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'if i I , L 'If Cl. .: VVk! i ill ill' VOL L ASTOUIA. OREGON, TUCKS DAY, JAM'ARY 25, 1900, NO. VJ J -V T 9 1 n. n Now is tlic Time . . . . 'tilm' TTI Hi weather will be gcttinif colder iittii soon' ill It iV better buy your ti now at THE ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. BOOK Big Reduction Until February 1, 1900 All 25c Hunks nw 20C All XV Honk now 25C All 50c Hunks now 40C All 73c Hooks nuw 50C All .f 1.00 Hooks now S0C Au otlirnt in )riiMirliin. Spo-lsl itlrc mi mt. In our '.'.V Looks me Int-liiuVI I In- (vli'liriitpil llriily xxik, Kipling, mul mntijr otltt-r jMiputnr million. Does Not Belong to the Trust COURTRAI IRISH FLAX GILL NET TWINE Foard 8 Stokes Co., Agents ur New (tods Oru ni:w coons jit Aiutivip. m;om thk fast AM) NuV RKADY KoU dill 1!00 tTM'OMKItS AltK: Combination Book Cases Writing: Desks, China Closets Music Cabinets Library Cases ,s WSa&us.v These goods were bought before tho riso in jdieos and will bo )K1 accordingly. Charles Heilborn 8 Son. m t SOriE EXTRA FINE f RIPE HISSION OLIVES J'JSTOPENED (P "iimvTT'i Rlunrc iipine iiLiiitib i nauio i ivnibn, V ll'IICMPC tVIt rtTBI'I'O iii.luiiiliv.1i n.l vniiiii GORDON DIUVOKTHS .IELLIRS AND PKESEKYRS ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. i --CS-H8)-K--!--S- I " ' . - . "'' C. J. TRENCHARD, Commission, Brokerage, CMB,om Hombo Broke. ASTORIA, .OREGON GRIFFIN & REED IMXE TEAS AXI) COFFEES CHASE a SAXHORN'S " ' " ' . ?! THE DEADLOCK STILL UNBROKEN Duller Has Reported No Develop ments io tbe Situation. REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVING London Consoled Kith Hope That De lay Will Increase His Puree So to .Make Advance I'ossililc. LONDON, Jan. 25. l.':30 . in. Khort ly after 12 o'clock the war office an iK.uiir i-il that nothing further In the way of dinpiitrhi-H wo.ild Imj given out during the night. LONDON, Jan. 25. 4 15 a. ni.-The hhi'IiiIIiik in I'l'll Mull, outside tln war iif'l r.inl tlirnii 'il llcgi'd to wait In '.lie liit.M'-x, ri luctniiily illM-to1 at PilOiliKlit iiftrr tin llrul word tliat l.nlllllllf l 'I'llil liu IllltluUIICClJ. Tlii' tniKil' inn hIhiw that Hliiiiki' In t lie IiIkIii'ki part of a pliil in 11. : ihimiiiI, about i lnl't mlli'D, are th. ll'ii r i..lt ii -mm olung tho Turi-Iu. (iimrul Hull.'r' Infantry, to nadi th huiiinilt f Hi'lmikop, numi itoi'h a Piitiiritl h iii'ln, thriv..imrt.Tii of a mill- W'I, unit fllmb 53 ftt-t up a ntci'ji ulmo. Niilni'ly twre Ht'i-mn to know, not fSi-n ihi- wnr olllci-. what Kuril ItolhTts bun !iif with hl luiue rrlnfurrtv n-i'iitti. Six thoiiHuml troop.i nuulti.-tl IiIk iirrlvul nt Cnpo Tun nnJ hIiico ll.cl ti.inw otlnTK have reached there. Military crltli are all Imping that a KUu.l blwire of thems 12,M have Koue to Ih-Iji Ci-nriul HulU-r and tht-y art;up thai a fviv day' wait may nmko liliu at rung nwuyh to overcome the (lead lock. Thrr ar 19.001) troop at ca and tlitii lu-ftvy wclKht on the Urillsh slJe in I'Xin'ti'cil to d"troy tho eiiilhlibrlum nm fltlns on every field of optTa l!oi.i. Tin- Itntlnh loKKf up to dati in klllfil, xvi umK'l nnd (ajitured, accord- iwf to I'-ull' i-'M hint lint, tolul- 8,:M I1HII. NO ADVANCE MADE. llrltluli Have Kntrcnchod and Keep Vp a Onutant Fire. MiNIiN. Jan. IS. A dlnpakh to the Tln-ra from Spt-arman's camp, dated ruciol.ty, 9:30 p. m., nays: The ltocr. today had more guna and are preparing to Hunt ulnioxt inter inlnahly, having entrenched their rlil.i;i'K, which ttivtch in an almost jnbroken line from Drakeiibburg many mil -h cahtward. Fjrli'K continued throughout tho day. We li.ie not advanced any further, but we threw up Intrenchments duVlng the nlKlit from behind vhlcli a mus ketry dud was contested from exact ly the name position us yesterday. HEINFOIl CEMENTS. STurTEP. French and Ocrman Experts No Long er Allowed Pasting to the Transvaal. LONDON, Jan. 25. A dispatch to the Daily Mall from Lourenio Mar ques, dated Wednesday, says: "This morning all the passengers booked for tho Transvaal were stopped by a government order, with the ex ception of the members of the Russian ambulance corps, who proceeded by special train. WARKEN'S DEFEAT HEVOKTED. Iieriin Newspapers Claim Movement for Relief of Lnilysmlth Has Failed. IiERLIN, Jan. 24. Tho German rress tacticians are almost unanimously of the opinion that the situation of the Urillsh forces around Lndymnttli Is desperate. The Berliner Tageblatt prints a Brussels special claiming that Sir Charles Warren has been rlunally de feated. A military writer for the Kruei Zeltung says the movement to relieve Ladysmilh has failed, render ing the Urillsh line of retreat tndan Berid. WARREN HAMMERING AWAY. But tho Boers Cling to Their Positions and Little Progress Is Made. LONDON. Jan. 25.-The Daily Tele graph publishes the following dispatch from Spearman's farm, dated Tuesday, January 22: "On Monday, Sir Charles Warren's force cannonaded and fusilated the Boer position west of Pplonkop, near Acton Home's road. Certuinly the fire was heavy, causing the enemy serious less. The Boers, however, clung desperate- ly to tl'f'r w-nik f-om wh'ch they are only helnv very slowly driven. Today lli enemy fired their guns oftcner, ntlro; ills'' the captured Impounders loaded willi Hhinpni'l. Our casualties today wire less than thono tf yester day. The 111,'liUiig began about 6 In the not nil, i and coiitlnued until dark but there liu" been nothing like a gmeral eniiiMii nt. The nuvjl guns aHBlHteJ from I'ot-K'eli-rs drift In slielling the lioer po sition. LoNIXi.V 18 ANXIOCS. Generally l:ecognli-d That the Boer I'oHltioti "an only fie Captured at a Treri.cn'lnus Cost. LONDON. Jan. 21.- p. rn.-The ex tren.e tenh'un caunel by what may be Juklly iiMlrated the most anxious pause since the war began has not been te'levcd up to the time of this writing suve the dally stock exchange run or, w hli h today happen to have been started today by the bulls, who ann-Tl that (lenirul Warren has cap ture.! Hplonkopf. Anxiety In regard to news Is Islblc on all sides. The war ofllve was bosiegid at an early hour this morning, and the i lu'oc 'U1 other lesnrts liable to re ceive willy iic! have been crowded i'i!i e.r lii'iuin-i. It Is Kern-rally reciirme 1 that the limr position, if ever t.iktn, can only be captured at trellleliiiUS In. ;i:i:man pimp released. BERLIN, Jan 24 The Oerrnan bark I Litis Wagner, stoped December 1! in South African waters by the Brit ish i;unbnat Fearless and ordered te lull Elizulxih to unload has bci-n re- II .IM'll. HAS BI'LLER ASSAULTED? l'eli.'l in lmdon Tliat He Acted Be fiire Ills Former Dh-patch was Mude Public. LONDON, Jan. 244.-A dispatch from Pretoila, dated January 23. somewhat amplifies the dispatch of January 22, from the Boer head laager, cabled by the Associated Preps last evening. It aB: "Four or five times during the day the British replaced their wearied Ki.hlicrs by fresh ones. The Boer cas ualties to date are one man killed and two slightly wounded. Our men are) li excellent spun. There Is a large ' slaughter of the British. General Bo-' tliu is now In nolo command, General J ( ron.le having been sent elsewhere. I The same dispatch evidently refer- ! rlir to the sltuitlon at Colenso, says: j "One of the large Pocr M:ixims was' tei'-.inirarily disordered, but w as soon i repair-'d. The British north camp Js In confusion. People are observed ' treking aimlessly in all directions." j A. the afternoon progressed the ex-; citcincnt on Pall Mall ii ached a high i pitch, but the w ar olllce otlicIulM relt-' crated at 3 30 p. m. the oft-repeated' statement that "Nothing had been re-! celved from General Buller." The sus- p.nso was increased by the belli f that General Puder never would have pub-! Ilshed his Intention to attack the Boers ' at S.ilinkopf unless satlBlled that the assault would be carried out before j the news could be published, and it' was fully anticipated that the news; of his success or failure would reach j Lopdon in a few hours. I The cabinet ministers called at the war cilice after lunch to ask for news. WHEN THE WAR IS OVER. Churchill Will Tell Just Bow He Es caped From Boers. LONDON, Jan. 2I.-Mr. Winston Chiiivhill, In tho columns of corre spondence In the Morning Tost, supple n enis his eabled narrative of his es i ape from Pretoria. Two other officers had planned to escape with him, but they thought they had been discovered by the Boers and returned to prison. On the second day out, Mr. Churchill, realizing "with awful force that no ex ercising of feeble 'wit and strength could sa e me from my enemies' and that, without the assistance of that high power which Interferes fnoro of ten than we are prone to admit In the eternal sequences of cause and effect, I could not succeed, I prayed long and earnestly for help and guidance." "My prayers, as It seems to me," he said, -'were swiftly and wonderfully answeied. I cannot now relate the strange circumstances which followed and w hich changed my nearly hopeless position to one of superior advantage." After the war, he usserts, he will tell In what manner this change was ef fected. TO EXPEL THE BRITISH. LONDON, Jan. 24. The correspond ent of the Times at Lourence Marques, t oiciiaphlns Tuesday, says: "The wholesale expulsions of Brit ish subjects now remaining In the Transvaal Is expected next week. I "The French Ilnor Glronde has ar- j rived here, crowded with military looking foreigners bound for the Transvaal. These Include 50 Rus-' sian ambulance men with Germans, : Frenchmen, Italians and Greeks. Herr ' Potts, tho Transvaal consul-general hero, has arranged for their convey- i e o rtft riff1 v reecl.nl 'inln." DEBATING ON ROBERTS' CASE Memters UsinTheirOpportunity to Play to tbe Galleries. I ANDIS AROUSED ENTHUSIASM Wants Roberts Kicked Out Before His Admission A Weak Sis ter From Idaho, i i WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-The house ' riHi:ined debute on the Roberts' case today. The galleries were again filled, the majority of the ?iectaiois being women. Powers was the first speaker.' He argued in behalf of the exclusion; of Robert. "We are not separating husband from wife," said Powers; "polygamy has never been legal In I'tah either before or after her admis sion Into the L'nlim. The moment he i Roberts) look wife No. 2 the mar riage was void. Roberts knew the law and car, not now plead toe 'baby act egalnst law and stern justice." Snoifcras followed IV.'trs, support In,: the views ol the minority In favor i f s'-.tting and then expelling Roberts. '. He urged that Roberts must i'e ac-! corded his prima facia right to a scat befoie being ousted. Land!, the next spiaker, argued, that I' tali had violated her compact with the United States. The people. ' of the Culled Stat-.-s, said he, thought the ad'iils.-.in of I'tah worked death to the system of polygamy. Yet tnev , were staitlcd to learn in that' I'tah had elected as her sole repre scnative in the house a polygamlst, and that he was moving upon Wash ington with a plurality of wives and a multiplicity of children. (Laughter.) Lundi went oer the records of the apostles of the Mormon church to show ! that most of them were guilty of con- 1 tlnucd polygamous practice. Some of his statements were sensational. He scored the church for its illegal faith, arousing great enthusiasm by his scathing denunciation. At limes he . cmvalted the house with his scarc min. Of the fifteen apostles of the church when the proclamation was Is-' sued, he sai I, eleven were open viola tors of the law, and they had un uoiiHelly taken plural wives since It vwis promulgated. Landls expressed his pity for the poor women who ministered to the rotuti and lustful notions cf the Mm -non priesthood. He ridiculed the proposition to admit Roberts and then tutu him out. It would be a burlesque on law, a bad pre:edent and an out- 1 rai;e on common sense. In his perora tion Li-ndis pr nested, in the name of the motherhood of the land and of pi'itul innocents doomed to shame of illegitimacy, against Roberts' admis- i sloi:. He brought a whirlwind of ap plause when he sat down. The speech created a sensation. Lacey argued In behalf of his propo sition for the expulsion of Roberts w itliout swearing him In. Wilson, of Idaho challenged some of the utatements made against the Mor mon people. He said he represented :;o.oO) Mormons and In all that made; good cllix-nshlp they were the equal of any constituency In the country. j He atllrmed that the Mormon church abandoned polygamy as a doctrine In 1SW in good faith and he believed they : had lived up to their promises. Upon ' his responsibility as a member, he ! stated, that polygamy was not being! entered Into In Idaho and the church I had recently issued a proclamation I ugainst it, which he had read. j He was opposed to polygamy as much as any member and he repudiat- J ed the statement that the church was now teaching, advocating or advising ' Its practice. PENSION DISABILITIES REMOVED Ex-Confederates Who Participated In the Spanish War Made Eligible. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The house committee on pensions today ordered a favorable report on the hill making service in the Spanish-American war sufficient to remove all disabilities against those who aided or abetted the Southern troops during the war of the rebellion in the matter of drawing pensions. PHILIPPINE CASUALTIES. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-General Otis has cabled the war department the following list of casualties: Killed in action Vigan, Luzon, De cember 4, Thirty-third Infantry, Ar thur Wright; Lawrence L. Spencer, sergeant; Frederick J. Bell, sergeant; Alfred Waehs, corporal; Dave Puck etf; Jame3 Bennett; William Braden; Norman M. Fry, sergeant Near San ta Nicholas, November 19 Third cav alry, Irving M Palmer. Near Lemerl, Luzon, January 18 Fourth Infantry, Frank Car W "?,Vil In no'l 'n Vl-Tan. Pcoem- bff 4, Thirty-third Infantry, James Montgomery, mmlclan; Fred Loyea, H. Ifo'.snli.k, John Patterson. Tanga ilap mountain, December 4 Third cav alry, Hubert Muggy, Frank J. Kaiser. NVnr Dlran, January 7 Fourteenth Infantiy, William C. Oelger, firH lieu tenant Near I-merl, January 19 Foity-slxth infantry, William Boese; Flxl'.-etith, AlU-rt Nelson, John Nolen. Near Sanla Tomas, January 19-Third taialry, diaries Gray. OREGON NOT IN IT. Mail Route to Alaska Will All Go From Washington and California. WASHINGTON. Jan 21. The nost ofl'te department has opened bids for Aliisknn mall service during the com ing summer. The service from San r:iiic.o via St. Michael, to points a!('n iht Yukon and to Davaon City. ll! be continued. Four round trips will b mad. A like M.rvlce from Senile will remain In for?, three round tups being made. All classes of Mail natter will be carried by the steamer making these trips, an inno vation in this service. Those steamers carrying this mall ii", i. .n;iiipi m ape .ome win ext- nd the serv ice to Cape York, ir.ak- j Ing four round trips between June i and O' tcter 9. In addition to the fore- j going, early trips will be made from' San Frai c .-Isco to Cape Nome and from j Seattle to Cape Nome, starting April' M. wh-n navigation or.s In Alaska, j Later trips between the pointsmen-' tloned v. ill be made, leaving Cape ' Nome October 13. I CHAPLAIN SHIELDS DISMISSED.! WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-Post Chap- j lain David H. Shields has been dis-' niss-d from the army or the United States, to take effect February 1, and Rev. Edmund T. Easterbrook, of New York, has been selected for appoint-1 rcent. to the vacancy. Chap'ain Shields waj tried by court martial at San Francisco for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentle-! n.an, In consequence of alleged use of intoxicating liquors, and was convict ed and sentenced to be dismissed. MORE SOLDIER INTERMENTS. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-The ra-j mains of forty-three soi.licrs who died of yellow fever in Cuba were in terred at the Arlington today. The cxerciats were conducted according to the ritual of the Catholic and Eplsco- '. ptl churches. President McKinley, j Secretary Root and Attorney General! Griggs were present. The burial was with military honors. ! THE COLONEL BUSY. NEW YORK. Jan. 24. This was a busy day for W. J. Bryan. In the morning he took a flying trip to New Haven, returning In the afternoon, and then went to Jersey City. There he was the guest of the Robert Davis Association and dined at the club house. Tonight Mr. Bryan addressed a bis meeting in the hall of St. Peters' parish. Mr. Bryan has promised to speak for each party on 'Monday evening February 5, at Carnegie hail, under the auspices of she Wlnfleld Scott Post, G. A. R. Tho proceeds of the lecture v ill be devoted to the relief funi of the post. Mr. Bryan said that whi'e his address would be non-partisan, he would touch upon the subjects of Imperialism and trusts. suggestions to Astorians -4$ FOR 3 This great store large, airy and elegant abounds with many Novelties in Boys' and Young Men's Clothes There is not a style in any article of Man's wear that is not shown here in miniature for Boys. Suits Underwear Neckwear Reefers Hosiery Gloves Overcoats Shirts Leggins Hats and Caps Sweaters Fancy Vests to SPLENDID TOYS GIVEN WITH SUITS, 0YERC0ATS OR REEFE to to to A B STEINBACH 8 CO. LARGEST CLOTHIERS IN THE NORTHWEST Mail Orders Solicited. Corner Fourth and Morrison Sts., PORTLAND, OREGON. FINDING OUT WHERE TIIEY'R AT Democrats in Caucus Searching for a Campaign Policy. MANY DIFFERENT OPINIONS May Favor Prosecatlnrj War In I'oll Ippines and Fall Hack On Old Stand-By of Free Silver. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. The demo cratic rncmbtrs of the senate held a conference today to consider the ques tion of party policy on the various questions before congrew. . They have found themselves follow ing somewhat different jaths on some of these questions, and concluded that their party Interests demanded that thry should have a better understand ing among themselves. Hence today's fiinfere'ic-i.'. No definite conclusion was reached but when the conference a IJourned there was a general under standing of the lines to be pursued. Tr.e concmsus of opinion regarding the policy to be- pursued toward the Philtptinc Islands evidently favored tbe policy outlined In Senator Bacon's resolution of protecting life and prop erty lu the islands until quiet Is re stored, when the United States shall provide the opportunity and prescribe the method for the "formation of a government by and of the people of the Philippine Islands to be indepen dent and exercised and controlled by themselves." With reference to the financial bill It ax practically decided to offer a sub stitute providing for the free coinage of silver. PENSIONERS ON THE ROLLS. Statement of Their Number by Com missioner Evans. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.--Commissioner of Pensions Evans has made a pul.lic statement giving the number jf pensioners on the rolls oh account of the wars of the United States. On account of the revolutionary war there are four widows ' and seven daughter. The war of 1S12 One survivor, 193$ widows. j.J Iiv'dan wars, 1S32 to 1842, 1636 'sur vivors and 3.SS9 widows. Mexican war, 9,204 survivors and 8,176 w idows. Granted since 1S61, under the general law, S-'l.SC'j invalid and 92,901 widows and other dependents; under the law of lSW. Ir.valids 4420,912, widows and other dependents, 130,224. Fl'ERTO RICO POPULATION. San Juan Has 32,500 Inhabitants, Ponce 5600; The Island 957,000. SAN JUAN, P. R., Jan. 14. The offi cial census of Tuerto Rico has been finished. San Juan has 32,500 Inhabi tant.?. Ponce has nearly twice as many residents, the number being E6, 00V Tnere are 958,000 inhabitants on tho i-iand. ft,.' to Ob Ob Hi Hi 0b 'Hi Hi v3 BOYS.