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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1899)
THK MORNING ASTOKIAN, SIN OA Y. NOVEMBER IV, DETAILS OF AFFAIRS AT LADYSMITH NOW RECEIVED The Town is Being Shelled by Heavy Guns Both Night and Day. REINFORCEMENTS ARE BEING RUSHED v iMr way to tho rhUlppltr, but j may go to Imllu bcfor Uhv rvturn. I Wshop I'ottcr'a Honolulu citivhI to iihhm tlic HirM IU-v, Pr. AlfnMi TVIUIs, the bishop thiMV. Th UcmI rvUul ms of tht IsHn.l having ermntf.sl. It appears thu tlviv wax cxpocinttoii that a transfer of the itlivsne might hsw to lw mini." to the American i i hints of hlh Ix'fmv this but for the Iniu-tlon of the Iliiiliilu bishop, tils iM.M-ese Is nn Imti'ivn.Mit mi.-,' but It hs u nominal Mitrtvtln xr'.xb the church of KiiRlaml. from th, f ct that th noinlniitlon to the bishopric Is. vmtcl lii the Ar-hblshop of Ou'iter.' bury. tr WIKKI.KSS TKl.IV.lt I'll Y Fears arc Entertained That the English Garrisons are Weak In Artillery and That Ammaniticn is Also Running Low-More News of S-ymcns Death. 1 Naval I'.wnl In Chiiive of It'veni V.- peilmt'tit llecomntenl u Adoption rHU'AflO. Nov. IS. A sHH'lul to ihcj Times-Heral.l from Washington, says: . i "The system Is itlupted for use otij jail vessels In the navy." ts the tlmllng NKW YORK Nov. 1S.-A dispatch to iher- U a hopeful fn respecting f th special board of navy officer, th Trlbun from Lond, says: the nnrn border, folonrt lUden-'that had In charge th Investigation New, It beginning to drlbb.e In with ' hn BM,fb, J""' ' ' J.,1, aufflcL to form an outl.n. for the Boer, ,n craf, and. W. Is , conclusion, of ,h , bn.nl and Us re-J o what has happened a Udynnith the on.y mmander on the Hht.sh de, mendat., tha, th system be l: th ZlZl of the bom- who can U thetn ,. their on way, vcr , a trla, ,n th. navy e n, bardment on November 7. him en- There re also signs that the cv.umn ; out today by Admiral Hnu.font. the g.gem.ts appear to have taken p.ace for the rIM of Klmber.ey Is well on chief execut.v of the bureau of ,., on the 9th 10th. and 14th. . 50 mlH of the men,, under wh.ch supervise the gov-j Lastly earvy on the morning of the town. General Bu.ler with 110W fre.h J-mmenta. ea on b,nl the New YorKj 1,-th. heavy firing w. heard in r-"troop, a, Cape Town ha. re-' and M.chut,, W .y. court from the direction of badmith. ' .ourca for a Aerial ve attempt to raise j A Time, dispatch rtate, that the town Ifee iege of KImberley.. The Time, and HOERS LACK F.VP. t. bein holM night and day and Mail publish graphic amounts of ,he. hard pressed, the Boers doubtlew battle at EUnds Laagto. rvcelve.1 by Cim,p, roriKn Ar)Hln,t tdninlth .training every nerve ,o crush the de-' Utter from war corwpondent. at .ne fense and either force General White front to surrender or abandon his stores The Time correspondent aleo give, ... an.l m-.kft dnerate ef- a stirring description uf the storming " i L . - , ...... . way through their of Talmana hill and nientloiu that ' ""'f iei.rui n puulln's m. General Symons f-ll mortally wojndeJ following from Its nivlul correspond - hm galloping ak)n the lin to tell 'i al Metermaiitinurg. .ov. u: !the troop that the hill must t taken Th" n.itlv report tha; th- enemy: he describes the storming of the hill I hv drawn a complete iord. around j as one -f the greatest .ihlevren's ..f I-'idysmlth and ing -.s is n v the British Infantry. , dill cult. Our troops .uv i h -rf.il aw j there Is little s'.ckn.5W. ! j The luvrs ar; in gr.-it sti.in.s f.r want of fotkl. The Fr-f Staters hue; 1 become almost mu'lnojs. ! THE EXCELLENCE OF SVIIIPOF FIGS UIu not only t tie originality and simplicity .f the .'Miii.itu.tioti, but alv to the care nu I ;li which it i. niaaufacture.l by se! ntil.c pr)ecx.e known to the Ci.iko.(mv Fin SvKtr Co. only, und we w ivh to impress upon all the importance of pmvliuMiiK the true and original remedy. As the jeDUine Syrup of Fic is Hianiifactured by the CAMroKMA Km Svnvi' Co. only, knowletlge of that fact will assist one iu avoMm the worthless Imitations manufactured by other ar ties. The high standing- of the Cm roasu Fto srhfH Co. with the medi cal profesiou, ami the satisfaction which the jrenulue Syrup of Figs has giTert to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of its remedy. It U far la advauoo of all other lax Hires, aa It acta on the kidneys, liver and bowels without lrritaMnir or weaken log them, and it dor not gripe nor aauseate. In order to get Ita beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. as rsuxrtv. r LeClf T1LLE. Kf. rw TRK. N. T But British Well and Cheerful. NEW YORK. Nov. IS. A dispatch to the Herald from London, says: CHANGES IX BOERS HOVERING AROUND ESTCOURT fort to cut his HlVef. The relieving column i slowing be ing formed at Pieterniaritiburg where General Hildyard apoears to be the. senior fffioer. The greater part of the prt divisitei is now in Natal. The Bien have quickly followed up their success tn entrapping a hundred Dublin Fusiladers and Natal volun-: teers. by advancing In wrong force to-' ward Estcourt. They were reported Fliday to be within Ave miles of the town with eight guns and there were unconfirmed rumors toward midnight Q th-tf the Brlilfh garris.m miftht he compelled to fall bark. General Hild- yard's second brigade had s-m. him to Durban with the CoWstreams from the first brigade and the sixteenth brig-! ade and a Fusilier ba.tta.llon from the third division, and all had arrived.) from last reports, except the Cold- streams and the Second Devonshire. ' This with a strong infantry force, of NFW y0RK- "OV- Pcia1 to which the Second West Yorkshlr-s had! x' "M f"im Ld- W .k a i.' nr Jispatch frum Ur sp cial curres- S. P. DIRECTORY A NKW Vli'K HKKS1DKNT Wilson Improved Air Tight Heaters ...FOR COAL... Tliis lit'itttT is especially iiiliiptt'd lor Soft ('o uiiil Lignite. Die IkhI y is miule of c i.m! steel. Kxlrn lieuvy slmking ami iluinjiiu Hrio. Kiro pol extnt heavy with large usli jit. Hum a nickel urn, nickel mitne pluto tiiol Iwd nickel plated font mils The lint Must ilraft is .so constructed that the escaping gust are all consumed, which makes a great saving in the consumption of fuel. Price, $12.00 to $25.00. All Varieties of Wood Air IMUal FOARD 6 STOKES. Sale of Stanfonl-Crmkir Interests Will Lead to Numerous Kcslijna tions tind Retirements. ! The NKW KLECTRIf MOTUIt ATT UK YET Euglish forces Advance to Give Then tattle and They Kefuse tbe Challenge. The garrison there was weak in artil lery, unless the naval brigade had brought up its guns from the Bhips and on this account it mitrht nt be pre-; pared for attak fpm the I5of-r guw. ! These batteri.-s of It-Id artillery were( diseinbark-.'d from the Arrnt-nian at Durban yest-rday. but tim- would rt'iuir-'d for carrying up the .mntry an 1 i-tting the hor into condition after their long voyage. pondrnl is publish -d bytheDaaly Mall: EST'.'OIRT. Nov. 11. The ll.-r I must have made a dt-tour hist night as tins morning tn- lummamlo wan re portw) to b- within six miles .,f (he village to the n'rth and eat. Th? alann was givn and innps moved out an I to"ik up p-nloti front ins th- lJt-r adva.:M'f. Th- cn' tny were n moving alxut. l.ut mad-- im at tii'pt t leave the hills. j ATLANTIC t'lTY. N. J. Nov is A MADE Practical demonstratinn of the d I varce In the power of electric motors. epclaUy as appll-d to automobtbs has Just be-n given over the South Jersey bicycle course. The record for the beat prvvloun per formance of a storage battory In an automobile, being double the weight In both batter! and vehicle tu that used here without re-chargtng. S.i miles, made during the summer in France by Count Laubert, wan eclipsed, the automobile making 100 miles without having the battery r" charg-d. DANGERS (JF ITtJKT SOr.M). j TACOMA. Nov. 1H. An unknown j man ither fell or was thrown from a rmi In the Haldwln hotel and wasj found dead on the pavement early this morning. Joe Maloiie. a gambler, who1 lis the last fjerson s--n with the d-nd The en-my. --n nea' rhively y.-ster- man. Is now held In Jail on susnlclot. ' ,V,o military ex,M-rts to whom I have (Jay haV(. U(.k n lju,.rThe j,.a(1 , be,.-, sp-aking contende.1 that -vory-. f.arip as Wn ,,v ln.itlV(.ly M raHl And-rHeon. ' thing could not 1- d.,n, in a 0h ; that ;fantry r.8innl uni,r ,,,,., Kit.-h-' master of th- schemer from San1 tho men and store must Ik- taken off in,, a iuva) tJ Frant(H.o nw lla,ilnK M s,.att. the hi, that arrangiinents munt t.-ulsr T rribl- ' i ma'le for feeding the troops and anl- SHORTAGK IN AITLKM. mals. and Pietrmaritzhurg was s. ven- Ni:V YoliK. Nov. Is. A diHpatih to! ly mil's inland. the Herald from I.ndon, wiys: Trre war ollice yewierday isiuel (J.-ti- Tn" Iaily T-U-graiih priii!-l th" eral Iluller's (ueount of the armofd advices from its special ..,rr"Hp.;id train ambust-Hde. onfinnii)gie.s dls- lunches, minimizing the aifair, but ad- K-it'.'.urt, JJ,,V. If,.- A f.-.v IJ,ts ar milting tha; PM nieii were missing, laagi-red near Kr-i-e. A f w others Comrvent upon this epide jn t'nf hiiVe be.-n seen moving eat. clubs was bitter, although everyone! An ambulance train has gin- for- had a Ko.d word for the gallantry of ward to try Ui i-cov-r our wouiel.. Lieutenant WinstoJi Churchill. Yesterday's I in ihj armor"d train engagement hdw b'-i-.i asfl-rtaln- d to have l.n n voii:,iI..,l or iniHS- Dublin Fusiliers c ai.-.air. Maldane, Lieutenant FrankVind and " njen; Th- only cavalry reserves ut "np Town ;.ie the Alder.shot coniijany of niounfd Infantry with a machine nun section and a force of CO Iancers ar riving yesterday. The adinirftlty has Kotn'thlug to answer for in j-fiidins; cavalry and fi-I J artillery on slow ships, but scant provitdon has U-en nade by th military staff for s curfng good scouting against an exceedingly mobile enemy consixting mainly of mounted Infantry. The tune of the war office authori ties renialiia confident and it is esti mated thit General Bui! -r Knows what is going on in Ladysmilh from day to day. j NKW YORK. Nov. lS.-The Heiaid Meanwhile there are many rumors says: from Boer sources respecting the con-i lilshop Potter has wmt a cablegram tlnuance of the bombardment from :he from Kokohoma announcing his ar hllls and Investment of the town v.ith- rival in Japan and a stay in Honolulu In a narrow range of fire. Public of a day and a half. He accom anxlety is Increasing with lack of( panled by the Rev. Percy S. Grant, of authentic news from Ladysmlth, but the church of the Ascension. They are CHICAGO, Nov. 11. The Keerd says: .South Water strwt (unmlssloii-iie-n mourn UW lost In apples. Three .-.-ks of exceptionally hot w-rtther in October when the cream of the winter mock was shipped by Michigan, N'e York and Indiana growers, "cooked." the majority of the consignments being so bad that even cold storage could riot save l hem from decay. SAN' FltN'ts t'hroniilc s,iy; "The sole of the Cro. kei anil S..in ford lnter-sn In the Southern Paelfio will ( followed by "venl churgej. in the board of directors of the Kentucky corporation In the ner future. Mb.. . . V . .. I I J .,..... ...... I - N'W York next w-s-K and 'bsirg Cnxker will arrive the litt-r part of the month or early In Isstnber. Short ly thereafter sptial meeting of th Southern Piiolllc board f director will bo held and the resignation of Georg Crocker and W. If. Crocker as well as the resignations of Mrs. Sun ford's two director. Russet J. Wilson arvl Charles U. Ijithr iD will b pre Kernt d. One or two of the new lirertor in all pr.dxiblllty - 111 l.e Southern I'm in. oificlals. "ihe other directum are exj ci ted to tx- 'hos-n fiom ihe business nen m unity. "It Is said that !l. V. Huntington and J. C. Stubbs have ts-n upnolntvd a committee to select the successor of the Crocker and the Stanford dl-rectors. "The retlr-meiu of (iorire Crocker. I v III creut - n v icancy In the pesitinn! i of second vie; pr.-sl I . nt of ihe South ern Pacific and there is a g tr'-ral be lief in local railroad circle that II. F. Huntington will Is- applnted. It Is iiIko belbved that H. F. Huntington will ucc.-'d to the presidency of the Pnrlllc Improvement Company, the resigna tion of George Crocker le-lng ex-p-fted." The"Delsane" and "Regent" Shoes for Women All Styles, One Price, $3.50 Equal to Any $5.00 Shoe , Also "Queen Quality" Shoes for Women $30 E. C. Goddard & Co, Orrgooian IluilJing, l'ortland. awwvuvtnAA ITU lVrvUVUVUVU AAO g i:.XTi:.'DING THR cl'KFK.W. I n::s moinks, n.v. is.-Th.- iiy Iui Uii light infantry, clltllin Wyllc ""u,'( il paswl an ordinance pro- nnd 21 men. ' riibltlng all H.-rson walking the Hir-is A heavy musketry fire was h. anl lnja,t,'r 11 p- '" ""' ran Kiv'- the dilution of Ladysmlth at 2 o'clock K;i,ira''twy r wrfis ther-forv,r.iturning thiK morning but there was no sound to ''"slness or some rwcewsary (H-ctipa- of cannon. HISIIOP POTTKfi'S TIUP. i Has Arriel at Yokohorna and May Go to India From Manila. tion. The penalty Is a fine of J10 and It applies to adults as woll as children. LA ST OF CH1CKEKING. liOSTON, Nov. 18. Gwge II. ('bick ering, the last of the family which be came famous tor piano forte Is dead 1 at his home at Milton, Mas., aged "0 years. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. AH druggists refund the money If It fall! to cure. E. W. Grove's gig. nature la on each box. 28c. Come Just to See. Useful Premiums Given Free. Grest Aoiriciii Importina Tsa Co STORKS 100 IN NI'MUKIt I'ltlCKH AWAY t'NDKIt .ol Cornni'-r ial Ht., Astoria. NORTH PACIFIC Dental College 15th and Couch Sts l'ortland. Member of National Association of Dental faculties. Formerly Ta;oma College "f Denta Surgery. Dental Infirmary onen dallv from t m. to 6 p. m. Free oral surgical ellnt uaturaay, :w p. m. to I p. m. A, R. Baker, D. D. 8., Demonstrator to charge. Students desiring Information, ad dress North Pacific Dantal Collefa, Fifteenth and Couch atrawta, Portland, Oregon. ThutV What H e arc tryinf ti Uo catch the eye of the public. W e are doing it, too. This is shown by the tiurnU'r of the public who 001110 to see us ulniiit their individ ual ryes. Skill, care 11 ml honesty is a combination that mu't win. Northwest Optical Co., 'I llC l.llilt lll.l., Hec.iri.l anil Viiflilnutoi Hit r I'OKTLAMI. OKU, ON. cruviumriAJinjAAAuvruvrirutvru u HIS MOTHER'S BREAD He says was always so light and well baked. Well there Is a knnck In mak ing It. But don't forget the kind of stove or range un-d makes a difference. His mother used a Star Kwtate Rarijre Dl r. ! Umbrellas Ilotinlit, SulJ nml KxcIihiujihI at tlit Old Book Store History, lliogrsphy. M.lui,ical, Itifcrence, Poetry. Medical, l. IWIifloiis. Hoiriitillc All standard works. 1 S.s-otid Imnd scliool IsHiks, lnrgo st.s k clicp Sc iuid Imnd msgsliu s. Li- j l.riiit. s TMiiljjrit. Itirge sbK'k or Hovels, l'.'HHIltt HYLAND BROS. Best and Cheapest Also Impairing ami lUsvirerlng at Meredith's WsshitiK'ton Muccti ftlh and nth Hlrreta, IH HITMAN t, OUT. A Portland Ruyer Mrs. Jl.M.ToN, w-lio Ims hml yt rtrs' ui' cxju-iii'iH t' im 11 . Buyer . roim.ASD. 01c. : Will l k ili's.i to givo rsoiui Yamhill St., Mo Ssomt ; tl,dlti... to all ousloin.-r. Telephone lied 'JHs;i. 1 (WriMii)ifii-t fuilifiti'tl. , Sttunl St., i'urtlniul. R. MARSCH: W. C. A. Pohl, I nun tiRout. TonSOrial Parlors ; Undertaker, Embalmer ' and Funeral Director 1 301 Washington St., corner Fifth UppuaiUj Hotel rerkina Lu'lios ITair Ilretiiiig n Sjufiully I.alies entrance to hath 00 Fifth street. , 1 l(IMbl pmiof 9 mrlinl. ftl or lavtMlT nla4 . tlr1f trip lu Ita rrtt Kiiioilliua, naawj Caskets ami Kunersl Supplies constant ly on hsnd. Coroer 11th aul Ihmiie Sts, Astoria, Or 1 Columbia Eleetrie & Repair Go Successor to COLUMBIA IRON WORKS Blacksmiths BoIlerMakers Machinists Foundrymen Loggers' Supplies Kept In Stock mutiny W. J, 8CULT.T, Af ent, 4J1 Bond street. 1-OKglng Bnglnea Unlit ntttl Kcpnlrotl Heavy Forging Under Power Hammer a Specialty Sole Manufacturers of the rtisurposscd ... " Harrison Secton" Propellor Wheel ... Contractors for Klectric Lights und Tower I'lants. i ...The Esmond Hotel a PORTLAND, ORE., FRONT AND MORRISON STS. r w r.uroi.-n i i i . 11, r .my. USUAIt AciUbHsUN, MiUiikit J " t-"-...",. ,1, I'. PI'.N HK.II AST, Clili't CliT k CHAS. MEILBORN & SON IRON AND BRASS BEDSTEADS In nil sizes mid style. We sliull continue to sell Iron nnil Drnss llcilKtcmls ut tlm snniH Low Prices regardless of the raise la the price of iron und brass oruurmuuu fll PORTLAND rs PORTLAND, OR. t - -- " - - aFva m 111 I lei I1U K