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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1899)
ASTDBIA PUBUC UBRART ASSOOATJOH. Ono' : ,j .... . ' ni'JJ")n' ' i.y Will IJ-jU,- " Cf :"' O,'.'.,.;,,, KvKr 4 0ft VOL. L ASTOiilA. MKKCiON, I'lMUAY. OCTitBKK I'U. m n. . j VIES I BURN ANY OLD THING. Bought before the ad vance and sold regard less of it on account of moving. BOERS HAVE OF THE POSSESSION TOWN VRYBURG Eclipse Hardware Co. -BOH HOND MTREET The English Police Abandon the Place and the Boers Immediately Enter. INHABITANTS WERE PANIC STRICKEN Books... Blank and Miscellaneous. Paper... New Crape and Type-writing. Waterman Fountain Pens liox Decorated Paper and KnvelopcN"iuo Chamttrlain Boldly Answers W$ Accusers In tbe Hou;e of Com mons, Denies Tbat He Was Implicated With Rhodes In the Transvaal Paid. 1 ;S)JiiiiWie);it5i't (fw?XXs ( GRIFFIN & REED The Sllvcrf Icld Fur Manufacturing Co., i 2H32NH Morrlaort HI., Fontanel, Or. To the Ladles of Astorlai LONDON, (A t. 1!. The Cape Town correspondent of the D.iily Mnil, ti-lrgruphingul 10 -I'duck tonight siys: "Vryburi; Mirrendered Sunltiy. Tonight's dispatches from Ktinini.iii, ten miles east ly south of Vryburg, state that tin.' police have withdrawn from Yiyburg, and the town lias $ surrendered t the Boers, with the inhabitants fleeing in all direction, mostly toward Kuruinan. When the police with drew the Cape IWr notified thy fact to the enemy, thus in- A GHASTLY RUMOR. Report TbiU 1,600 Uwr Were Killed by Mine BHow Mafeklng. LONDON", Oct. 20, The Dally New 1 Cape Town correspondent myi it is ru t more a trial news has reached Deax , Junction thot the Boers attacked Ma faking In force, but were repulsed. The defenders, seeing the enemy retreating, , pursued them for some distance. Then a fdnt wu made and they com menocd to retire on the town, allow ing themselves to be driven In by the Boers, who, eager to retrieve their po ' lt Ion. again advanced to attack, and were drawn over lyddite mines, laid for tbe defense of the. town. It la ru- mored that 1,600 Boer were killed by ! the exploilona. t S00 WOUNDED BURGHERS J LONDON, Oct. 20. The Dally Mail's 1 Cape Town correspondent says a ref'i gee who has reached Graharostown from Rand state that a train arrived at Johannesburg Monday from Klerks drop with 300 wounded burgher. ' LEE GUNS VS. MAUSERS. j . GLENCOE CAMP. Oct. 19. (Even- ; ing.) The British troop here have : been under fire. A strong Boer patrol waa encountered eight miles from the camp, and waa repulsed, the British j suffering no casualties. . SERIOUS FIGHT AT NATAL. 0 Two Columns of Boers Advancing on COLUMBIA THE WINNER HAD THE WIND KEPT UP The Irish Boat Was Hopelessly In the Rear When the Breeze Died Away. THE SHAMROCK NOT WELL HANDLED Her Crew Have Thrown up the Sponge and Acknowledged the Columtla to Be the Better Boat-A Prospect for Two Additional Races. Ladysmith. We will tav you one-fourth on every garment you purchase from us, be aauM w ar Jirvcl manufacturer, ami yon will mv tbe middleman' prollt. Kur Collarette, rnmi Hw up r'ur Neck Bm, from ....... 7.i up UdW Kill. Tailor M..L Mulu fnm. .... 112 OH up Uillr' Kin. l lor Mmt. Cloth JnekeU, fnmi ICW op Ille' Hue Prani'li Pimm! Wnl.U. from...... l.J up AlMkt HmI Hkln Jnrk.u, lAoilun 1 y, mad. mpwially u order trout.... ............1J0.00 up Meotodollii of Pur (Urmcim Into th Itt SiyU al very low niurM. md fur lllu.irml! o.tulufue, which w. will gladly mall you, . viting them to take possession. There was a fearful punie. j NEW YORK. Oct. 19.-A dispatch to j the Tribune from London says: The latest Intelligence from the seat Si Th ; of wi Highest frkc I'ald for Kiw I'urs. Yours Kcspcctfully, i lie oiiyciiiciu rur nriauuiauuiiiig v ar Indicate that fighting of a serl- 4i'5?i'i'iXj!(iXi nature ha commenced In NaaL WAR AND RUMORS OF WAR. j Deta"8 Rre Very cant but hostilities were evidently started by the There Is no Direct Reliable Intelligence Fw 8tate troops, who advanced from Here Is a List Ot some High Grade Goods at moderate prices Fancy Creamery Buttor in Kf gs and Rolls. Strictly Frosh Eggs. New Crop Maple Syrup. Buckwheat and Gridlo Cake Flour. Packard A Smith's Fancy Italian Trunes. Now Crop Nuts, Fig, Minco Meat. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO PORTLAND DENTAL, PARLORS . Top floor Washington Building. Largest and Best Equipped Offices In the Northwest lest work at our Prices, becausewe have the largest volume of Dental Work in Portland. 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Chamberlain retorted that It waa Impossible to adequately 'describe ftanhope's sx'cusatlon that he (Chamberlain) and Mllner had fo mented war. Btanhope Jumped to his feet and de manded the withdrawal of the words, wild Irish che.'i-s aJid shouts of "with draw" In the meanwhile creating a per fect bedlam In the hall, ChnmberhUn calmly wilted until th uproar sub aided and said: "I bow with all re spect, Mr. Speaker, to your decision. I withdraw everything I have said." W'lth regard to the accusaUon re garding his assoclaUons with Cecil Rhodes, he said at the time of the Jameson raid he had no communication either direct or Indirect with Rhodes on any subject connected with the South African policy. t ,. WAR OFFICE BESIEGED. Londoners Anxious Concerning the Safety of Friends and Relatives. LONDON, Oct. JO.-Yeaterday wus one of the most exciting dity known at the war office sine the crowd at tended there to learn the result of the rellff expedition to Gordon at Khar toum. News that the Fifth Lancers haJ been engaged broughlt many ladles and other friends of the regiment to In- j quire for news. Th gravest news today seems to be th report of the capture of a train with officer at Flandslaagfe, because It wa understood that the whole cross-ouutry line was legulorly pa trolled.' As no correspondents are allowed at the front, It Is impossible to gain defi nite lnformatlea. Development are hoarly expected. BRIDGBS BLOWN UP. CAPE TOWN, Oct 19. The Boer have blewn up bridges at 14 streams and the ModtTer river, the former north and the latter south of Klmberly. From Klmberly. ! Tlntawa Pas and engaged the British LONDON, Oct. 19. The war office j cavalryYr'olsTiTa 1brigraeartil thla evening Issued the following bul-'ler' uel- Firing continued for the greater part of yesterday, but It is no known with what result, although It ls; admitted there are several casualties on the British side. Sir George White Ictln: No news of Importance has been re ceived from Natal today. The cavalry attached to our forces at Ladysmith 0 I NEW YORK, Oct 19. Had the wind held todav the Columbia-Shamrock series for America's cup would have ended in three straight wins for the defender and the Irish hun ter would have sailed home without the trophy, beaten as de cisively as any former candidate. Only the failure of wind saved the Shamrock from de feat more stirring than on Monday. . Today she was beaten on the run to the outer mark five minutes and fifty-one sec onds of elapsed time and on the lorr homa a-hiVli slmnU have, a - wwm itMiv been, beaten, but owing to shift of wind was a broad reach, the Columbia sailed away from her like a witch. and Dundee are engaged In observing, haa pushed up hlu supports, and every the enemy's movements. j Mng points to a big engagement to- Rteps have been taken to secure day. PletermarlUburg and Durban against j Ladysmith has fully 3.000 troops, and raids on the western frontier. There la O'encoe. on the other flank of the no wcent reliable Information from orttisn aerensive line, there are 4,000. Klmberly or Mafeklng, both place be-j The very risky and daring movement! Ing cut oft from railway and tele- ot the Boers Is directed toward envel graphlc communlotlon. j oping thia line, two columns advanc- It Is believed, however, that a sklr- j Ing against Ladysmith, General Jou- mlsh took place Sunday six miles' bert directing the forces In the neigh-1 south of Klmberly, and that the Boers! borhood of Dundee,. Should were beaten off with some loss by an I be directed simultaneously at both armored train. There was ome fight-' places rt win prove the Boers have car ing at Mafeklng Friday or Saturday.! rled out the plans of considerable corn- ending with the repulse of the attack-j PleUy with a precision which might Ing force. ! excite the envy of any soldiers In the Railway communication, with the Or- world. ' Shuld they sucoeed at the ange Free State and the Transvaal hat, ' same time In thrusting their column now ceased, the remaining refugee ' between Ladysmith and Dundee, they having been warned to leave by way! will prantlcally Isolate the latter place of Delagoa Bay. ' land may be' able to mask the British """""" J garrisons at that point and Ladysmith THE ARMORED TRAIN. j while the concentration described as The Boers Are Very Active Along the. having Greytown as its objective ad Railroads. . ' .; vances unopposed to Pletermaritzburg. ORANGE RIVER. Oct. 18.-(Detayed ' - in transmission.) The Boers suffered a; OF INTEREST TO THE O. R. & N. reverse on Sunday at Sprultfontein, 10 miles south of Klmberly. An armored; Supreme Court Decision on Joint Trsf traln went out to bring in a train re-j flC Arrangemenits. ported to have been captured by the. ; . . J3oer near Sprultfontdn siding. j pFg M0INR3i Oct. 19.-The u- A party of Boers who were encamped j preme court has decided the case of near by lowered the railway Blgnal and ; gi. a(rainst the Chicago & North displayed a white flag, apparently with western and Sioux City & Pacific th idea of Inducing the train to pro- j roais. The roads esttbHshed voluu ceed. The driver suspected that the tartly joint rates In Iowa Blair, a NEW YORK, Oct 19.-When the race wa declared off, about 10 minute be fore the expiration of the time limit, th Columhia,..wa. loading -by -about three mile. She was then four miles from the finish. Had the race been ended, the Shamrock would have been beaten by at least 20 minutes. Sir Thomas' hard luck continued to follow him. His boat was very badly handled today, in spite of the aggrega tion of talent aboard of her. The two English captains and the captain of Emperor William's yacht Meteor failed j to get the Shamrock over the Hoe be fore the gun wa fired, and she went Into the raoe penalized by two seconds on that account The additional ballast which waa put Columbia can take her measure in light alra or la a gale of wind. The crew of the 8hamrock have given it up Ihey-ar now -auYinc4 that - we have the better boat Before the race of Monday they had the most su preme confidence in their ability to win with the Shamrock. ' "There was no living with them," said one of the Yankee tars on the Shamrock's tender, Lawrence. "They did not think their boat would win they absolutely knew it They would not even hear arguments. After they returned from the race Monday they were sore, and would not speak to each other. Now they are frank enough to admit that the Columbia Is the better boat by 10 minutes over a into her yesterday also seems to have' SO-mlle course.' the attack ' been Wunde!r e part of her man-j The boats will race again tomorrow, agers, a it Increased the size of the j and even if the Columbia wins, it la body to be forced through the water, j possible that two more racie will, be' and. In the light air that prevailed to-j sailed. A proposiUon to this effect has day, retarded Instead of increased hen been made, and Sir Thomas seem speed. , , anxious that It be carried out. What the Shamrock may be able to He has been greatly disappointed In do In rough weather and a stiff wind the showing his boat has made, but is still problematical, but, after the eve she might do better over a tri- '...t,Ki ,,,. . ' angular course In a heavier wind, and drubbing she has received, experts are , ,. . , , . ' has said he would be very much almost unanimous In the belief that the! phased tc sail two more races. THE STEINBACII LABKI. SIGNIFIES "BEST QUALITY" Swell Fall and . . .Winter Clothes. Boers were In possession, and stopped shipper, charged discrimination In that the train, whereupon the Boers Issued n many oasen more was charged for a In large force and opened fire without; long hau The roads claimed In case effect. The soldiers replied from the ; ,0, voluntarily established Joint train, and about a dosen Boers were 1 rates they could not be held liable for killed. The British were unscathed. ! discrimination. Seven hulMred Boers surprised aj The supreme court says the pmmul- party of IS Cape Colony police, whoKn!ton 0f loint. rates mokes the twol were guarding the railway at Che Riv erton road, 18 miles north of Klmberly, Sunday morning. The police retired. A terrUno explosion was heard later, and it 1 believed that the Boers blew upi the station. , A relief party of 25 police, sent from' Klmberly, met the Boers near River-j tou. Tho enemy displayed a white flag, to Induce the troops to fall Into their trap, but the police were ordered to re tlre. Then the Boers opened a heavy fire upon them, discharging about 400 round. roads for all traffic purposes one. It a n.n .-.1 niolw a i.a I ,-f f iir t h t Ulltimfl charges claimed and triple penalty in addition as exemplary damages. THE STORM AT YAQUIN'A. YAQUINA, Ore., Oct. 19.-A gale f r the the past 24 hours was accompa nied by heavy rain, thunder and light ning. A heavy sea today carried away bout 700 feet of the aorth Jetty works. FOLLOW PICA LEAD There's not n better store in all America to get vour stvlish, reliable clothes. Our gathering of Suits and Overcoats Imw all the betterments that the best made-to-order ones have, hixI they are a heap cheaper. 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