The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, October 24, 1899, Image 1

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ASiOliiA. OKKUON. M'ESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 18M
NO. 125
STOVES TO BURN
ANY OLD THING.
GLENCOE IS IN DANGER
AND LONDON IS UNEASY
and tin- number of ofnoers kllleS at
five, am! wounded 30, and the number
f fionconiinlsKlonwl officer and men
killed at 27, and the wounded at 175,
the total numlxr of casualties being 147.
Ten men are missing.
INFANTRY AND ARTILLERY
ROUTE THE INSURGENTS
is
Bought before the ad
vance and sold regard
less of it on account
of moving.
Eclipse Hardware Co.
j. BOH BOND STREET
u i
Books...
Blank and
Miscellaneous.
Paper...
New Crape and
Type-writing.
Waterman Fountain Pens
' I iox Decorated Paper
and Knvelopew-ioo
Thousands of Boers Under Joubcrt are
Again Pressing Against Yule.
THE . BOERS ARE NOT DISHEARTENED
Notwithstanding the Engiiib Victories the Borghrs Are
Active and Aggressive Their Valor Is Praised by tfie
Britishers Tbey are No Mean Foe.
GRIFFIN & REED
Here Is a List jj
Ot some High Grade Goods at moderate prices.
1 LONDON, Oct. 21. Tlif (act tlmt no news Lag Icon re-
j crived tends to dispel tlic apprehension caused by Lord
W'nl.sclev'a brief sumniurv of the situation. A Pietcrmaritz-
H
burg di'iiteli my that the censor now permit no message
j? tn I .if sent frin the front.
s Other ilispatclkn represent the Hours as boasting that
ft Dundee is absolutely cut olf and a-sert that despite the British
I victories tlie uiluatioii is slill uncertain
V
) It is ijuito evident that the war otlice has news which has
been withheld from the public.
LOUD IN LUCK.
Tb In In Hevcn Times Better Than Be-J
Ing Governor. I
WASHINGTON, Oct, 23.-Ex-Oover-nor
Lord will tuoed William I. Buch
anan who ha resigned hi position as
United State minister to Argentina, to
take effect at the expiration of his
leave of absence, to accept the position
of director general of the Pan-American
exposition.
The salary of the minister Is 110,000
per annum.
Successful Movement Yesterday In
the Vicinity of Calamba.
A FUSS IS BREWING.
Railroad Employes Have a Hill to
Climb.
THE AMERICANS KEEP HAMMERING
Uncle Sam's Soldiers Are Giving tbe Weary Runners of Agninaldo
No Rest Their Raids and Rushes are inifcrmly
Successful Tbe Victories Wot Witboot Loss.
Fancy Creamery Butter in Kegs and Kolls.
Strictly Fresh Egg.
New Crop Maple Syrup.
Buck wheat and Gridle Cake Flour.
Packard & Smith's Fancy Italian Prunes.
New Crop NuLs, Figs, Minco Meat.
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO
The Sllverf ield Fur Manufacturing Co.,
2M3-2HB Morrison St., Portland, Ore.
To tHc -Undies of Aatorlcu
V will nve you one-hmrtb on every Kariiiwit ,voa ptirohase from tig. bo
ommo w. are direct manufacturers, and yon will stive the inulillciiian
prullt.
Kiir roIlBirttiw, mun - H1" "I1
Fur Mirk h-oiii
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Uilli' Fin rraurli FlHiiuel Wall, from..,. 1.W up
AltMks Heut Mktn Jnrkl. Loudon Kyr, made
MpeoliUlyto order Irom - IN"-00 UP
Ksmmlellni of Fur Osrmanlt Into the Latent very
Hen 7r ftl'uTrated catalog ua, which wtwlll gladly uutll
you.
Highest Price Paid for Raw Pura. Yours Respectfully,
The Sllverf leld Fur Manufacturing Co.
I
! LONHON, Oct. 24. The Pally Mall there had dldntly not been attacked
' tiuullnhci the following description of up to last evening.
I the battle of Elandsliugle, from It
ipeilnl war corrsepomlent G. W. Stev-
JOl-'HEftT VERY ACTIVE.
ens,
The bnttls was brilliant and com
plel suceess. The Boers numbered (
from 1.200 to 2.M) nnd urobahly had
and
' He is Also Attacking tllenco
Kruger Is With Him.
Lf.NDON, Oct. !4. The Dally Tele
graph has received the following from
nbout 109 klll,.l and 1W wo .,, drd. : , a,ly,mtlh d(Ued Rttndfty 2:W p m
I "The nght uself -vs. hke a rrutUnl .. a im
llllu-.m.lon of M.k tnctlrs. vch cammnm, of Commttnd.
.arm repr,H-..-.e,rdnr.g It. paperwork gm Gvmi1 plAent
The UoMAn HlShtander. n an? apUn todny at.
In th. lr attack advanced In m.irnlA. ant' oiencoe.
rh.?y were Ininir.l.Ktfiy wimtea ... , Vl.
MINNEAPOLIS. Oct M.-The tension
between the Great Northern and its
employes has almost) reached the snap
ping point. ;
Thi grievance commlltee, which has ;
been In sesHlon in the Twin Cities for, -V
iff
10 days, It Is understood, formulated tU
ultimatum. The bonding system and,
the ue of spotters are the two main
point of grievance.
HIGH MASONRT.
The Supremo Coujnoil Concludes Its
3eslon.
WASHINGTON. GdL 23.-The su
preme council of 8cotUnh Rite masons
called on President McKlnley, today,
and later concluded Its b iennlal
session by conferring -the 13 rd degree of
Maionry on 21 members.
The vacancies in offloe were filled by
MANILA, Oct. 23. The insurgent around Calamba and
Angeles have bothered the Americans lately with their re
peated attack?, which like most of the Filipino's attacks con
sist of shooting a lot of ammunition into their opponent's
camp from long range.
Major Cheatham's battalion of the Thirty -seventh Infan
try, three companies of Ui6 Twenty-first Infantry, one battery
of the Fifth Artillery and a gatling gun, sailed out this morn
frorn Calamba, drove the Filipinos from their trenches and
pursued them for three miles inflicting heavy loss on them.
One American was killed and three were wounded of the
Twenty-first Infantry.
elwHiie Frank Pleroe. of Colorado.
trea.urer general and James C. Rlch-j' MANILA, Oct. 23. Lieutenant Furg-I Hon. indent Agulnaldo to send a
ardon. of Tennessee, lieutenant grand: n with 20 scouts of the Twenty-smn comtmsmon w anna u arrange urn-
commander.
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Best work at our Prices, becausewe have the
largest volume of Dental Work in Portland.
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per tooth J4.40
flet Teeth, fully RaRrnnteetl rubber $S (M)
Best (iold Filling $1.00 up
Bent Alloy Filling- "P
Teeth extracted without pain fi()c up
We employ only the most nodern methods and
guarantee satisfaction.
Tnke elevator on WanliiuKtou street, near Fourth, and nak forth Portland
Dentiil I'at lom, Top rloor. i
'Pl-ions Oreixon, Drawn 493. Columbia la60.
to perfection.
In th.l
order,
with a hfiivy fliv, whloh it Id from the
first,- s
Their 'lit r Ml wi'h 11 uull.'t In hi'
leg, tut a tfiitrt he fell, he lit
his pipe a id smoked placidly while
the advance- continued.
As man uftei man dropped, the up
portH were ruohed Into the firing llne,
our men dHlng from cover to c vr.
splendidly le i and ever advancing. Yet,
01 rl lge after ridge was won the High
lander still found a new rl"ge con-J
fronting them, anu ihu they fought
their bleeUlns way un.il in r.nal
ridge was nearvd, with nearly tvery
oiTlcer down.
"Then, lnmmlng every available man
lirto the nrlng line, Mancht.er, Pe
vons and Llghthorse all mixed, with the
bugles chanting an udvance, the bag
pipes shrieking and the battle a con
fused ronr, our men swept yellli'g for
ward and the position was won."
OMINOUS SILENCE.
London Fears Results of the Secona
Olencoe Battle.
LONI'ON, Oct, 23. A dispatch from
Lndysmlth, Natal, dated 4:15 yester
day afternoon has Juat been received.
It Is a literal repettUon of Cape
Town s Glencoe advices of yesterday
and It Is regarded as somewhat ominous
that nothing has Ixen received re
specting the result, especially when
viewed in the light of Lord Woseley's
stat?ment that General Yule's force
felt It necessary to retire from Dundee
to Olencoe Junotlon.
General Yule evidently is in a tight
I regiment reconnoltering near Laoao
I encountered a party of mounted Filip
inos, killed six of them and captured
! eight, with ten rifles.
TUV r VMVDM I FoUr me" ' rm th gunboai MTivelo
1 Hb ULN tKAL; were lured ashore IS miles from Hollo
eultles connected with the delivery of
Spanish prisoners and to discuss a
matter of particular character.
A reply was returned that a com
mission accredited by any one other
than General Agulnaldo, general In
j by a flag of truce and the Insurgents chief of the Insurgents could not bt
killed one of them, wounded one and recognized or received. Ito later cor-
j captured a third.
commanding our
troops, ha moved his oamp buck Into
better defensive position."
BOER CASUALTIES.
They Also Lost Many Prominent Offi
cers at Elandslaagte.
LONDON, Oct. 23. An oiTlclal dis
patch from Ladysmith gtres the follow
ing list of casualties among the
prominent Boers In the battle sat Eland
plaagte! General Vtljoen Killed. Gen
eral Knock wounded and captured,
since died. General Knock's son killed.
Colonel Sihll (a former German offi
cer), wounded and captured. Comman
der Pretoria wounded, captured. Sev
eral Ber standards cajxured.
A STRONG HINT. .
ST. PETBRSBrRrt. Oct. 23. The
Russian Rod Cross Stx'lety has deter
mined to offer to help both belligerents
in South Africa. The Herald in making
the announcement adds: "We pre
serve npfKarances with this dual pro
posal but we do not comval our views."
I ir rrA.lt, AM hK rlnVNJUiV The gunboat was unable to tire for
! fear of "rounding the Americans.
j The Second battalion. Nineteenth reg-
i Iment, Major Eeefe commanding, em
barked for lloilo today to reinforce the
Insists if llie Kansas Hero Was Nol !
respondence.
OTIS.
EVERYBODY RESTED. ,
The Vocal Phenomenon Will Tour His
Own State. .
Misqnntrd lit Manilesis Dense
Ignoranci.
i troops there.
! LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 23. Col. W. J.
Bryan arrived In Lincoln early this."
I evening, went to his home for three
j hours rest and started tonight for Polk
county, where he begins his two weeks
speech making In Nebraska tomorrow
at Stromburg. He said his health was)
excellent and he was confident ot being
able to conclude his campaign as
scheduled.
Bryan said he had In the years past
neglected his own state and he was
JOLBHRT AT DUNDKE. j
LONDON. Oct. 2I.-The Dally Ne.va
publishes the following despatch frm
Ladysmith dated Sunday night:
"A large force under Commandant
Joubert and Commander Vogan opened
Are on Dundee yesterday. The Are
whs continued today. The result Is not
known here."
A STRANGE REPORT.
Advices State Kruger Will Surrender.
LONDON. Oct. 23. A special from
corner as he now has, or has had p .twrii $4 Sunday, says that
face the main Boer army under General j p, received there from Pretoria re
Joubert. ' Dort President Kruger as being In fa-
i vor of an unconditional surrender. It is
', HE 19 NO PRESIDENT.
-' j Agulnaldo Must Send His Messages
j Only as an Insurgent Leader.
WASHINGTON, Oct 2S. Archbishop 1
Chappelle of New Orleans, apostolic ( WASHINGTON, Oct. IS.-Oeneral
delegate to Cuba, Porto Rico and the 0tls. amount 0f the last Filipino peace
Philippines, today gave out the follow-; overture ,8 follows:
ing statement to the Associated Press. ' Maniia Oct. 22. On OoU'ber 20th a
"In answer to General Funston's mesgage wa8 received at Angeles under 8mpy redeeming the promises ol
statement made in an address to the a flag truoe expressing the desire of speeches made long ago.
students f Stanford university Uiat 'If 1 '
congress would drive out the friars and
confiscate every Inch of church proper
ly, the birttom would drop out ot the
Insurrection within one wwk, for the'
InhaMtnnls of Luson su-e completely
under control of the church,' 1 deem It
propsr to make the following state-.
merte:
"Knowing what I do for the most,
reliable authority of General Funston's
broadmtndedness and sense of fairness, -I
tlo not believe he has been quoted
correctly. He may have Stalted that the
insurgents demand this as a condition ;
of peace, but that he gave them as his'
own sentiments, I cannot believe. All
I can Bay Is that If General Fusnton
made this statement, he manifested t:
dense Ignoranoe as saying: 'The In-1
habitants of Luzon are completely un-!
der the church. Now I would ask how i
can this be possible, when every priest i
(with the exception of a few) in the,
Island of Luzon, outside of the walled -city
of Manila, la a prisoner in the hand
of the Insurgents. For Ihe past 18 j
months this state of affairs has exist- i
ed. I
MESSAGE FROM YULE.
LONDON, Oct 23. The war offloe has
received the following dispatch from
General George Stewart White, com
mander in Natal, dated at Ladysmith
camp, 4.15 p. m. today.
"General Yule telegraphed me yester
day evening that the wounded at Dun
dee were doing well."
This dispatch partly relieves the anx
iety regarding Olencoe, as the British
Swell Fall and
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Therms not a better store in all America
to get your 'stylish, reliable clothe?. (
Our gathering of Suits and pvercoats has
all the betterments llmt the best diatle-to-order
ones have, and they are a heap cheaper.
. "Steinbach" clothes for boys and men
were never known to be other than best.
Their distinguishing feature is nicety of fit
they satisfy the eye, the mind and the
pocket. -Come
when youican and bring your boy.
I added that the executive will meet
Monday or Tuesday to discuss the .ad
visability of such a step. The report.
It Is stated here, must be accepted
with reserve
AMENDED LIST OF CASUALTIES.
LONDON. Oct. 23. An amended list
of British casualties at the battle of
El.'imlsluagte places the number of of
ficers killed at five, and wounded 30,
VOTED DOWN.
i
SEATTLE. Oct. 2S.-Tn the naUonalj
W. C. T. U. convention today a resolu-
tion offered by the naUonal suffrage as-:
soclatfon through Mrs. Carrie Chapman;
of New York, was voted down upon!
recommendation of the' executive com-1
mu th W O. T. V. declaring that!
thev n referred to handle the wvman's m a 1 1 nUllKRS SOLICITED. Corner Fourth and Morrison Sts-,
Steinbach 6 Co.,
Largest. Clothiers
in the Northwest
sufferage question upon lines already
laid down by them,
PORTLAND. OKF.C.ON.