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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29

WASHINGTON. July 2s- Today
brought forth the usual crop OF edicts
ana reports from various quarters. and
the usual visit from Minister WI to the
state department. bearing directly upon
the welfare Of the ministers IN Pekin.
This constantly growing mass OF as
sertlon is beginning 10 have cumu
latlve effect upon the skeptics. and
there Is noticeably more hopeful view
taken of the state OF affairs today.
beyond the fact that It Is scarcely
conceivable that Chinese authorities
should persist In repeating and
strengthening these stories up to the
rapidly approaching moment when the
whole truth must be disclosed by 9TH
er agencies. II appeared upon careful
consideration Of the reports that there
was little more ground for hope as
to the safety OF Mr.. Conger and his col
leagues at Pekin today than there was
yesterday
The depressing fact Is always In mind
that the Chinese authorities by their
statements are able 10 communicate
with legationers. but for some myster-
lous reason do not permit these un-
fortunates TO communicate with their
own governments.
Minister Wu's statement that Chinese
methods are different from our own is
scarcely sufficient for the officials here,
The minister. however. is honestly try
Ing TO get further communication
through from Mr.. Conger and It may
be that success In this undertaking
will afford him brilliant vindicatlon.
While the positive statement is made
tina: 1t Is not the present Intention to
send any more troops from Manila to
China. at the same time II Is known
that all contingencies have been can
vassed and that, If an emergency
should arise in China which
made Il imperative to have additional
troops, they win be drawn from the
Philippines for temporary duty at least.
General Macarthur has been advised
by Secretary Root TO maintain suffi-
cient transports to carry supplies be-
tween Manila ana Taku,
BERLIN. July 2S.-Emperor Williams
ad1rass 10 the soldiers comprising the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29
NATIONAL CIVIL FEDERATION.
Leading Questions of the Day Will B'
Thoroughly Discussed.

CHICAGO, July 2s.-The committee
on organization of the National Civic
Federation announces the executive
council or governing body for that
organization. The council will act un-
til the first annual meeting, and is
as follows:
A. C. Bartlett, P. 1. Bonebrake, Jas.
II. Bowman. d. Russell Brown, ]. w.
Cutrer Edward F. Dunno, James P.
Eagle, James H. Eckels, William D.
Foulke, Harry A. Garfield, Samuel
Gompers, Frank w. Gunsaulus, VIII
liam r. Harper, Abram S. Hewitt.
Frederick W. Hollis, William wirthowe,
Clark Howell. Samuel insult, Theodore
C. Search. Willis ]. Abbott, William
F. King, Edward Rosewater, John Ire
land, jeremiah W. jerks, Aaron Jones.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29
OAKLAND RACES.
Six stakes win Be Contested for at the
Fan Meet.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 2s.-The Cal
ifornia Jockey Club has announced a
list Of six stakes to be contested for at
Oakland during the fan meeting Of 1900.
which opens November Q. Entries win
close at midnight. September II.
Opening handicap. three-year-olds
and upwards. one mile. purse $500.
Produce Exchange stake. two-year-
oIds that have not won a stake. six
furlongs. purse $1,000.
Golden Gate selling stake, three-year-
olds and upwards, seven furlongs. purse
1900.
Emeryville handicap stake. two-year-
olds and upwards. one mile. purse $1,000.
Burlingame selling stake. three-year-
olds and upwards. one mile and a
sixteenth, purse $1,000
New Year handicap. two-year-oIds
and upwards. one mile and IN eighth,
purse 5000.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29

ere message for date which sheng
chose to assign to II.
Sir Claude Macdonald, who was a SOL
dler before he Was diplomat, ex-
plains what veterans In the China SER
vice have been unable 70 understand.
nemely, his method Of successful de-
fense for period Of at least nineteen
days. From the opening Of the seige
the embassy guards occupied and held
portion Of the city wall, and from
this bastion commanded the open spaces
around the British and Russian in
closures. and also prevented artillery
and rifle fire from the high positions
close at hand. The Chinese had been
rsing a three-inch gun, but had not
succeeded In organizing an effective
attack. Veterans Of the service who
knew every foot OF space in the Brit.
lsh inclosure were amazed Ny the evi-
dence ina, tie assault upon the three
legation emtIsgles had been feeble, AMI
were disposed 10 believe that the dan
ger might have been exaggerated on
July 8, Just as It had been on June "a,
when Sir Robert Hart sent his
despairing appeal for rescue.
The japanese minister gave express
sion yesterdSs to apprehension that
the worst had happened in Pekin. but
he did not refer to any special sources
Of information in his possession. Dis
patches until late hour threw little
light upon the situation.
The representatives OF the foreign
office in Parliament were silent, but /
learned from the best sources Of in
formation that the feeling there was
one Of hopelessness and bewilderment.
and that the massacre Of the legations
was regarded as highly probable, and
Imprisonment 81 the remnant Of the
foreign garrison as barely possible.
The sky is so heavily clouded with
the mystery Of China. the interminable
guerrilla warfare in South Africa and
the famine in India. that it is hardly
necessary for Earl Wemyss to borrow
trouble over the chances OF an invas-
ion OF England next November and the
insufficiency OF the home defenses.
Lord Salisbury has attempted to break
the force OF these outcries Of alarm by
Jest about danger from shooting stars
In that month, but Lord Rosebery has
rehnked him for lII-timed optimism.
The curious debate in the house Of
lords yesterday has reflected the omin-
Gus talk OF sudden attack from
France, when the home defences are
the weakest. Probably these alarms
merely indicate the excessive strain
10 which Englishmen have been sub
jected during the last ten months.
Enormous purchases Of Welsh coal by
the Paris government. and weli-authen-
ticated reports that Dover and other
channel fortihcations have been secret
ly surveyed and charted by French
naval experts, and reports made upon
the defenses OF Liverpool and other
ports. are facts upon which the alarm
lists lay stress, but the stock markets
are not Influenced by these sinister
speculations.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29

LONDON. July 2s.--IIopes Of Europe
FOR the safety Of at least some Of the
ministers OF the legations at Pekln'
which earlier In the week had com
menced TO revive. are now nickerlng
and NJ the point Of extinguIshment
II haA been pointed out that there has
been ample time 10 get authentic mes
sages signed and dated by the min
lsters.
THIS IL the contamination OF Chinese
assurances that viii be acceptable. I'm
IN such adyices have been received.
or until the ministers have been hand
ed over IN ;he flesh. the general pub
lie ard governments interested viii not
attach any credence 10 further Chinese
statements. or consent TO stay prcpara-
,lons for the advance Of relief force
toward Pekin.
The latest story originating In other
than Chinese sources. Is a special dis
patch from Che Foo. dated July "a
according TO which Missionary Wilder.
who started FOR Pekln fortnight
ago. has lust returned and reports that
he found the imperial Chinese forces
completely surrounding the Tartar city,
He was unable TO deliver a message
10 the legation and In reply TO his
entreatles the Chinese said they could
not allow any one TO pass 10 the for.
eigners According TO reports the at
tack on the LEGATIONS ceased on the af-
ternoon Of July H. Everything was
aulc, during the remainder OF Mission
airy wilder's stay. When he left on
July Is decree had been issued COM
mandInR all persons to protect foreign
ers in China.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29
F1LIP1Nos GIVE A BANQUET.
Failure Because No Political Speeches
Were Permitted.

MANILA, July 2S.-The banquet in
commemoyation of the amnesty proved
failure owing to a misunderstanding
between the Filipinos rendering it and
the American civil and military au-
thorities regarding the speeches.
After two hours delay the banquet
was finally finished. Commissioners
Taft and Wright and General MacAr-
thur were in attendance.
No political speeches were made.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29

NEW YORK. July ga dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
The necessity for censorship OF
press dispatches from Shanghai has
been proven dy the untrustworthiness Of
all accounts of the massacre alleged to
have occurred on July 9Th. The for
eign offices of Europe must now ad-
NIT that they have been themselves
deceived by sensational journalism.
credulous as the state department
may have been In accepting Mr.. Cong
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29
QUIET AT NEW ORLEANS.
Militia and Special officers VIII Be Re
tanned for the Present.

NEW ORLEANS. July 2S.-Mob vio-
lence seems to have spent itself and
the city tonight is quiet. Mayor Cap
deville said today that he had no in
tention Of disbanding the special po-
lice or discharging the militia until
the last vestige of mob violence had dis
appeared.
Mayor Capdeville issued two procla-
nations. one ordering all bar-rOoms
closed at 2 o'clock and remaining clos
ed until after o'clock Monday morn
ing.
The other proclamation requested all
merchants to close their respective
places Of business at 6 p, m. and keep
them closed until a. m. Monday.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29
DEMOCRATS GOT A BIG cHEcE
Senator Clark of Montana Says H,
May Have Given Them
100000.

NEW YORK. July 2S.-w. A, Clark.
Of Montana. left today on the Lucania
for a vacation in Europe. Before sail
ing Clark said to an Evening World
reporter:
Yes. 1 may have given check for
100000 to the Democratic campaign
fund. Perhaps it was for more than
that amount. I sent a contribution"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29
REGISTRATION UNNECESSARY.
Supreme Court Of California Declares
the Law Unconstitutional When
Applied to Primary Elec-
tiOnS

SAN FRANCISCO. July 2S.-The su-
preme court of California has declar-
ed that the stratton law. which pro-
vides for registration for primary cleo
tions, is unconstitutional. on the ground
that the legislature cannot interfere
with the internal regulations of poll
teal parties.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29

NEW YORK. July ga dispatch to
the Herald from Shanghai says:
Twenty-Five thousand armed Chinese
are concentrated some distance from
here. A competent military authority
declares that precautions taken for de-
Tending Shanghai are insufficient.
While the existing operations show
the emptiness of the Russian bubble,
they fully confirm all that has been
foreseen Of Japanese power. 1t is Of
fially stated that Russia can provide
only $500 men altogether. unless rein
forced from Europe, Officials of Cen
trail China, while strenuous in their
efforts to preserve peace, are at the
same time preparing for possible war
by collecting arms and munitions and
strengthening the forts at Woo Sung,
Kiang Gin and other points on the
Yangtse. Admiral Seymour cannot in
terfere while war has not been declared.
News of the murder of missionaries
is continuously arriving.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29
sALMoN STRIKE OFF.
Settled at Westminster but Continues
at Steveston.

VANCOUVER, B, C. July 2s.-The
fishermen's union Of New Wastmins-
ter. after a prolonged session this af-
ternoon. declared Off the Fraser river
salmon strike. but the membership Of
that union is not nearly so large as
that of the union at Steveston. The
strike situation at Steveston remains
the same.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29

NEW YORK. July 2S.-The Tribune
publishes the following dispatch from
Ii Hung Chang. dated Shanghai. July
q, and received at l:l5 this morning:
"Pekin reports ministers alive. Safe
ty assured. Allied forces entrance Pc
kin Unnecessary"
This dispatch was in answer to a
message sent three days ago to the
viceroy asking for a statement as to
the safety OF foreigners in Pekin.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO.
Leaves Train Of Destruction 81 Miles
Long and Four Miles Wide

HILLsBoRo. n. Da.. July ga TOR.
nado passed through Trail county yes
terday afternoon and across the river
into Minnesota where 1t split into two
parts. The path Of the storm in Trail
county was 81 miles long and four miles
wide. Three miles north OF Caledonia.
the house Of Thomas Everson was de-
molished and his T-year-old son killed.
At Caledonia the city hall and Presby-
teriaI church were wrecked and near
Is every building in town injured.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29
PROSECUTION RESTS CASE.
Powers Win Present His Defense in the
Goebel Murder Case Tomorrow.

GEORGETOWN. KY. July 2S.-The
prosecution in the trial of ex-Secre-
tary of State Powers, charged with be-
ing accessory to the murder of William
Goebel, concluded its evidence in chief
this afternoon. The defendant will
take the stand Monday and testify in
his own behalf.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29
WHEAT MARKET.

PORTLAND, July 2S.-wheat, walla
wana, 55c a Sc; Valley. soc; blue
stem, SOC,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29
PRICE OF SILVER

NEW YORK. July ss.-siIver. sos.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29
DEFINITE INFORMATION THAT ATTACK
ON The LEGATIONS CEASED JULY "A
Whether Ministers Were Then All Slain Rescued and Removed
by Imperial Troops is Not Yet Known.
GERMAN PRESS CONDEMNS THE EMPERORS BEHAVIOR

Feeling Against United Oermn Hung Chang No Longer Trusted
VIII Made This weekLOSdOn DesVOndni Washington
nOpsiu-caa Which Produce the Ministers
"A Chinese Army Now The Road to Shanghai
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BERLIN. July 2S.-Emperor Williams
address to the soldiers comprising the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-29
NOTTOA


MOTTO
Books, Periodicals, Magazines @c1
Are Motto be Taken From The
Library without /. ai5sion any
one t~-nd guilty OF Jeh otfensei
Will be liable to prosecution
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-18
DOCTORS RANoUET.
The Eighteenth Annual of Chicago
College.

Chicago, April 1s--The eighteenth an
nual banquet of the College of Ply
sicians and Surgeons at the Auditorium
last night was for the first time a Uni
versity of Illinois event Three hundred
of the members of the graduating class,
alumni and faculty were present. DR.
Frank B. Earle presided. President
Andrew S. Draper, of the University of
Illinois, responded to the toast Our
Adopted Child" James H EckeIs, the
former comptroller of the currency, one
of the guests of the evening, answered
to the toast what the University
Should do for the State" Mr.. Eckels
stated that While citizens were prone
to complain against tax burdens, taxes
assessed for educational purposes were
paid without complaint The people,
said Mr. Eckels, might criticiSe the
manner in which educational funds
they were spent in a manner to ac-
complish the most good, but the neceS-
sity of increased expenditure for edu-
catiOnal purposes was never questioned
Mr.. EckeIs also declared that it was the
duty of a governor to be more mindful
of the needs and care Of the state in
StitutionS than Of partisan advantages.
Judge Elbridge Hanecy, a gubeTna-
torial candidate, in his address said
that the state should have upon its
statutes a law which should secure a
fixed income to the state university,
and not compel the maintenance OF a
lobby to secure the necessary appropri-
alton for the needs Of the institution
Prof. Victor C. Vaughan, dead of the
medical school of the University of
Michigan, answered to the toast Our
Sister Institutions"
Professor Vaughan referred to the
alarming figures of mortality from con
sumption and typhoid in the United
| States, and he advocated the extension
! of medical knowledge in the interest OF
| the human race. He declared that
| Chicago should have a great municipal
| laboratory, such as exists in Berlin, and
| urged better sanitary surroundings for
/ ChicagO's squalid districts.
| The other toasts We're: "CO-edUca-
ton" Dr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson;
| 1.-The Old Doctor and the New" Rev
| Frank Dewitt Talmage-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-18
FINLEY WILL RETURN
But Is Opposed to Being Shut Up in
Iail

Indianapolis. April 1s.-Charles Fin
ley ex-secretary of the state of Ken
lucky who has been in this city for sew
eral weeks and has been notified of the
indictment that has been returned
against him and other Kentucky Re
publicans, was called upon today by
Kentucky Republicans who are in this
city.
7 intend to return to Kentucky and
face the Indictment against me-" he
said today. My mind has not been
changed by the news of the indictment
1 have all along intended to go back
to my state. I cannot say just when I
shall go, but probably not until the
time for the trial on the indictment. for
1 am not willing to go back and be
thrown into jail. When the time for the
trial comes, however. I shall go to Ken
lucky and defend myself against the
unjust charges they have brought
against me"
Mr.. Finley said further that he had no
doubt that he would have been thrown
into jail like Powers and Davis were
in Lexington, had it not been simply
by chance, private interests had brought
him into Indiana
Mr. Finley declined to say whether he
expected Governor Beckham would
make another attempt to remove him
from Indiana by requisftfon-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-18
IUDGMENT REVERSED
In a Suit For Libel Against the volks
Zeitung.


New York. April 1S.-The Socialistic
Co-operative association publisher of
the New York Volks Zeitung, has Sc
cured from the appellate term of the
supreme court reversal of the judg-
ment awarded against it to Samuel
Prince a labor leader who claimed to
be damaged by the publication in the
Volks Zeitung of an alleged lbelous let
ter addressed to the members Of the
Cigarmakers' International union. In
this letter his manner Of conducting
business was criticized, and he was
called a tenement house boss" and a
miserable scab." Justice Beekman of
the appellate tribunal referred to the
fact that testimony Eas given on the
trial as to the significance of the word
"scab" as indicating a person who was
on OutcaSt to be stunned by his fell
lows. 1t was unnecessary, he said to
have recourse to evidence of that des-
cription. The term was one of ancient
origin in its application to persons Of i'll
repute, meaning "paltry or shabby fell
low" It was entirely free from doubt,
the court said, that the publica ton was
libelous per Sc. The reversal was or
dered. mainly, because of the improper
admission in evidence on the part of
-lTLuuoo g 10 1I0d9I 5q1 10 Ulu!BId 9Ql
tee favorable to him in reference to GER
tain charges. 1t was also held that the
courts instruction to the jury that even
though they should be satisfied from the
proof that there was no actual malice,
and that the libel was not published
Wantonly or recklessly without due in
quiry, they might still award punitive
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-18
NO ALARM FELT.
England Thinks Russia Isn't Ready
to Advance on India.

TO ADVANCE on 1nQ1a.
New York.April 1S.-A dispatch to the
Tribune from London says:
The vacuum created by the shrinkage
of war news is filed with dispatches
far afieId and with political rurnors and
gossip The Times publishes the text of
a letter from the Amer of Afghanistan
commenting upon British indifference
to Russian aggression and conveying
the significant hint to the Indian gov
eminent that the present is the time for
deeds, not for talk. The thoroughly en-
tertained opinion in diplomatic circles
is that Russia will not take advantages
of the British situation in South Africa
but will wait until the end of war or
until the time comes for the division of
Portuguese territory in South Africa
between Germany and England. Rus
STA will then offset the British and Ger
man gains in this territory by ordering
an advance on Herat and by strength
ening her grip upon Persia
Berlin dispatches disclose the unwil-
lineness of the German government to
receive the Boer peace delegates
There is an interesting political rt1nor
relating to charge in the liberal lead
ership. Tt is stated that Sir Henry
pbell-Bannerman has decided to
withdraw in favor of Sir Edward Grey
/ and that secret arrangements have been
made for d liberal dinner on May 2 the
/ day when Lord Rosebery will be the
+ chief speaker at the Australian fedora
! ton luncheon and that there will be a
I conference with all the leading men of
the party present except Sir William
/ Harcourt and John Morley A runor
/ that the invitations to this dinner have
/ been Issued by Lord Rosebery. Sir Hen
/ ~ CampbelI-Bannerman and Sir Ed
4 ward Grey is not confirmed and the
| Liberal leadership has not yet been
/ flung into the lottery politics. Sir Ed
4 ward Grey is thOrough-going radical
/ on domestic questions as well as a lib
| eral imperialist of the Rosebery type.
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CONTRADICTORY REPORTS
Come From Southern Train Officials
and Telegraph Operators.

Atlanta, Ga. April 1s.-Contradictory
reports regarding the strike of the tel
egrap piers on the Southern railway con-
tinued today to enanate from his head
quarters of President Powell, of the Or
der of Railway Telegraphers and from
the railroad officials
Mr.. Powell said today that freight
traffic on the Southern is paralyzed de-
spite the reports of the Southern rail-
way to the contrary. The railroad Off
Gals, say they are operating their
trains as heretofore.
President Powell said that through
his attorney he would file a suit against
the Southern railway for $50, 600 dam
ages on account of an article appearing
in a local newspaper of the 18th at
tempting to brand him as a criminal
Out OF SO operators on the Asheville
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WHITE SLAVES
Escape From Their Masters at San
Francisco

San Francisco. April 1S.-The steam
er Doric was to have had among her
passengers 26 contract Iaborers when
she sailed for the Orient. The men are
Australians and came to the United
States under contract to work in the
Hawaiian cane fields. When they
reached here they learned what they
would have to do in the islands, and all
made a break for liberty. Eleven OF
them are still at large. The other Is are
locked up in the forepeak of the ship
with a strong guard over them The
Southern Pacific officers are now on the
trail of the escapes and if they are
caught they Will be sent to Honolulu on
the next steamer.
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Racing at Aqueduct.

New York, April 1s.-Results at Aque-
duct:
First-Five and a half furlongs. SELL
ing: Brisk won; Sparrowwing, second; ;
Robert Metcalf, third. Time. ITO 20
Second-Four and a half furlongs,
selling: Ashes won; William Ack, sec
ond: Remsen, third. Time, .5S.
Third-About seven furlOngs. selling
First Whip won; Gold Lack, second;
Lindu, third Time, LIS rs.
Fourth-One mile and seventy yards,
selling: Hold Up Won; Trumpet. Sec
ond: Tony Honig, third. Time, 1:49 40
Fifth-Six furlongs, selling: Cupidity
won; Jamaica, second; Instruction.
third Time. LII.
Sixth-Four and. a half furlongs:
Gracious won; Connie, second; Horsa,
third Time. SO.