastrous fame In counsction with the
present war stands first on the list Of dis
junction as regards the Victoria Cross;
the south Wales Borderers formerly the
twenty fourth infantry, being second,
and the Black Watch (Royal Higoland-
ers) third. In point Of actual numbers
the Borderers reckon sixteen CROSSES TO
the thirteen Of tbs Queens Royals but
the former. being an infantry regiment,
with two hattalions. has more than twice
as many men on Its regimental books as
the latter, which gives the Queens RoJ-
oils the first place, after due allowance.
The Black Watch numbers ten CROSSE o.
OF the thirteen v. C.'s In the Queen q
Royals, all were won In ths Indian Mu-
tiny, except that OF Lori william Beres-
ford, n brother Of Lord Charles.
As long ago as the days OF Arab Paoha
and the hrst British-Egyptian war there
were loud complaints ttat the ambition to
Rnin this most envisd OF military dissinc-
lions was occasioning much reckless and
Improbable exposure OF lie. An old
British horse ARTILLERY non commissioned
officer, now living In New York who WAS
asked what he thought Of this view II
the Victoria Gross, simply pooh-p0ohed
the idea that com mi ssioned officer In the
British army would be so foolish as to
gamtls his life away for . decoration.
"Our officers know their duty bstter than
that" he sad. "And the men. they
have to obey orders, and they know 1t.
Why so many officers have been killed In
South Africa Is because they know the
men are all the tine looking for them to
lead them. A British SOLDIER will 90
through hell IL his officer tells him Go,
and the officers don't want to leave 1t TO
any body to say they themselves won't
face the danger they order the men into. !"
New York Tribune.
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THE DEMOCRATIC "y. c."
A Famous War Decoration Open 10
Everybody.

10 Americans the greatest msris OF the
famous British decoration Of ths Victoria
Cross must be the entirely democratic
character of its regulations. Among its
first recipients was negro, William Hall,
Of the naval brigade, which cut such a
heroic figure in the Indian mutiny. Sinos
that time 1t has been won by two other
oolored men, william Hodge Of the First
West India regiment. and william j.
Gordon OF the Fourth. OF shess three COL
ored "V. O.'s" the oldest, William Hall,
Is, If he is still living, very old man. A
photograph Of him taken In 1895 shows
him as a venerable, white wooded, but
still ersot and vigorous man. It is curl.
GUS that all three of thsss colored heroes
have the same first name, william. Per-
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Th9 English war ofli Is comm g In for
mu,a bltterer criticism than our war de-
pIrtrent during the Spanish wa. Theirs
4 very little In the way of aoout alton that
has not been broaght against 1t. The
principal charge against our war depart
m snt vas that it had not properly
licked after the commifsary department
and had not selected the hest places for
the CAMPS. Responsibility for defeat
could net he charged upon 1t for thsrs
fad been no defeats. But the English have
met nothing but defeat. The generals sent
cut ty the war oiiies haze proved inaom =
pstent 20 grappIe with the tactics of the
Beers and almost all their dispatches
hav. Ind to open with the melancholy
phrase, / regret to report" Probably
n was ths case with Secretary Alger, the
English war Office has been criticised for
"a go1i many things that 1t Ia not guilty
of but sclpsgoat must be had, and IL Is
the one most ounve alens.
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The British government decides thnt
food ltuifs in transit for a hostile desti-
nation can only be regarded as contra
band of war when they ara supplies for
the enemy's forces. This St ems to tie a de-
.'lsicn along the line OF common sense.
To furnish bel'igerent's force with food
sIufIs g TO furnish the bslligsrent assis-
lance Just as much as 1t would bs to
aupply him erms and explosives. There
fore when Ii is clear that the food stuffs
are meant for the bsliigerent's forces
there Is no rsasop why they should
be protected from. seizure any
more than any other fern of as
siftance. But unlike arms and
powder, food stuffs are necessary Of life
aud the setting up Of the right to seize
them generally on the sea would be tanta.
mount to setting up this right to deprive
innocent people Of thu neosssaries Of life
on the ground that unless all breadstuffs
wer g seized some might get into the
hands of the ensmy's forces fhs ma lions
OF the world could not afford to conoede
such q right as thkt. least Of all England,
whose people arc largely dependent upon
bresdstutfs brought to them In ships for
their existence.
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Washington. January IL. Lieut. Gill
more. formerly of the Yorktown. and for
many months prisoner In the hands of
the Tagals. has been asoigned to tsmpor-
arr duty ON the Glacier.
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-08-01

WASHINGTON, July Sl.---Doubt has
given way to feeling akin TO certainty
that the legationers at PelSin and the
gallant marines who managed to reach
the Chinese capital just in the nick
of time. We're not only alive on July %,
but In all probability are still alive
and likely TO remain so until they are
released from their state Of siege.
The officials here feel certain that the
attack by the Chinese on the legations
will not be renewed.
The officials here. while anxious that
the movement on PelSin should begin at
cnce, do not attach credence to the
rumor mentioned by General Chaffee
that forward march was to begin
today. There are two reasons for the
In the first place, Chaffee's
force, his splendid cavalry and his bat
talon Of artillery, are exactly what are
needed to strengthen the weak spot in
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-08-01
British and Americans Will Start
Alone II Others Refuse.
CANTON'S vICEROY FRIENDLY
Mlnlsisrs Have Food but Little Ammunition
Death Threatened 10 Ministers II Allies
Advance Cipher Dispatches Not
10 Be Delivered 10 Them.

LONDON. August 1.-The sensational
Shanghai correspondent stu hints tina,
the Chinese are Juggling with dates.
but IN the'face Of constantly accumu-
latlng evidence that the ministers were
safe July %. and despite the omission
from all dispatches Of anxiously deslr-
ed information regarding the real Sit
uatlon. political or otherwise, at Pekin.
there are very few IN London who do not
believe the dispatches genuine and re-
liable.
The allies nov confront most din
cult and dangerous problem. With
cut 1oub, the ministers are held by
the Chinese as hostages. and the out
come of the advance on Pekln, which
In all probability has already begun.
Will be awaited with intense anxiety.
Today'r dispatches show that the al
Hes. notably the Japanese. have been
pushing their preparations with fever
lsh haste, organizing service OF pack
cars. trains and junks.
II Is reported from Berlin that Lieu
tenant-General Won Lessel. command
Ing the German forces in China, whom
Emperor William has Just promoted TO
the rank Of general commanding army
corps. has been selected as commander
Iii-chlef Of the allied forces.
The Chinese are strongly entrenched
at Wang Tsun. from which position.
however. II Is believed they can be
elected without great difficulty. The
danger Is that II defeated there, the
Chinese viii retire TO Pekin and put
the remainder Of the Europeans to
death.
II Is also possible that the advance
Of the allies WIN be the signal for the
Chinese authorities TO compel all for
elgners TO quit the capital, in which
event they might become the prey OF
fan0tical Boxers.
The feeling Of newspapers here is that
nothing whatever should now delay
the advance. and that no negotiations
OF any kind should be countenanced
until the allied troops reach Pekin and
assure themselves regarding the fate OF
the foreigners
Important additional confirmation of
the safety cf the legations was recelv-
Cd In London last evening by Duncan
Campbell representative in Europe OF
the Chinese customs service. from the
commissioner Of customs at Che Foo,
In the shape OF a PelSin dispatch not
dated. bu; believed TO have been writ
ten July o. signed by both Sir Robert !
Hart inspeotor-general Of customs, and ,
Robert Bredon, deputy inspector-gener- /
al. to the following effect: STAFF and
family still safe" This has been con-
nrmed by the commissioner Of customs /
in Shanghai who telegraphed last
evening: Authentic, inspector-general :
safe 22nd' /
Tlen Tsin advicts say that General
Sir Alfred Gazlee and stan, together
with large foreign reinfcrcements. ar ,
rived there July 2S.
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the international column. In the Sec
ond place. some OF the foreign COM
manders are still OF the opinion that
they cannot begin the campaign before
the last week IN August at the earliest.
The United States government has not
acceded 20 this view. and IL relaxing
no effort 70 bring about change Of
plans on this point.
a rather startling proposition was ad-
vanced today which. n adopted. might
put at onee TO the test the Chinese
profession that the Roxers and not the
Chinese government are responsible for
what has happened In Pekln. This was
10 the effect that the Chinese govern
msnt should be Informed that The In
ternationnl force was prepared to take
that government at It's word and 10
join forces with Il In crushing out the
insurrectlon.
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PLAN TO MURDER
four MORE RULERS
Assassination Of King humbert
Part Of a Big Plot.
ANARCHISTS ENDORSE BRESSI
Ne Had an American Wife 10 New Jersey
Paterson Anarchists Declare That
Al Monarehs Must Die
Europe fOrrified.

ROME. July Si.-Bresa was born in
Prato in 1859.
He was denounced in 1895 as dan
gerous rioter and deported to the ISL
and Of Pantellaria. In 1896 he was
liberated under amnesty after the bat
tie OF Adowa. and in 1897 he went TO
the United States.
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WASHINGTON, July s1,-Adjutant-
General, Corbin today received a dis
patch from Lieutenant Colonel Coolidge,
commanding the Ninth Infantry at
Tisn Tsin. II came by way of Che
Foo, and is as follows;
Tien Tsin, July 27.-The following let
ter of Leutenant-ColoRel Shiba, mill
tary attache at the legation of Pekin.
dated July IS, arrived at Tien Tsin
on the 25th. at o'clock in the evening:
"Pekin, July 20, evening.-we are all
awaiting impatiently the arrival of the
reinforcing army When are you COM
ing All the legations have been block
AIDED since the 18th of last month, and
since the 2Oth we have been attacked
continually night and DAY by Chinese
soldiers from more than ten encamp-
ments. BY a supreme effort We are
still defending. We are daily waiting
with the greatest anxiety the arrival
of reinforcements, and II vou can't
reach mere IN less tnan weeks time
1t is probable that we win be unable
to hold out any longer. The emperor
and empress dowager appear IL be
still at Peltin. Were our reinforce
ments to arrive it is very probable ;hey
would aee to Wan Shoshan. Up to
date there are eight killed, enc cap
tain of infantry and an ambassador at
tache; seven seriously wounded. the
first secretary Of the legation being one
OF the twenty slightly wounded.
"l'he number of Europeans killed is
sixty In all"
PARIS, July Sl,-'According to dis