The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, February 07, 1900, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text11 W v v A. J A. . VOL L. ASTOU1A. OKKGON, WEDNESDAY. FKBtftlAHY 7, IflOO c!' c fill r-rW For 63 Ifears The Bridge & Beach Manufacturing Co. have always combined every known improvement for in creasing the utility, operation and cooking qualities of their ranges. Their latest can be seen in the window of the Eclipse Hardware Co. The best range in the world. You can buy one. The price is not out of sight, School Books, Pencils, Tablets, Slates, Blank Books, etc Everything Necessary for School Use GRIFFIN ..Columbia lUrlforJ, rooJel 1000, $35.00 A U rr a a foard & Stokes Co., Ayts. t SOHE EXTRA FINE i nine Mice JUS TOPENED (in II "HE1NTZ" fAMOlS I'ICKLRS, K RUSHES, AND CATSll'S GORDON DILWOKTH'S JELLIES AM) I'KESRKVRS ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. OUR NEW GOODS Jii"t arrived from t tie Eaat mid now ready for onr 1000 customer are: Combination Book Cases, Writing Doski, China Closets, Musia Cabinets, Library Coses, In Golden Oak and MngoDany, Tbeie good were buig-lit before the rise in price and will be sold accordingly. Charles Heilborn 8 Son S 0 0 r?h S S INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN. Miss Bertha Hartln's Decorative Art Room. T Room HltO He k n in ItlilUIIng, 3(1 slid i S) C. J. TRENCHARD, Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. & REED Bicycles.. chainleM, model ro, $75.00 I 'habile, model If 99, S60.00 i i'oltinibla, model 1900, $50.00 'Columbia, model lt9, $42.50 IVimanl, model MI0, $25-00 l-HiHS-0-4--5H?---5HS-l ia"ifVT ri it;r?c IMXE TEAS ANI) COPPERS I CHASE SANIJOKN'S S ORDERS SOLICITED Fall Line of Nentsi Cmbrold try Materials, Initials a Specially. Choice Selection of Sismplng Deslflns. Statnpiiin Nentty Done. IVsililtigtun Mli.,M,orliiu1, Or. 05 ix e Custom Houwe Broker. ASTORIA, .OREGON Agent W. F. A Co., and Pacific Kxprttt Co l. RED-HOT RESOLUTIONS Adopted ty Peputllcao League at Portland. DEMAND GOLD AND ISLANDS McKlnlcy's 1'orclgn I'ollcy fully In dorsedfinancial Question Still tie ttttie. PORTLAND, Feb. l-Th lU-publl-ran Btate League today hold lt bien nial convention In thl city anl elected officer and delegate to the national league, It endorsed the fold standard, mill declared for the permanent reten- lion of the Philippine, and adjourned jut 10 oVIink tonight. The only con- lent of th day was over the election j of president. I J, M. Church, of La Grande, wan thu ' I only candidal up to the time the con : , -nliiti nu t thla morning, but a quar- j tvl In the 1,'nl'in county delegation d j vi-lnied and ,J. W. HcrlU-r. cashier of a bunk In La Grande, waa brought for ' ward a a candidate for president. The lotv resulted aa follow: church 509, ' Si rlber. JT On Imitlon of RcrltM-r the votn v inikdf unanimous. The following officers ere elected by i the league; i President. J. M. Church, of Colon t cotlllly, ' Vl'-e-preldent, I, A. Macrum, Wash- ItiKton county. Member of the executive committee at lurge, J. W. Meldrum, Clackamas county. MeirLer of the executive committee First Congressional District, Theodore Cunieron, Jack, n county. Me.nlK-r of the executive committee. oiul UU'.rkt. Geo. W. Johnston. Wu Co county. 1 Delegates nt luigc to the National llamie: O. V, Hunt, Denton; W. II. XliK.ie, Sherman; Chester Iolph, Mult J nomah; V. F. Harding. Linn; W. A. Howe, Yamhill; P. D. Kakln, Lane. UeUgale from the First Congres sional District to the National League: J. C. Hayter, Polk; W. II. Odell, Mar lon; O, I). Btralhford, Douglas: C, S. Moore, Klamath. Delegates from Bf-c nd Congr-'Miioual District: J. II. Johannson, Clatsop; J. K. Huxelilne, Multnomah; W. H. Con- yers, Columbia, I. 8. Geer. Harney. ' An amendment to the constitution of the league waa adopted, providing that the league shall meet every four ytar Instead of two. I Th. follou'ln rvaolufiftiia were fa vorably acted upon: ''Resoled, that so long as either of the great political parties advocates the free coinage of silver the financial iiuestlon 1 the paramount question be fore the American people. The repub lican clubs of the State of Oregon In convention assembled reaffirm their loyalty to the gold standard and their opposition to the free coinage of sil ver. "We bellev. thA heitt anil mol nt A- ble dollar In the world should b bs nured by legislation to the luborer as the fruit of his toll and to the farmer as the price of his crop. We are In sympathy with the effort of the ro- publKan senutoi and representatives In congiess to enact legislation for this purpose. "We heartily Indorse the Philippine liollcy of the present administration. These Islands have been won by Amer ican blood and purchased by Ameri can tieisure; they should remain a permanent part of our national domain "We carnot neglct our duty to give them a stable government, nor can we afford to throw away the great oppor tunity they give us for the develop ment of our Oriental trade. ''We are opposed to the monopoliza tion of commerce and Industry by trusts, and aruMn favor of all Judi cious legislation looking to the cur tailment of their powers." A resolution In favor of electing Vnlted States senators by direct vote of the. p.-uplu wa xadopted; also a res olution requesting the war department to make provision for the removal oi the Oregon soldier who died In the Philippine to Oregon for burial. KITUATioN I.N KENTUCKY. Taylor Will Act on Conference Agree ment Today. FRANKFORT, Ky.( Feb. .-The text of th agreement reached by the Louis-villi- coiifcrence last night wa brought to Governor Taylor thla morning by the lommliu-v, Aa they left the build Ing, Mi'. Baker remarked: "I hope nnd bi-lleve that the entire matter will be amicably adjusted. M -re than thin, I im unable to ay at the irc-iit time." Governor Tajlur d'-clared he would toke no at Hon until tomorrow. COVINGTON, Ky.. Feb. .-Th spec ial funeritl train arrived here thl morning from Frankfort. A long pro cekklon followed the casket from the dpot to the Odd Fellow' hall, where the body will lay In tate. WOULD NOT ENTERTAIN BRYAN. NEW YORK, Feb. .-Member of the Algonquin Club, a leading social organization of Bridgeport, Conn., have declined to entertain W. J. Bryan, who In to i euk In that city today. Home of the member announced that Mr. Flr mii Mould be the guest of the club and there wa a revolt by those of other political fallha. The governor f the club, after a warm discussion, decided that It Would brce'd trouble if the Nehroskan were tendered a club Invlutlon. Mr. Lryan will therefore, not be a guest of the organization, although he ma b- Invited to visit the room by home of Ma admirers who are on the committee to r.-celve him. Thl the club cannot pieent. Mr. Kryan will loak in Carnegie hall, New York, to morrow night for the benefit of Win field Scott Hancock pout, O. A. R.t an adml.'iMlon fee being charKed. Hla ad dni will b- on current problem. Mr. Ilryan did not iipeak In New York dur- ,g hH re(.,.nt yMt and there waa some trepl'latlon , among Tam.nany leaders as to h"w far they should go In their reception of him. Now Mr. Bryan re turns with the prestige of his highly succersful New England tour and It is st.ited that a larg number of Tam- 'iiany's big men will be on the platform tomoroxv night. UOCKEFKLI.ER RKS1QN8. CHICAGO. Feb. . A special to Chicago Record from Cleveland, says: the O., John D. Rockefeller Is no longer ,,j,.nt of lhe Standard Oil Com-i pany, of Ohio. This la the parent com pany of all the widespread Standard Inteiests. Mr. Rockefeller resigned Inst December, but the facts were kept secret until now. Vice-President Mc Gregor, of New York, has been elected president and Bet retary Squire of this city, vice-president. Mr. Rockefeller. It is said, has been subjected to many ex amtiuuions In the various legal pro ceedings against the company under nnli-tiust legislation that he found the : presidency Irksome and hence his resignation. Frank Rockefeller, brother to John 1., has resigned the second .vlce-presl-deney. YOCNG GRIFFO IN JAIL. CHICAGO Feb, 6.-Alberl Griffiths, better known as "Young Griffo," the pugilist, Is a prisoner at the police station. Ho was arretted for creating u disturbance. An effort is being made by his friends and the police to send him to Australia, from where he came several years ago. Last summer when he wts thought to be slightly de mented, he wos sent to Punning, where he was cared for until two month ago when he was pronounced w?ll and was released. He had regained some of his old time form and cleverness In the ring and fought Jack Lewis and young Kenny, two well known fighters and won both bnttlis. Later he offered to meet any lightweight tighter In the world for any purse. His last fall has been a disappointment to bis many admirers who had helped to get him Managua und Co.ta Kico, OCR FIGHTING STUENGTH. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Secretary Knot has Si-nt to contr. ss an al,.-tiacl of the militia force of the united States. It shows the total number of men available for military duty, but unorganised, as 10,343,150, and an ag gregate organized strength of 105,339. ROBERTS MAKES OVERTURES Asks Free State People to Sup render Peaceably. NO NEWS FROM B'JLLER Troops No Longer Detained at Cape Town bailer Probably Reinforced. LONDON, Feb. 7. 4:20 a. m.-Lord Roberta has caused to be distributed In the towns bordering upon the In vaded colonial territory, an invitation to the Free Stater and Transvaalers to go Into the destrt, offering them good tratment and restoration to their f.irms on Lritlrh occupation of the re publican territory. The manifesto guarantees that those bringing horse can sell them. Foreigner will have their passage paid to Europe. Colo nial rebel -ire advised to surrender In nieferente to be taken prisoners. Not a word has been received from (ornsponuents with General Duller for three days. It Is now as though Natal had Deen wiped off the map, excepting a hellouraph message from Ladysmith, paying that the Doer are cannonading and that "lighting Is going on." General MaCDonald. with 40,000 In Iitntr, cavalry and artillery, threaten the Bocra' right at Magersfontein. Thla is the first sign of activity on the part of Lord Methuen for some weeks and doubtless has relation to the movement of the British further east. It appi-ais that General French' vis It to Cape Town was to ask Lord Rob erts for 7,000 more men. Whether he ot them or not is not disclosed. Troopt, are no longer detained at Care Town. They proceed Immediately to some point at the front. Three thous and embarked Monday and were quick ly sent elsewhere. As Lord Roberta, since the battle of Spionkop, has had 20,000 freeh troop to dispose of, it is probable that some have gone to Gen eral Duller. CAPE TOWN, Feb. .-The Argus announces that 90 guns have been dis patched from Tretorla to the front and that Pretoria forts have be"n prac tically denuded of artillery. LONDON, Feb. .-Lately the Ger man military critics have not had so much to say about the peril of the British army. Dr. Leyds is still being feted in Berlin, but the center of anti- British feeling seems to have moved to Paris, the British ambassador hav Ing left the city, owing to the hostil Ity of the French press and people. LONDON, Feb. t-The hoping, fear ing, doubting nation remains at the mercy of.every wild rumor. The Im pression that Buller's forces are fight ing will not die out in spite of the continuous assertions of the war office that it has no news to confirm that be lief. From Cape Tow n, under today's date, comes the statement that up to this morning nothing has been heard there regarding Buller's recrossing of the Tu- gela river, while Lord Roberts, In a dispatch dated February B, reports' no change in the situation. In view of the latter's dispatches, it seems hard to credit the circumstantial reports of the engagement of Buller's troops. Com mon sense now almost Inclines toward the decision that these are .due to the wish being father of the thought. A supposition upon such a basis Is utter ly futile. Complete silence from the front and at home may be significant as the wiseacres aver, but it more probably represents that period of preparation which preceds Important movements. The reports from Colenso on condi tions, are scarcely more satisfactory. There is conclusive vagueness regard ing General French's reported inten tion to attack Nerval's Tolnt with an overwhelming force of Infantry. White news of sharp fighting in the neighborhood of Colenso can be fairly expected within a few days, it Is not likely it will asKu:re greater propor tions than a reconnaissance and skirm ishes, for the purpose of holding an ad vance position of the forthcoming main advance by way of Bloemfonteln. General French la sti&teglcally pro- hlblted fnm running any serlou risk. Fr .m Klmgvrley and Mafeklng there Is nothing new, so that It can be pre sumed that the Intermittent bombard-! merit of thoH.. places continues. NF.W YORK. Feb. .-Whl!e London huso received r.o nw from Natal and no direct war new from Cape Colony, the feeling of confidence continues and grows stronger. No one seems to doubt that General Muller Is making the third utumpt to Mi-ve Ladysmith.' So urc does the people seem to be that British arms will In the end triumph that even If General Bulter wre again unsuc cessful .there would be no such outcry as followed his previous failures, for any heavy loss Inflicted on the Boers Is a decided British gain. The tide of British opinion turned with the report trom Spearman's camp that General Joubert bad only 19,000 men between Buller's army and Ladysmith and the stiterrent by Mr. Wyndham that the British would soon have 213,000 troops In South Africa. Geneial Duller has been heavily reinforced with men and guns, additional regiments have been sent to the forct operating in Cape Colony and 13,000 men are about to sail from England for the Cape. It is realised that the English must win by sheer force of overwhelming numbers, if not by superior fighting capacity. Lately the German military crlties nave not had so much to tay about the peril of the Dritlsh army. Dr. Leyds is still being feted In Berlin, but the center of anti-British feeling seems to have moved to Paris, the Dritlsh em baFsalor having left the city owing to the hostility of the French press and people. LONDON. Feb. . Extended ac counts of the British reverses at Stormberg. Magersfontein and Colenso are coming In by mall from war cor respondents. From this realistic im prtsions may be gained of what defeat leally means. "I ha-e seen in my life," writes the corresoo-Jent of the Times, "one or two ticklish tights. . but at Stormberg, . for the first time I was enabled to realize what acteal defeat means. It was in deed a case of vae vlctis. The hopeless exhaustion of the unhayyp soldiers waa terrible to see." His description of Gen eral Gatdcre's reverse ai this point, was in part as folows: The Infantry hal been at work or In the train In open trucks or marching since 4 a. m. on Saturday. The actual march occu pied seven hours, and It Is not there fore to be wondered at that the men were wholly incapable of making a su preme effort when at last they were!tw on foreiKn rt'n for revision and surprised by receiving fire at short vvUh '""'ructions to Insert the follow. range while marching in four? in fanci.vi security. On receiving the enemy's Are the companies at liand!KHKe thnt when the canal "ball have rushed against the kopjes from which It proceeded, and advancing from bowlder to bowlder, swiftly eom meneced to ascend. Indeed, It Is the fact thnt a considerable number ac- tually reached within a few yawls oflan1 Us approachi s without prejudice the lower lines of 'skances' which could ' to th" (,,mereial rights of any other not. however, be reached without lad-lmtl, n s"uari,"'ed by the neutrality of deis. At this Juncture our own ar- tht' 'ani1'-" tilery, failing in the uncertain lllit to observe the ascent of the infantry, opened tire upon the enemy and several sheila falling short dtalt destruction among the assailants of the position. "A partial retirement Instantly en - sued and, having been brought to ajthe senate shall have b-en disposed of standstill, the aat.u k gradually melted j final! v, it will be considered by the away until, convinctd that the case senate every legislative day to the ex was hopeless, the general ordered thej elusion of all except purely routine retire to be sounded. Had the order business. This agreement will have the been promptly obeyed the troops might Jeifect of cutting off all debate on the not Improbably have been withdrawn i Philippine question or any other mat without very serious loss, and a fresh! ters except by unanimous consent of attempt might yet have teen success- the senate unless the serators choose fully prosecuted. But it was not to be. Many men were loath to retire beeause they were anxious to go on, while not' a few so utterly exhausted that they simply preferred to stay where they were at all hazards than t oupndertaa VVfa at Oil huv.nivla than in nnf .ntnl.. the ordeal of a rapid retirement over, 'k' MontauH- ba" today with the open ground at the foot of the hills. janother wrangling between opposing Eventually over 500 unwounded men 'attorneys over the ownership of the were taken prisoners. Steadily, as if on parade, the retirement was exe cuted by those who rtsponded to the order, the soldiers moving bai k at a steady pace, without the least hurry or confusion and haultlng constantly to fire." FAVORS FORTIFIED CANAL. CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-Englneer L. F. Cooley, who was one of the original Nlcaraguan canal supporters, is heart ily in iavcor ot a fortilled channel, and if it cannot be obtained in any other way he would favor the annexation Of Nicaragua and Costa Pica, GOVERNMENT - BACKS DOWN Will Not Discard the Claytoa Balwer Treaty. ENGLAND WINS HER POINT Senators Declare, However, that They Kill Not Heed Admlaistra tios's Agreement. - WASHINGTON, Feb. .-The text ot the treaty between the Unlttd States and Great Britain regarding the Nio araguan (anal was made public today. The treaty provides that the canal shall be free and open In time of war, as in time ot jeace, to vessels of com- intrce and of war, to all nations, on terms of equity, so that there shall be no divrindnation against any nation. The canal shall never be blockaded. Vesse.s of war of any belligerent na tion shall not reWctual nor take any stores hile in the canal except so far as may be strictly necessary. No forti fications shall be erected commanding: the can-tl or the waters adjacent to It. NEW YORK, Feb. I.-A special to the Journal and Advertiser from Washington, says: At a hurriedly called meeting of vari ous senators tonight (Monday) it was determined to oppore the ratification of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty as It ap plies to the Nh araguan canal, which was absogated on Saturday. The lead ers in the opposition are senators Piatt t nd Hawley, of Connecticut, Mason of Illinois, and several others. The treaty Is regarded, In effect, by some ot the most conservative senators on both sides, as an' offensive and de fensive alliance with Great ..Britain!'-, that It closely associates the two coun." tries in the control of a purely Ameri can project: that under the provisions the United States abandons the right to defend its own property in return for the promise of assistance from Great Britain, whatever assistance for the maintenance of the canal's neutral, ity shall be required. Inytead of the treaty being ratified promptly, the opposition to its accept ance In the present form will insist upon its being referred to the commit- Ing: i "The CPn,rai "n" parties further en- been completed, the government of the 1'idtrd States shall have the right. In ease the United S'ates is at war with any nation, to take temporary posses sion of, defend and fortify the canal There .seems to be no doubt that the treaty In its present shape cannot ge through the s nate. WASHINGTON, Feb. . Until the ' financial measure now pending before to discuss other questions In the time they intend to devote to the financial bill. . . WASHINGTON, Feb. t.-The contro versy over the election of Senator letter intercepted n Campbell's office while it wan being carried from Bkk ford to Roote. Both slden wanted tho letter when th senate committee had disposed of its contents. Chandler an nounced he would keep the letter for the present, thus cutting short the con troversy. The first witm ss today was State Senator Phillips frep.). He had known Cl:trk for 30 years and bad voted for (Cent! rued on page 4.)