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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1899)
2 THK MORNING ASlOKlAN, smiRUAl. WTOUEH 21. 1899. HEAVY BATTLE REPORTED AT GLENCOE YESTERDAY Nine Thousand Boers Attack the British Position at Daylight- REPULSED WITH GREAT SLAUGHTER year MA the heai of the two day as scheduled, or at ths most nut fwfi were recxgnlted a marking later than Tuesday, prints of a temporary division tin.' The Srauxr li built of teel. and wi'hout sacrificing th permanent ct JWO lri. rights of elthr party- This arrange-' She U only tto )mvi olJ. nd U ont mefit has been found to work absolute- cf the staunrhrst vessrts on th. Pa ly without Motion and the present U ciftc. not believed to be an opportune time BOTH RETIRED. to disturb IL Th point where the trouble threat- ,rty u mJ EnfUsh Mer, ened u on the DaMon trail. which. (n Oppo WweUoM by the way, la not directly on the Skagwy route, although a aide trail GLENCOE CAMP. Oct. 1 -(De-doe connect th points, but rather layed In transmission.) A report the natural pathway from Pyramid reached the camp today that the Boers HartMT Into the Klondike. The United had bern alghted trvea rclle out. A j Statu gvwernment could acarcely coo- squadron of the Eighteenth Hussars I tend at thla point that the boundary rode out. On reaching tie brow of a' i line vai to be iMned by the precrlb- hill they discovered a strong advance 4 Wilson improved Air Tight Heaters ...FOR COAL... ed tone of thirty milt from the .. part of Dorrs. The liusnars tvtlred for in this section of the country, thvr on the main body, which In the moan- I was an undeniable mountain range. In Ume had moved und-r cover and made British Infantry Advance ml Carry All Before Tbera-All the Guns Plantelty Transvaal Troops Carried British Loss Heavy. rvady to open Ore. The wily enemy W(N not to be drawn out In fact, they, after delivering their Are, hesi tated, apparently staggered at their LONDON. Oct. JO. War office re-, are still out. General Symons Is - eetved the following dsspalch from I rereiy wounded. Oar loaae re beTy. which case the treaty provides that this range should fix the boundary. Therefore, the new arrang?meti draws a line from Chtlkoot pass In a direction a little south' of west to a ttoor success with the rtflns, and per- mountain peak about ten miles Wtt of wiving that the Human had maneu- the Danton trail Thla line cats across vered out of range, they quickly the Chllkoot river some distance abov turned and retired. the town of Klukwan. thus completely cutting off the British possessions from Ladysmith. flkd at : this after- They will be telegrapher as soon as ' possible." "This from Glencoe rT were at tacked this morning at daylight by a force roughly estimated at IMS. They had placed four or fire guna in poca tioa oa a hill i.40 yeards esvst of our I I scetion of the Porcupine country of I i LONDON. Oct. 10. A dispatch from considerable extent which was clsim i Glerooe camp says Sir William 8ym-j ed by Canada, and which Is now being I on has assumed command. prospected by a number of American i miner) who were driven out of the At- LAD 1 bMITn, Oct. At . w Un country by an adverse Brltlih Co- THK BATTLE GENERAL, CAPE TOWN. Oct. 10. GUncue Camp has been attacked by a great force of Boers, who posted guns on a hill overlooking the town and opened fire on the camp, 'the battle is now general. TliU lioator is e.-juvially ndtiptid for Sufi Coal and Lignite, Hit? IhhIv in muili' of mlMied stool. Kxtr liruvy finikin' itin! tlinnpinn prate. Kiro hjI oxtnt lu'itvy with large iikIi 'it. Una nickel urn, nickel iiuiiic pluto iiihI two nickel I'laUnl fxt rail;. The hot bldft draft i hi constnicled that the ex-njiii)j gnss are all coiikuhumI, which niiikt n great saving in the connuinjition of furl. Price, $12.00 to $25.00. All Varieties ct Hood Air lights al FOARD 0 STOKES. eamn. and they fired plugged sheU. j mornlng a teieaxn was received trom) ,umbUn Their artillery did no damage. kifantry formed for Our General Symona annotuicinf the Boers auacs. ana vt, .wjii., r.iw dmn wiLh oar Infantry advanced to the aack. from Glencoe at 1.40 this' Harbor and after hard fignting. swdag mi'M m0TZlng saying tie flghdcg was pro-; MANILA BOXES FOR CHRISTMAS THE FREDERICKSBURG. All Aru.rians who visit In Portland I vrvmus wi m wr mi.c-iu na aesire io speoa a pwiun evening the lower end of the Danton trail, out should go to the Fredericksburg. got our guns Into position. After the. d ,he were moimg out u wh)ch (tM, rnite4 StXM otXilnM " T:h ni Alder streets. Here Is the portion of the enercy had been shewed aMlck ttem. oflcuj n,, n ,. n ... ,,nai Program for the week commencing 1 a rw ik PART FIRST. 1 March "The Enquirer Club" 2 Wail "Flower of St. Peters burg." As Popular as Ever J WATERMAN SISTERS. -Mart h Soldier s Life." Keller Bel's. 5 "Ma Rxx Time Baby." F. S. Stone. 50N?.("U.AS A WALDO Acro-batli- msrrela. 7 S'-h'il-clie Sambo's; Wedding Day B-m diet i vnur "Niarnra." Mxnrs. 9 'JEORwE T. MORET. The Ban Joist Wltard 10 Ovtrture, 11 Waltx Plmpll.-"us" J. Strauss, li STANLEY k SCANLON-ArchlS and Mamie. PART SECOND. IS- WATERMAN SISTERS. leWALDO ELLIOTT In their; C'ir.ly Sketch. 17- -Overture. 18 GEORGE T. MORET The Ban-! Jol Wltard. 1 Overture. iO MAVlIE SCANLON. 21 Overture. 22 WATERMAN "IHTERfl. 23 ARCHIE BTANLET. 24 MIPS ROSE ELLIOTT. 25 ARCHIE STANLET. 5 FORGE T. MORET The Ban 1: p. m.. the almost inaccessible V- there ard announced the aitlon was taken, the enemy retiring ,tn.n(r.n , .boat j.ooo men. eastward. An the Boer guns were cap-' Boer, ,t tppers. posted guns on Ulrd- the high hiU overlooking the town and can see the soldiers at the topj opened fire oo the camp, and the bat- af the hiU. Our cavalry and artillery tie became general. THE CAPTURED TRAIN. Kumber of War Correepondenis aad One British Officer Taken. LONDON. Oct The eorrpon Aent of the Morning Ptot at Lady smith tn a despatch s-nt Thursday, eonf-rms the sfatement that a train hns been cajxnred at Edanls Laagto. and siy the train was partly made up of four trucks of cattle consigned to aa army purveyor at Dundee. It is reported that one British offi cer and Mr. Mitchell, the Johannes burg war correspondent besides other war correspondents were captured. The train which precded the cap-ture-i train was fired on. but the Boer attack was not successful. There 1 aid to be J,W Boers with a heavy wagon train enrimped near Artoo-homes. OTIS' CASUALTY LIST j i WASHINGTON, Oct 20. General ' Otis today reported to the war de-, partment the following casualties. Killed Sixth Infantry, near Cebu, i Island of Cebu, September 18: Chaa.' X. Cotay. Daniel E. Adams, Seven teenth infranty at Angeles. Oct I; William Parker, Thirty-sixth fnfan-! try at Porae. Oct 17. Willard Winter.; Wounded Oct Is. at Angeles, Act-! ing Assistant Surgeor, Eugene Staf ARE TO RE SENT EKKK Exprrvs t'barj;r .Vd t'l Re Paid to New York ai-Snn !Yincico Mot be Mirked Plainly. The "D.elsarte" and "Regent" Shoes for Women A" Equal Styles rirli to WASHINGTON, Oct 2.-The secre- i tary of war has instructed the quarter- ford; Sixth Infantry, near Cebu, Sep-;Baal(.r jemral to forward from San tember 18, William Stovall; Horace Francisco any Christmas boxes which Joist Wlxard. Hutchinson; Fourth Infantry, near, may be deliver.-d there prior to N- San Nicholas, Oct 8, O'Rielly; Ninth Infantry Oct it. George W. Westmn. Kelley. Albert Durand; Chaa. S, sen; Seventeenth Infantry. Corporal 1 vember 2 for officers and soldiers In at Angvlea, . the Philippines. Such box should John . be consigned to Majot O. F. Long, Wll- general superintendent, army trans port service, San Francisco. ARMORED TRAIN ATTACKS. Papers Containing Boer Accounts Con-' firming Previous Reports Receive. CAPE TOWN. Oct . A copy of the Standard and Diggers News has been obtained here, giving the Boer account of the armored train fighting fen the vicinity of Mafeklng. m-l.h Boer oloring. It fully confirms the account given by the engine driver of th ti'ain, who escaped, adding that the deserted trucks were riddled with PYRAMID ballets. They contained dynamite' and a- terrible explosion occured, the trucks being blown to atoms. There were no casualties among the burg hers, according to this story. With regard to the fcumd armored train fight, the paper says the Boers had two killed and four wounded and that when the train seen approaching with Colonel Baden-Powell's men on board, the Boers formed in battle ar ray and poured a withering fire upon the train at a thousand yards, but the armor rendered The fiat nature Henrv Koer. William Crosby, 1: B. ue Is also Instructed to rrwari ThacWy. Thomas H. Scully, Six-from ,. York any Christmas box.s teenth infantry, at Guiguinti Oct 18. ' for officer and soldiers in the I'hilip Thon.is Lynch. Leslie Shore. Fourth ' piatt whlth may be delivered there cavalry, near Arayai. Oct IS. First VTor to vov. ,uch boxes to be con-Serg-ant Custav Will. Matthew Kill- tltnvi to Major F. B. Jon-s. general lion; Thirty -sixth Infantry, at Porac. fUperinteiident. army transport ser Oct. 1?. Sam Williams. ; vice, pier 22, Columbia Stores. Brook- I lyn, N. T. All boxes above mentioned should be plainly marked with the name of the officer or soldier for whom they are inter. Jed, .giving the company and reg-' I merit or other organization to which be belongs, and should be further I fYt hppl I fl C BRITISH CUT OFF FROM THE COAST!; Swell Lamps for Swell People Great Left (Jvek Slb Prices Away Down. You'U Say So. When You Sec Prices. GreatAfficrican ImportinETea Co. Store Everywhere. 100 Store. 171 Com-JiT-tft at. One ! rtl any Price : $5.00 $3.50 ShC Also"Queen Quality" Shoes for Women $3.00 E. C. Goddard & Co. Oregonian IioilJing, Portland. ST. HELEN'S HALL. A BOARDING AMD DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Reopened RepU-mWr 13. For circulsrs add Books Ixiught, 8w!J ami Kxchangtti t the Old Book Store History, Itiograt.ly. Mechanical. Reference, Poetry. MfHeal. Law. liellgioui, Scieuunc All standard works.. Seoau-lun4 school books, tarjre st k ebean. BemeJ-band mj:itiur. Li brans boogbt. Large stock o( novels, 10.000 UU. HYLAND BROS. I rOKTJ.AXD, OR. ! i XN131 Yamhill St., below 8xtid. ! Telephone Red 2Hsl ! nAruvuvrinvruvaruvruv, rtAAAATIA Horthmest Optical Go. THK I.AI'.IIK 11UILD1SU, SEONHu. WASlViiTON. 81 HoottiH 20t 21, 22, 23 I'OKTI.ANP - OKKCOX R. MARSCH i uXTUlAAAAAAAArUAAAAArlAAAA Tonsorial Parlors r W. C. A. Pohl, (utt (turn. 301 Washington St., comer Kiftli Oppoaiu Hotel Perkins Undertaker, Embalmer and Funeral Director Ladies Hair Dressing a Specialty , lies entrance to I on Piftb street PORTLAND. - ORE04J.W CV.roer 11th ami iMmne 8ls, Astoria, Or Ladies entrance to bath Laskrts snl Knneral Happlie constant ly 00 haml. HRB0R OURS Details of ihe Alaska Boundar) Modns Vivendi Will Show That Previous Attempts to Descrilje ih? Btondary Wrre Inadequate All freight and express chargrs on , these boxes to San Francisco or New York must in every cas be prrpaid by the senders. The maximum weight of boxes should be about 20 pounds. Tie? should contain no perishable 'AlCFCditfl'S matter. The quartermaster's depart ment assumes) no responsibility for th'e Washington between 5th and Cth Street. Best and Cheapest P j Also Impairing and Recovering at MLSS ELLNORK THIBBET IS, It. !) Principii. pjrtlaal Oregon Telephone Ited 391. Golumbia Eleetrie & Repair Go Successor to COLUMBIA IRON WORKS Blacksmiths Boilermakers Machinists Foiindrymen Lotglng Engine Built and Repaired Loners' Supplies Kept to Stock 1 Heavy Forging Under Power Hammer a Specialty j condition of these boxes when d-liv j red. but will exercise care to deliver 1 tbem safely and In good order. I t I If iRTI.AXD, ORK. John B. Coffey, WASHINGTON. Oct. 20.-Wben the thr fire ln-frecUve. details of the Alaj-lca modus Vivendi ' of 'he veldt yielded are made public which will NO FEAR3 FOR SENATOR. I t the Best Transports In the follow Or no cover and the men were compelled immediately upon Its conclusion, it' Service, and Hr Owners Say to He on the ground. The British re- will be found that nearly all the at She Is Safe. pealed 1 rnkd their 11m. j t-mpts made up to this point tj de- . The Btsndard and Diggers News ad- scribe the new boundary line accurate-' SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 20. The wits that a total of abou 40 burghers ly wert inadequate in Important re-J I'hnolele says: were disabled It print a Luyden- peits. j Th-re Is little cause for alarm at bnrg telegraph which discounts the The maximum claim of the United present over the fact Merchant Tailor K! ALI'l-K ST.. COR. TH1 hi Portland, Ore. brillia'vt account of the Boer success? stating that the result brush with the British eooly received by the exclamation. "Its God's wl!l, that States Is not maintained. That was the United State transport Senator, P0",Wlfi A Portland Byyer esult of the first not to te expWed In this arrangement,' with the Iowa troops aboard, encoun-jjr JJ LXOX wlio lias irltlsh troops was i whlrh was Intended particularly to re-' tered a typhoon shirtly after leaving' ' ' yt,ftrs' "()f ,V.fri-l)ce us a the Burgh-rs. with nve the situation so far as the Dal-1 rokohamo, according to marine men1 " ' . Buyer . ton trait route is concerned. No at- and the own of the steamer. The I tempt was made to establish a claim' fast that the Empress of India did not' BRITISH SHELLED OUT. ' to that territory lying bew-en the sight the transport, and va herself' 1 head of Chllkt pass and White pass, caught In the typhoon. Is not regarded Will y jjlo.wi to give persona wiuiMHiiM, ucl zv. 11 reponeo anr mp ihkr to :ne nonn. mjaous of the Senator. I uum me roers oegan sneiung uiencoe it .joes not ioiiow that the United iD fact, the army officers and mem-' , Camp with big gun at t:S0 this morn- Slates has reUnquiahed the extreme' b-rs of the firm of Goodall, Perkins ft' torre-SpondeilCC solicited. Ing. and that the troops are moving claim at that point, but simply that by Co.. the owners, are firm In the belief' OBt. mutual agreement reached about two. thnt the Sena'or will arrive on MonJ attention to all catiner. 203 Second St., Portland. HIS MOTHER'S BREAD H says was always so light and well baked. Well there is a knack In mak ing It But don't forget the kind of stove or range used make a difference. Hi mother used a Star Estate Uange Sole flanfictirers of the Unsurpassed ... " Harrison Secton" Propellor Wheel ... Contractors for Electric LigliU and Power PlanU. 0 7h, A ...The Esmond Hotel... X PORTLAND, ORE., FRONT AND MORRISON STS. Euris-j p in, Vir til.pt .v. OSCAR ANDFRQnu vi..,. ' X J. . PKiNUKdAMT, Chlof Cork. J MtmttHHitftww CHAS. HEILBORN tS: SON IRON AND BRASS BEDSTEADS In all sites ami styles. We shall oontitiun to sell Iron ami Rriwn II.hMks.Is the samn ,w lr,.t(1 reirarJIpM of th rnlsa In Ihe price of imn mid hriiM W. J. SCULLT, Agwt. (XI Bond ttrsst r i I-4 FS. V YJ PORTLAND, ok, Ttssa Onlv Plrat'ClaHH Hnti 1.. ... . s'iiriiissii a 'twxnnnnn --ruvviriArtrvwiAruui rinjviAruuiruiAnrvAnAruwt uufi