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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1899)
2 THE MORNING ASTOKIAN, SUNDAY. OlTOHEtf 21). MM. THE SLOW PROGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN I father had deposited In a pliio of oafo- ty some years ago. These are very Important document, and will throw a now light upon th : deposition and death of AIhIuI Alt., the j cause which led to th abrofttUiw of Bat a Small Portion of the Islands so Far are Under American Control. INSURRECTION REPORTED INCREASING the constitution and 'the outbreak of the liunso-Turklsh war. THE EXAMINER rHOHADLT. Woman Disguised as a Man on Transport as Newspaper Cor. respondent. Natives are Destroying the Railroad to Prevent Its Use ty American Troops in the Coming Campaign. CHICAGO. Oct. 2S. The Tribune to day prints a summary of the situation Ir. tie Philippine Islands from Its spec ial correspo-ident there, Richard H. Little. The letter, which U dated Ma nil. September 14. says: Hr are some figures made seven months and a half after our campaign ( received hre by the wife of Bandmas ter Coe of the Twenty-ninth Infantry,! I'. S. V., says that when the trans port carrying the regiment to Manila ' arrived at Honolulu one of the em ployes of the ship became wry III, but refused to take medicine or have the in the field notify the -walled city" that ; MB Jnm e of a Joctor. the baby, Cornelius believed that he had regained his father's favor, nd woiil, I share M least equally with Al fred, should he not be the chief heir. When he tarned the provisions of the will he was much dlsconoertcd and troubled. It was said yesterday that he would soon retire from the pine In the New York Central omo and that he would never auk to have a. voice either ! In the family councils or In the man ttatfement of the enormous VamlerNlt : properties. HI plan, It was add I eil, was to go Into the banking A8HKVILLE, N. C, CHt. Is'.-A kW ,'U,,n"'" ,,,r,M"r ,,f hli '"- I law. It. T. Wilson. Neither Cornelius nnderbilt, Jr.. nor Mr. Wilson would discuss this state.nent, but such action upon the part of Cornelius Vanderbllt, Jr.. is expected by his relatives and the Intimate friends of the family.' -Vim , 1115 IS NOT SATISFIED. the rails have been torn up from the section of track Just captured, and that the ties have been burned and the grade; destroyed, they get an order to "fix It." So after a few mile of rail road are captured the soldiers have to scatter up and down the track and go agult.t the Filipinos began. Say It to I mlm" " " ' si miv. to Anevles. we hold Dossesslon, The Insurgents bury the rails Ave or of the railroad up to that point. -yVej"1 f deep. They observed that the ran fairly claim possession of the land Americans located the rails by sound- a half-mile on each side of the track. We Mve possession of the wagon road, and. let us say. a half-mile on each side from San Fernando through Baco- lor to Santa Rita, eight miles, with four miles to Guaga. We have a road from MoMos to Ballauag, 11 miles northeast. We can claim 11 square miles here. We have Manila out as far as the water works, five ml lea away. That gives us. say. 25 miles around the city. lug with a crowbar, so they resorted to the expedient of putting a layer of ties over the rails. To replace the burned tics, the quartermaster's department was forced to use planks, two boards each two Inches wide, being nailed to gether for ties. The sidetrack, wher ever possible all the way back to Ma nila, was Jerked up, carried north and put down where the rails could not be found. Another great need of the army la light-draft steamboats for use on the Colonl Hardin ordered a surgeon to Corn.-mir Vanderbllt Says lie Was to attend the case, nnd K was discovered that the patient was a woman In male attire going to the Philippines to rep-' resent an American newspaper. She refused to disclose her name or the pa per she would represent. CORNELIUS MUCH Thn we have '.he road and a half mile each siie down 18 miles to Imus. ! n rive" and Lu- There T! en we have Calamba and some other! is a .i . V .1,0. rr,oni r aw I an arm5' could use river steamers to points on the lake that Creneral law- , . . , ' greater advantage. The Rio Grande. to.i cai-turea oerore ne wns umrra; .. I . v . the Chico, the Rio Grande Pampanga,' bfk. Thesw towns are not approached K 'i, Hive SI0.0OO.0no of Ills Father's Ratine by Agreement. NFW YORK. (VI. SS.-The World publishes the following: Cornelius VanitfrhUt, at his home. No. Fifth avenue, nt 10:45 o'clock last niKht made this Important statement to a World reor(er: i "The agreement by which I recslvt DISAPPOINTED : W-1"1" iHi from my brother's portion of U i.it.ite has txvn made to appear aa .. a mere gift. U Is no gift, but the re-J suit ( a compact entered Into before THOUGHT FATII KK K Ei01 LED ',h"r y '" nn i was to receive no less than IIO.iwm.OiH). - - "The truth of the matter Is that an Krement of an adjustment was from Hoprd forBrttfr Tn-mmrn! In thr mnimc. y.-s. i may sy from Will, and Has Withdrawn From i ,h w""ln " 'Tlere was an und.-rstsndlng be twecn u that ny share should le no l.s that. llrt.OiiO.tVK)." "When was the agreement made?" "I can only ray that It was some: t i in- prior to my father's death. The matter mine then has been In the hnnds 8i "i.- , 7 r Uilson Improved Air Tight Heaters ...FOR C0AL . . . Tliwlioiitor in I'Mptviiilly itliiitcil lor Sft Ctml iintl Li)jiii!o. J'lio Imtly i mmlo of a.lhln.l Htt't'l. Kxlr heavy slinking mul t untttij Hi'titu. Kiro pot oxlru licavy witli liii'o umIi jiit, IImh iiiiii'kcl urn, niikol iiitnu' luto ami two nickel I'lntetl loot ruils. Tlii' not llast ilnil't is (iftnistnirlii that tint t'sviijtinjj (list.- aiv all coiistiiiicil, w liieli makt's a pri'nt savinj; in tlin iMiiNiinijitioii f fuel. Price, $12.00 to $25.00. All Varieties of Weed Air Tights at FOARD & STOKES. Assofia'ion Willi Hit FamiU. The"Delsarte" and "Regent" Shoes for Women Books Bought, S 1,1 ami at tlio Y.x ihaiigi i rhp A t-nn rh RIrrU n n.4 f puai9 Hn bv road, but by boat across the La- . , . How through fertile and densely potu- giina de Bay. and we only control the. " v v . . .... . ! la ted valleys and offer means to the land they stand on. Adding up our to- . ... ! army of bringing up supplies and til possessions we find we have 117 08 v vvu unu n. )oi f T.nron ,,.n. "'lu iriuisporung o.g oouies of sol- tains 4J.0O) square miles. Luzon, the Insurrection seems to be growing. The Insurgents hold ports In Mlnda rru. the next largest island to Luion Ir the Philippines, and said to be in calculably rich in gold and silver mines a;,d iron and copper ores, coal and oth er minerals, beside possessing wonder ful forests of hard wood. cans hove darad venture there as yet. as General Otis has sent no troops to the island. Englishmen and Germans Outside of !irrs that woulJ 08 Invaluable were it utilized. from what can be learned from tht SV.W YORK. Oct. i.-The Tribune tins morning says: The provisions of the will of Corne lius Vanderbllt, which were mada pub lic yesterday, excited intense Interest. I-mm certain remarks, It appears that this settlement alone, effected nfter lorn; dlscusslo.1, prevented a contest tliat nrisht ha- resulted In one of the rreat-st and eos'liest will litigations ! v-r known. Cornelius Vanderbllt, Jr.. insurgents, they are well satisfied with ! when he learned the previsions of his the present condition of affairs. Their congress has Just returned a communi cation to the American peace commis sion declaring that while they would 1' have accepted autonomy from our gov- 1 O ,'n m n n If Ikav hail hudn .Am .).. No Amert-! " " ' , dealt with at first, they will now con ! sider no proposition exoept Independ ence. With almost 42,000 miles of ter- I ritory from which to draw supplies, and of my lawyers. Carter A Lcdyard. They' have ubsolute h.trge of my Interests."1 Mr. Vanderbllt was aktl if there would ic an ainliiilile sttlemeiit of the! estute 011 the IxlmIh lndicatl by the' transfer of is.umt.mio to him from .VI-! fr-tl's portion. To this he replied: ! "Y;U must excuse me. I will not dls cusa the matter further. I Just wish! to be set right Ix'fore the public. All ' my mteivMs are In my lawyers' hands.". fither's will, placed his interests in the hands of his counsel. Carter & Ledyard. I They ronduotod negotiations with Hen- ! ry H. An-Jerson, the attorney of Alfred l"'-' republican legUlative tlckit of i ,., ira 11, ,, . Iowa, did not receive the nomination owynne tanderbllt. While none of llpttl KVIn thousand three hundn-d and those Interested would sav what was tnty-six ballots had be-n taken. Dr. P. O. Koto, who Is a candldatu on . AH JSUL Equal Styles to One f,v4 any Price T't''l $5.00 $3.50 Shoe nmwlinc about the '(.land eettinir: t . v. ,jllth boats coming. In without any op- all the concessions tney can. It Is said - ' K that sevenl prospecting parties are at woi k. General Otis reports conflicts between th "robber bands" and American sol-i dlers In Negros and Cebu. The Nine noHftlon from Hons- Knrur tanan anA from Central and South America and Australia, the insurgents are doing well as far as supplies are concerned. teenth. the Eighteenth, the Sixth and one battalion of the Twenty-third in fantry are now in those two islands fighting the "robber bands," who dig trenches and occupy towns and make night attacks after the fashion of the fpsurgenu In Luzon. THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE. I Captain of .leannette Says It Is Feast j ble and Literally Alive With ' Whales. SAN' FRANCISCO. Oct. 2S.-Captaln ' Newrh of the whaling steamer Jean- done, enough has been admitted to In dicate that had Alfred not made the concision mentioned, litigation would hrve followed. Cornelius Vanderbllt was at the Grand Central station yesterday. Al fred was at Newport. When Cornelius u-fs s"n he dismissed the subj. ct briefly by saying: "Whatever arr.ing-ments may have been made were :iiade through my at torneys. Carter & Ledyard. t have no comment to make upon the settlement. ; R was a family arrangement, and not ; a gift." J It was learned from a trustworthy I source ye.terdiy that Cornelius Van-' I derbilt, Jr., is much disappointed by There must have bevn a stubborn Jury man or two among the delegates to mat convention. i who has arrived from the Arc h" fiUher'" aU"Ude ln ! which he has ben placed by his broth- Steins or Beer Mugs. Great Left Over 6alb Price Away Dowu. You'll Say So, When You See Prices. Great American Importine Tea Co. Store ICvcrywlivrc. 100 Stores. IT Comnerclal ft. Aatarta, Also "Queen Quality" Shoes for Women $3.00 E, C, Goddard & Co. OrcgoniHn H'iildiii(?, Portland. Old Book Store History, Hiotfrapliy, M.lunlcal, IWerence, Pm-try. Medical, I .aw. Iti'lk-loin. All standard work. Scluntillc Swoml-hnnil sclnxil book, arK0 BtlK., f '"j!!: 8f'"1l-l"'ii'l nintfatliitt. Li. "oa,lt- LbW tx,k ol otivult, 10.000 tltlf. HYLAND BROS. roitTUNP. OH. Yamhill hi.. Trlephono Itisl iH'i.'l ! Umbrellas Best and Cheapest AUi liiiiltiiij( aiu) lb-covering- nl Meredith Vsiiin!ioii Irlw.vnrilli and nth Street, 1'oHTI.AMi, OllK. ftlerchant Tailor Al.ni'lt M fHK. THIHIi Portland, Ore. R, MARSCH Tonsorial Parlors 301 Washington fct., corntir Fifth 0osile Hotel Tfrkltn LiuliiM Hnir Drossing a Sjiwiftltv. I. adieu enlrnnco U batb on Fifth street. POHTLANH. ounooN. W. C. A. Pohl, oi ui rtitui. Undertaker, Kmbalmcr and Funeral Director Caskets nuil Funeral Sttiiplles rotitn. ly iu liaiiil. Corner lltli and I'iiuik. Hi, Astoria, Or '.im.S. lrlpioih. I r). K.mi.mCj "iu.!w3 lb. 1'Ath.N X Uh'cvftU. iiaJtlmor, Md. a iuie n?fH)n irom teou is 10 me ei- i net; .... n AAA L.l I .c. i. -imi i-uif .,w ruui-rs were men- tic. reDorts tha.t he rachl Proilor acing our foraes and a collision was ! .-hannel, latitude 71.30. longitude 120 hand,,,,me cf". and that he Imn.inAnt. The vxt campaign is going . No other American vessel has' wlthdraw fT(m any tunh VrtW- to be different from the last. We will ever male Crosier channel, but 50 years ' " " tlW f th v-bHt I roTry. Cornelius Vanderbllt, Jr., Is described by those who know him intimately as a I reticent young man. He took his dls-' get out of the flat, open country Into Peo Captain New th says three English the mountainous, thickly woodefi coun-' wintered at Mercy bay. Banks-' try. If we do not end the war here we w ill have to carry it Into the high, rocky mountains of Luzon. It will be no violation of a state se- land. The channel closed up, however, p.nd th. EnirllHhfTipn von, ftrriA t ..... , .agreem-nt with his father much to 2 abandon their vessels. ' . . J It is a very exceptional year when. 5 JAnAAniyuiAnuiwinuvnArLrvAap 3 ! ST. HELEN'S HALL A BOARDING AMD DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Reopened September 13. For circulars udilrew), MISS ELKNORK THIBUET I'M, l'h. ) I'riucip i!, I'ortlan l ()reou Telephone Red 301. Goliimbia Eleetfie & Repair Go Succensor to ' COLUMBIA IRON WORKS Blacksmiths BoilerMakers Machinists Foundrymen I Logging Engine liullt nnd Repaired Lowers. Supplies Kept In Stock cret to say that the first object of the I the channels are free from Ice floes, as nxt campaign will be to take the rest I Captain Newth found them so, and he of the railroad from the hands of h? j Hays that if he had had two years' pro- Inxurgents. The insurgents ought o be ; visions' with him he could have made j every way to overcome the difficulty. He entered the office of the superln-' u-no'enl of motive power of the New York Central and wer.t to work to fiimly convinced by this time that we the trip through the north wpm passage ! ""' hl" "" anJ want the Manila and Dagupan road. ; to Baffin's bay. Captain Newth says' as we have fought along that line sev- ; that Melville sound would prove the' en months. They know we want It, richest field for whales If the currtnt arid thy also know that we are going 1 was not so strong. As it Is, vessels of i to gnt it, for thy ar- already tearing light power cannot stand the strain, up the track, burning the ties and bury- ! Whales follow the feed wherever the lng the rails north -f Angelee. i current carrie it, and the Jeannette The country east of the railroad, rrew gil A' hun,1'"di' of them feeding In north of Angeles to Dagupan, is made ; Avin aouni- like It Is south of Manila, exoept higher ' and more broken. West of the railroad' riTATE PRt.SON'jR ESCAPES, arc high mountains, tha will offer the' insurgents better opportunity to re-: " "M 8eC,vU Whlch He WiBne u trat and wcape than th-y have had ln l" KuTnW PuW'- Via 1.,. ......... .., . t.u.iiry. vvnn tne taKlng of NKVV YOliK the railroad, we will have cut off the provinces of Zambalese, Paggaslnian, late. He never asked more than any other employe. He did everything he could to prove to his father his serious Intentions. He never complained, and never allowed an opportunity to pass without trying to secure a re-estab-lihment of th former cordial rela tions between hlm?lf and his father. It Is said further that he hoped and ! believed he had succeeded In gaining j his father's favor. The two men did j not discuss the subject, but for hours I fathei and son talked cordially at the ; Breakers ln Newport and also In this I. j city. The young son of Cornelius, Jr., Oct. 28. A dlsuatch toi was oftrn taken to tho Rt .,. 'he Herald from Berlin says: j Mr. Vanderbllt manifested a keen en- 'A Constantinople teleeram tn th! iovmeni I Tarlru; and Pan Panga and Bataan Tageblatt states that the son of Mldhat said that in the light of these talks and can lay claim to a good deal more , Pasha, who, since his father's death, the fondness displayed by his father for country than the precise amount of real has lived as a state prisoner ln a Der-I ' estate on which jur American Is now vish monastery at Smyra, escaped a! TO CURE LAOIUPPE IN TWO DATS C"n'"stl"g:' ! short time ago. Jhe walled Cty" cannot understand.' It report that he went to Eng. TSt why the enemy has so much trouble ! l-n.l, wh he auceUed In obtaining fail, to cure. E. W. Grove'. .Ignature itb the railroad. When the officers possession of of-rtain papers which his I" on each box. 25c. j The Most Annoying Thing One ciiconiiti rs in tli wcuting of (?Ihh m is the coiinlnnt enro riwes sary to keep .!ic len-es clenn and clear. The luimlki-rcliief i n. ways liimdy but not iilwrivfl cle pniit. We (five a fine lentlier ease: and clminoiK lens clearer with each piiirof (,'Ihhs. s we cell Northwest Optical Co., The l.fil.I.e lllla Mecond nil WMalilnuton Ht C A Portland Buyer HIS MOTHERS BRBAD He .ays was alway so light and well baked. Well there 1. a knack In mak ing It. But don't forget the kind of stove or range used make, a difference. His mother used a Star fCatnte Mange Heavy Forging Under Power Hammer a Specially ; ". , Sole Manufacturers of the Unsurpassed ... M Harrison Secton" Propellnr Wheel ... Contractors for Electric Liglit-t und Tower I'lanta. ...TH Esmond Hotel... PORTLAND, ORE., FRONT AND MORRISON STS. Kuniien'i p ii, liik! 1 1 1,V) pur tint. Aiiirrlcaii plan, l,U0 to HMD per iluy, OSCAR ANDERSON, Ma J. C, PKNIiKUAIT, Chltif Clerk, Mrs. DALTON, who has l.a. years' of cxperii'iicc m a . Buyer . Will bo pleiiHcd to givo persona attention to (ill eustoiner. Correspondence solicited. aiKffiiiil 363 Second St., Portland. jlJIl m mm CHAS. HEILBORN & SON IRON AND BRASS BEDSTEADS In nil size, mid styles, We shall continue to eel I Iron nnd Brass UudHtends nt the sniiie Low Prices renrUlcH8 of the raise In the price of iron and brass W. J, BCU1XT. AgMt, ttl Bond Street tpijurinjiruvuvinvnvuuv a LIOTEL OrOTl Airwl PORTLAND, OR.