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AST0U1A. 0KK00N, TUXSDAY. APRIL 17, 1900
NO. 27 1
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ESSES
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fri "ft
Cards and Booklets
Bibles, Prayer Books
Devotional
and Religious Books
GRIFFIN & REED
(5)
E honAi" v". R"e?'bu
"La Belle Astoria" Clfar
Scheme's Opera Star
Scheme's Special
And Other Brand.
POWER OF BOERS
IS DECREASING
Roberts lias Spread His Net Tar
and Wide.
THE ENEMY IS RETREATING
Rspla Advance oa Pretoria Will Be Impof
slble, Owlrtf lo the Lack ol Horses, the
F.ormoiii Dcma.d (or Wbkb
Cimol Bf Flllea.
LO.Mmi.V, Anil 17. 4:15 a, m.-Lord
Roberts ha spread his net far and
wide to catch the adventurous com
nmiiili that hicve been "nuking nils
chief In tin H-iuili.-.iKti-rn part of the
Free :nt-. Tli- iivt tias not yet been
drawn In, but ht the halU irlerg of
Lrd Robert. tti Impression exists that
the power of the H.. ra I. decreasing.
Evidently th.i feeling at Hloemfon-t-ln
U that the disposition of Lord
HulHrtM forces ore such a to enable
him to concentrate u large fori" rapid
ly at any ilnt. Tim lto.r. tnlnu
a wan- vf (Mm, iiio pruumvl to be
ItilnkitiK now rlilt-lly of ri'troaU
Tin1 Invt-nlimnt of Wepvni-r, uooord
Inif lo a lul dixpatch front liloem
font. in. Iwia aliMolutvty Vt,i aban-
tloilrd.
rhra rtiMirti com from Natal, we
axd-rtlnit Hint the Tlora have Ttlred
In-yiind (lie IllKKarHtMTK ranx: uad an-otht-r
ituylnir thnt Rome of thvm are
hiw to I-JiJynrnllh.
Iiiidin wait confidently fur the aK
himi Immmllato announa-mimt of ueam
favoiKbl to !! HrltUh.
DlHtruNt eiclhtK, however, h to ny
rapid, ronilntioua advance toward Pre
toria, chiefly ,n ai-ruunt fr the lark of
bora-?, many of which iir In the roume
of the lonf voyage. Lrttera frrro the
t'a aay that the ihne day Jour
my by rail la made In opn trurka,
that arrantmrnta for feed In com! wa
tering an Inadequate and Wat tlw
unfnrtuniiie nniinule bn-ak down rapid
ly In coniMMjurnoe of theae liardahlfa.
lefl(e the enerny of tta buyer
abroad, the war tr?lfe forwea much
dllTlrulty In aupplylng the enormous
number of horaea required.
IloKItS ltETRK.T AT 'fl'EPII.N'EI!,
LONDON. Aprtl 1.-A Klm-mftinteln
i-orn-HMiiileiit if th. Siandard, tele-
KraphlnK Monday, aaya.
Tlie Hot-ra are in full rt'troat from
Wep.-ner, huKplrif th ltawutiilarid bor
der.
llST FtXT THE E1I-L.
South AfrUaa Wlnera and Otla-r Cnpl-
. Itallme Will Ha-e to Tiy for
the War.
NEW VOllX. Aprtl 18.-K dlapaU-h
to the Tribune from London ayi:
While there i a complete ahrinkage
of war newa. there la much .ulet dla
ruaslon among South A f Henna In Lon
don respecting the future . mining
Industries after the clo of hostllltlea.
Mr. llhodi has buen conferring with
Alfred Iklt aad other large capitalists,
but hla views are not knowa. Mine
owners are retVent from a good caiiBo.
for they know from the speeches of
the chantH-llor of the exchefluer and
the tone of the press that there Is a
deliberate Intention of bleetlhig the
capitalists so far as povelble In settling
the bill of exix-tMH'ji ju" the war.
There are oftT, two interests In the
Dutch republlea which tan be levied
upon when the Indemnities are uaaessed
for the cost of tbe war and tir -dum-ases
to property In Natal and Tape
t'olony; these are the railway and
mines.
The railway In the Free State la
owned by a government, which, as
iJciieral Huberts has declared, no long
er exists. A portion of It, with rolllBK
stock, has been selred by the British
army and as Oeneral Roberts' advances
to the Vanl the remainder of It wtU
full into his possession.
This state railway with tta potential
earalnK and resources may be regard
ed as a valuable asset In possession of
tho Ui'lUsli government. When the
Transvaal Is Invaded, the railways be
longing to the Netherlands company,
will nlso be seized, and these In time
Special
IRON BEDSTEADS, $3.15
Oak Cobbler Seat Arm Rockers, $1.75
CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON
. 591-895 COMMERCIAL STREET
of peace were coinpellrd to pay 80
mt cent of their profits to the Trans
vaal government. . ftouth Africans as
sert that this M per cent will go here
Uter to the I.'rltlsh government.
The main resources for meeting a
war Indemnity will be the mines. Well
Informed Houth Africans state that the
nnnuul expenditure of the Transvaal
government In lecent years have been
about $22.M),iM and, under British ad
ministration at leusf $7,fi00,W0 can be
saved. This margin 111 allow the pay
ment of Interest on an Indemnity loan
of iJ'W.'fO.W'. but the total cost of the
war cannot be less than .'00,W)0,000.
Without thise mines and railways
there would ! no possible resource
for meeting an Indemnity,
WKUKTiCK AND HUT AN.
ilope of the Transvnalers That They
Will Involve America In the War.
LONDON. April 10.-A ur;nc(i
Manues corresponden; ftf lhft VuUy
Mull. tel. grn,,,, (,,m,lay nayv.
T,"4 tone of the Standard and Dig
ger New shows thut the Transvaal
government Is relying strongly Upon
American Intervention. Or-at results
are exiected from the campaign of
Webster Davis and from the presi
dential contest. .
THE l'UKtfBYTKRIAN FAITH.
Movement
to AWtsh the
ter Nnfeslon.
Westmlns-
flllOAOO, -April 1.-Dr. W, C. Orey,
editor nf the Interior, has preared for
this wvek'a issue of that paper an
editorial In which be announce Unit
lb Inrt'ftr will advocate & movraent
ti. sutwftute a trl-f evangelical i-reed
f the l'resbyterian type of liught
and 'eTpreislon for the Westminster
conreslon of faith. 1I gives live aep
arUte reasons fur thal'demaixl.
Sfeaklng ol the aabjeel, i)r. Orey
saM last nlgfet that the hurche In
Scotland relieved taemsehea of objec
tionable stan-menta In (he confessljn
by adopting a aiplemviury and an
explanitory siatewent, wklch thus be
came their working ciwhI. The Pres
b)terU -church of England set the
confewaicta aald wud, formulated a new.
brief I'ouc whloti Is nr' the doctrinal
s)-mtxil t the -hurch. Dr. Orey sjwke
of the itaefTecUial steps taken t-n years
au hr the Northern Presbyterian
Church to revise the confession, ana
d lured that peook- now demand
krelliy, cluarness rnl simplicity in
docuiinul nttitementa
W'tille -the mills' incident did ut
crutkte a -demand -tor a brief deed,"
he xvniiliiu.'d, "It revealed a degree of
uilMinderslandlng -und confusion that
mtivls clearing up."
WlUC MILL9 SHUT DOWX,
Tavelve IFuvtorivs Close on Acc.caiut of
Over-Production.
NEW YOllK, Afirll 1.-J.jan W.
Sates, 'president f the American Steel
'lre Campany ..today ;on:lrmed the
statement that. twelve mills bad been
abut dn. Tlu-r are located :at yitta-
Uutg. CJevelaniUJollet, Waukeun, 111.,
Uekalb. ;lll., Newhrastle, IniL. juid Art-
IursoD, 41n J.
Gatoa .ald toe -ause cf the dosing
down tot the talQs was o;r sroduo-
aiun. .It is said 4,000 enipleyes are
rfdtected fby the. abut down.
NEW .YOUK'B GREAT LOSS.
rSo .More Prize. Fight Permita Can He
OUtalned. In That State.
XKW .YORK. April 16.-The Vw.rd of
lsaice commissioners today refused the'
ujiplkutlon of the. Coney Island sport-'
lug club for a permit from May 1 to
Sejaumber 4, when the anti-boxing law
will go. Inta effect.
It is probable all famllar applications
will .be refused.
ASkOTUWt FILIPtKO REPULSE.
MA3ILA, .aprll R-rOeneral Young
report .that 100 Insurgent riflemen
and Uwlomun attacked the American
garrloa at UiUoo, In , the province of
North Douoa, jiesterday but were re
pulsed, toning JW6 mei). The Ameri
cans had no .casualties.
DR. HIUI3 IS.WT.
CHICAGO, Apri 16.-The name . of
Dr. Hillis, of Brooklyn, was today
ei-ased from Jhe' foils of the Chicago
Presbytery at' Ws teciuest.
Week Only-
SULZER AGAIN
IN EVIDENCE
He Creates Another Scene
Couer d'AIene Hearing.
at
SOME SCANDALOUS CHARGES
Democratic Governor Charges' WHk Forjlox
Mamei to Pctllios lor Federal Troops'
Reteollofl-dmportiBl WitacH
Gives Jfttiwftiy.
WAHHINOTON, April 16.-An excit
ing controversy occurred at the after
nwh session of the Couer d'AIene In
vestigation, when the petition to the
secretary o fwar from several hundred
citizens of the Couer d'AIene d.strlct
asking for the retention of th fed
eral troops was presented In evidence.
Representative Sulzer denounced the
petition as "bogus and fraudulent," de
claring that many of the signatures
were forgeries and that other names
had Wen secured by Intimidation. He
asked to Introduce aflUlallu attack
ing the petition, but bfter an animated
cifitroversy, these were ruled -ut, the
vote being on party lines.
A motion by Sulzer, calling on the
president for the alTldavlts bearing on
the petition, was simlliariy ' voted
down by the committers Sulzer sharp
ly commented on the course of the
majority and bis exchanges with Act
ing Chairman Marsh were at times
personal and emphatic. Messra. Sul
er and t "apron also had severol words
of colloquy.
Dr. Hugh FVunce, who Is regarded
as an imimrean witness, vince he act
ed as coroaer when the Bunker hill
mill was Mown up, and shared with
iiartlett Sinclair in the direction of the
affair Mlowlng that event, was put
on the tand.
Dr. France sakl he was graduated
from Cellevue hifepiul. New York; and
he denied being In the cmptoy of the
Bunker Hill mine, as had been alleged.
and mid he was chosen by the mln
ers as their physician . and furgeon,
receiving his pay from them.
I? described the warfare between
the union and non-union men, culm!
nrting with the march on Bunker Hill
aad the dynamiting of the concentra-
Dr. France defended the work of the
coroner's Jury againat the crlUctsnu
4rxide during the testimony, and ex
plained the regularity of the various
steps taken.
LATE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION,
Statement of Their Fay and .Expenses
Submitted to Congress.
WASHINGTON. Airii It Comply,
ing with a resolution of intialry, the
president sent to the senate today an
Itemized statement ot the expenditures
of the Philippine coninUsskm. The
statement Includes the following items:.
Compensation of 118.000 each to Com
missioners Schurman, Worcester and
Denby, $30,000; per diem allowance t
the commlsloners afu-r their return t
the I'nlted States, $j,2S5; secretary of
the coinmision (compensation, JS.50CL
per diem, $3,660) $12,160; transportation.'
J13.6S7; household expenses In Manila
$9,252: clerical services. $31,701; Mlseel
leaneous. $H.9!S; total. $HI.lSi
Tbe president also trausmited with his
endorsement a recommendation from
Secretary Hay that provision be made
for the payment to the naval and
military members of tie commission
(Admiral Dewey and General Otis)
compensation at the same rate aa that
paid to the other member.
He says they have received nothing
.dor their services In excess of their
regular salaries.
PROCEEDINGS TO BE KECJ1ET.
Kew Naval Policy JVtfrd Will Not Hold
Open Sessions.
VASHINGTON. April 16. The New
n&.val policy board be!4 its first meet'
ing at the navy department today
Admiral Dewey la preeiednt ot the
board.
The board decided that the charae
ter t the work to be .undertaken In
volving, as it does, the preparation of
the schemes of defense of the country
as well as offensive campaigns, renders
It absolutely necessary that; ajvrecy
shall surround its proceedings.
CONGRESS AFTER TRUSTS.
Drastic Measures Agreed on by Sub
committee of the House Yes
terday. WASHINGTON, April 16. Two
measures directed against trusts were
determined upon today by the special
sub-committee on, trusts of the house
Judiciary committee.
The special sub-committee has spent
many days examining the various
remedies proposed and conferences
were not concluded until today. As
agreed, upon, the .remedy lg two. fold,
namely, a constitutional amendment,
giving congres full power to deal with
trusts and a new anti-trust law mak
ing the following extensions to the
fr'herman act:
1 Requiring the branding or mark
ing of trust-made goods shlped cut
of a state, so as to be easily Identified
as the product of a trust.
2 Prohibiting the Inter-state traffic
of trust-made goods not so branded
and making them subject to seizure
and condemnation.
3 Requiring corporations having a
capital of over $1,000, 00 or doing an
annual business of I1.000.CKjO to file a
report of their affairs with the sec
retary of state.
Providing the process of injunc
tion against combination sending
trust-made goods from state to state
or to foreign countries.
5 Prohibiting the use of the r.alls to
concerns, and their yfTI'laia jroven to
be trusts,
NAVAL POLICY HOARD.
KlrHt Meeting Held at
Washington
Yesterday.
Nt:W YORK, April 16.-A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
The policy board, of which Admiral
Dewey Is chairman, wis assembled to
day at the navy department tj dis
cuss the strategical matters which
have been placed in Its charge. This
will be the: first meeting ri the board.
Adr.iral Devey bus sinltb; ! hit will
ingness to serve on the board and will
be Its permanent chairman unless he
should be selected to the presidency,
In which event he will retlra and
HearAdmtral A. 8. Crowninshield will
succeed him as chairman,
Secretary Long said Sunday that the
battkrfhip Texas and the cruiser New
Lork will not be placed out of com
mission on their arrive! at Hampton
Unads. Orders will be given the
battleship Kearsarge to. Join the flag
and when the Kentucky has completed
her trial next month she will also be
assigned to Admiral Farquhar's com
maud. It Is expected by the depart
nient that some Important maneuvers
will occur this summ.tr in accordance
with a program which probably will
be adopted by the policy board.
WATCHING THE JAPANESE.
Their Immigration to Pacific Coast
Giving Concern at Washington.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-Up to this
point nothing has been done by the
Washington authorities looking toward
the restriction of the Immigration of
Japanese into this country, beyond the
applK-ation of the contract labor laws.
The figures of the Immigration bu
reaus on the Pacific coast are, how
ever, being cloaely watched, for upon
their showing may depend important
recommendations upon the subject.
FIVE PER CENT DIVIDEND.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-The con
trolUr of the currency has declared
live per cent dividend in favor of the
creditors of the insolvent Merchants'
National Bank of Seattle.
ALASKAN CODE HILL.
WASHINGTON, April lt-During al
most the entire session today the sen
ate had under consideration the Alas
kan civil code bill. An amendment pro
vlding for tbe mining of the gold along
the beach in the district was perfected,
GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO.
ASHINOTON, April 16,-The pres
ldent today nominated Charles H. AI
len, of Massachusetts, to be governor
of Puerto Rico.
FUSION IN WASHINGTON.
All the Enemies of Peace and Pros
perity Will Fight the Repub
licans in One Body.
SPOKANE, April 16. -The democrat
Ie state central committee today fix
ed .May i as the date and Spokane as
the place of the state convention to
selert delegates to the national conven
tion,
Thomas Malony, the former secre
tary, tvas elected chairman, vice H.
l. Jobws, resigned; C. H. Goddard of
Dayto was elected secretary.
a conference with the populist slate
central committee developed a dispo
sltion for usjon and it was agreed by
foth bodies that the Axing of the
state convention should be postponed
until after I ha democratic national con
vention, when the two bodies will meet
at Seattle and arrange the hnsia nf
the fusion, which will probably be one
convention of 600 members with 250
democrats. 230 populist and 100 silver
republicans.
N. Y. CARPENTERS STRIKE.
They Demand Less Hours and High
est Wages Ever Known.
NEW YORK, April 16.-AU the car
penters on Staten Island went on a
strike today. They demand an eight-
nour day for five days of the week
and a four-hour day on Saturday, the
minimum rate of wages demanded is
forty cents an hour, with double pay
co Sunday, and holidays.
HILL'S BOAST TO
BE MADE GOOD.
The Ground Is Clearing for His
Connecticut Shipyard.
MONSTER STEAMERS IN VIEW
Latest ia the World for Trias-Paelflc Com
fierce Will Be BetuR la Three
MonttM-WIII Be Too Deep for
tbe Portlaao Ctussel.
NEW LONDON, Conn., April U.
The Eastern Shipbuilding Company'
today took possession of the land at
roton, on which will be established.
its plant, and at once set a gang ot
men at work clearing the land.
Within three months the keels of tw
steamers, the largest In the world, will
be laid. The steamers are for tho
trans-Paclflc fleet of the Great North
ern railway and are to be of 21,000 tons
llsplacement.
Their dimensions will be: Length,
630 feet; width, 73 feet; depth, 6 feet.
They will attain from 12 to U Knot
under forced draught.
THOSE PEACEFUL ITALIANS.
First Bloodshed at Cornell Dam
Re.
suits In Death of Sergeant
' Douglass.
CT.OTON LANDING, N. Y.. April !.
The first bloodshed as the outcome of
the strike at the Cornell dam occur
red tonight at 8: SO, when Sergeant
Robert Douglass, of the Eleventh sep
arate company of Mount Vernou, was
shot dead by an unknown assassin .
while he was relieving guard. Tha '
wildest excitement prevailed through
out the camp as soon as tbe newa oC
the assassination spread und the sol
diers are frantic over the crime.
Douglass was talking . to Corporal
McDowell and other members ' of the
guard, when he suddenly f lasped bla -
hands to his stomach and said:
"Lord, boys, I'm shot,'" and immedl.
ately fell to the ground.
It was pitch dark at the time, but
McDowell and others fired a volley Into
the clump of bushes nearby without
hitting any one. No one saw tha
flash or heard the sound of the shot
which killed Douglass, and It waa a
most mysterious affair, '
MUST STAY OUT OF POLITICS.
Assumptionist Fathers Must Cease
Publishing Papers of the La
Croix Type and Other Cath- .
ollc Orders.
PARIS, April 16-The Rome corres
pondent of Temps, In a dispatch that
has an almost official significance,,
says:
"The Papal decision prohibiting the
assumptionists from continuing th
editorial management of La Croix was
arrived at after a colemn conclave of
bishops and cardinals. . .
"Hereafter no religious congregation
will be permitted to take any part in
polities. This decision Is binding up
on Catholics all over the world. In
eluding the American Paullsts."
DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Anti-Lynchlng Law Giving Heirs Right
of Action Against Counfy
Affairs Is Illegal.
COLUMBUS, O., April 16.-The su
preme court today declared that' the
heirs of any person who la .lynched
nniy collect $;.,0O0 from the commis
sioners In the county in which the af
fair occurs.
The decision was rendered In the
case of Mitchell, hanged by a mob
at Urbana, nd J. W. Caldwell, who
us snot ana beaten by strikers
at
Cleveland.
HOKE SMITH'S LUCK.
His Interest in Atlanta Journal Sold
for $159,000.
ATLANTA, Ga., April 16.-Hon. Hoke
Smith today sold his Interest In tha
antl-lynehlng law Is uncmstltn.
tlonal. The law .provides that th
Atlanta Journal for $139,000. Theamount
Involved In the entire transaction i-
27e,500. George H. Dickinson, former-
ly
of the New York Herald, will be
he new publisher.
AN ORIGINAL SENTIMENT.
Telegraphed All the Wav Frr.m
Washington City.
WASHINGTON. April 16.-In 'Br.
seining the naval appropriation bill to.
aay in me house, Fobs said:
"The Nation which Is armed nd
ready to fight Is least likely to be
called upon to do so. The best paee
conference Is the strong and mn.t Pf'
fltient navy."
STRIKE. AT KANSAS CITY,
KANSAS CITY. April l.-Four hun
dred union carpenters went out r,
strike today for an increase n va