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

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Newspaper Page Textf , ' 1 ) 5 it.' i .i I ., r. , V ! i m, . t . ' ''III . -Qfl-. VOL k ASTOHIA, OltKOON. WEDNKdDAY. MARCH 7, 1900 For 83 Years The Bridge & Beach Manufacturing Co. have always combined every known improvement for in creasing the utility, operation and cooking qualities of their ranges. Their lutcst 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, ROBERTS' HAND STILL STAYED The British and Boer Gathering Strength for tbe Final Blow. NATAL REPORTED ALL CLEAR T ) t) Hound Kobln Signed by the Commons fur Annotation of Transvaal and free State. Ma Ruasksi UNDoN, Mar. 74:10 a. in. LorJ Robert still pause In the neighbor- hood uf (isfonlcln while store, re niii. mm and fresh troop rt r'U.m to ward lilm frotii tin Cape, The Brit- loll position ulS'l lllllt lnU-H It) lllf)Vi; In tin minor pherc of the campaign. Natal I clear of th Boer anil Capo Colony In nearly so, Tin Boers seemingly an. pursuing tin. course commended sod are concentrating when hurried burial ha) been at tempted, the rain have washel the earth away and out of the i-urth stick ghastly legs and arm of dead burgh er, A dispatch from Osfonteln say that according to tlit Boer prisoners, an liiiMirtiint British success will nuwi l'rld'iit Hteync to flee from Pretoria, ii'avinif a provisional government at I(li-rifont..n, which Id likely to make peace overture, those Kree Htater not wishing for peace treklng toward the Transvaal and helping to moke a stand which moiit of the British military -Title now point out vlll con tltute the most difficult and deciding feature of the war. The recent ralna have afforded Rob ert good grass and copious supplies have rearhed him. News of his ad vance in eagerly awaited. SIMON ANSWERS CARTER'S ATTACK Denies Cortett's Complicity In the Oregon Hold-Up. BROWNELL'S LETTER IS READ Upon Which Evidence Montana Sena tor Reiterates His Charge of Corbett'a Corruption. ANOTHER BLIGHT CLASH. ueneral Brabant Obtains Home Ad vantage- The Colonials praised. IMHiDHKt'MT, Mar. 5.Pollowln yes- tenia y a successes, (jcneral Ilrabant gain engaged the Boer today with advantug holding the position tap- iuh-u yrmiT'iuy. j nere was some smart flifhtlng this morning. The Uritloh lHt five or six n.-n and by MrategiHttt' liurei uie oer ron, inus vastly to reslMt the1 ""Provinif tneir pwitlon. The Hoers I Large and Varied Stock. Prices the Lowest. GRIFFIN & REED ..Columbia Bicycles.. llsrtfurd, model 1900, $35.00 Chfclnleu, model 1909, $75.00 Chainlet, model lift. $60.00 Columbia, model 1M0, $50.00 Columbia, modal HOI, $42.50 rnniiaiil, model l'.KX), $25-00 3 Foard & Stokes Co., Agts. I'rltlsh main army. VarlouM mesiag from the inrr-n indent v.llh Lord Huberts report that the enemy are In- leaning coiitlmioimly -m hi front, t x-tt-iidlni(. an one correHpoiidctit wires, !' t mllcx, mid us another says, eight een miles. The lowest estimate of their number gives the Hoers frmn clKht to ten t.'iouHund men, with smaller bod bs moving north and south of the l!illlnh lines. Kach army is on (with sld-s of the Modder liver. I AllhouKh the Hoers have mounted eight guns on the tops of thy kopjes and appear to be lew far away for In spiM'tton, the Hrltlsh scouts report that they are diligently using pic k and shovci The military onlnlon u that their present jK.sltlon merely si-ren more easily defended ones deewr In the region. None of the military exiiert en deavor to fathom Lord Hob rts' plans, but It Is suggested that he Is quite willing to give the Boer time to as semble all their men In order to deliver the smashing blow .he more effectlv,. iy. A round robin In favor of the annex albiu -of the Tnutavaul and Kr Mate, which in being promoted among the supporters or the government in the house of commons, continues to receive slttnatures. The slgnator of the me morial to Mr. lialfour atflim that the time has arrived for plain HMitklng Inxld,. and outside of parliament anil that Lord Salisbury's words ntv con strued Into pledge against annex-! ation. ougni lenAciousiy, contesting every Inch of the ground, but ultimately re treated suddenly carrying oflf their guns and uagoi.s. A mounted force pursued them but the result is not. yet known. The Hrltish casualties during the two WASHINGTON, Mar. .-At the conclusion of the morning buslnei In the senate today, Simon (Or.) called up the resolution on the seating of Quay. He addressed the senate In answer to a speech of Carter, delivered yes terday, in the course of which the Montana senator adverted to the rea sons which Induced him to vote against Corbett, who was the appointee of th.. governor of Oregon. He said Carter made the dist n tiv. chargt. that Corbett had corruDtp.l th. legislature and defeated the desire of tne people Oregon. He could not, he shI'I, permit this "unjust end un true" charge to go unchallenged """"" ai'i ne was a member of tne Oregon legislature at that time 10 congress. At tne same time he said he wti unablt to sub scribe to the theory that the constitu tion followed the (lag; that the Puerto Weans tiiust hav free trade as a nec essary bKai right. ' When he f,und that th. house deem ed it the part of wisdom, the president explained, to Impose a small tariff up on condition that the revenues so col lected be returned to the Island, he ha I been constrained to yield to the Judg ment of the house. That, moreover, he believed it advisable at the earliest moment to seeure a decision of the supreme court c,n the constitutional question Involved. or thirteen killed. The liner lne are unknown. Throughout the ardu ous lighting luul severe fatigue, ti,e colonials have behaved splendidly davs were thirty woon.1,.,1 nn.l ie,.iv-1 ... . . - M - - uixrumi mat coroett was in no way responsible for the failure of the legislature to elect a senator, nor for tne failure of the house to orgaalxe. I ne failure of the Oregon house to or gamxe, ne said, was due to former Senator Mitchell, and to him alone, and he denied the Imputation of cor ruption on the part of Corbett. SlmAH , U . I . ...... mi mrn uirecteu attention to the fact that Quay, as a member of the senate, waa paired against Corbett, and said on the principles of Justice tjuay should be stopped by his paired vote ngalnst Corbett Carter replied to Simon's statement. ne naa not spoken with a view of making a personal assault upon Cor bett. THE HOUR POSITION. Ho lludly Chosen as to be Kindly Turned by the Hrltlsh on all Sides. WMiSTKIN. Saturday, Mar. I. The ltoer position has been fairly lo rated as about four miles lo the Brit Ixh front and extending about fight miles. The lioer right (onsists of a high, long mountain on the north side of the rlveJ which General French shelled this morning. Apparently the spuce between the mountain and the 1 aSSIirned AS A mnann fiw rlv ar ho. h.u.n u ... o u -.1 . " : "i I against Corbett the belief I entertained then and which I sUll entertain, that "f ISCIIF-R'S" Corvallis Flour and "GOLDEN PLEASANT" Hour Aro guaranteed to lone. CI uuso A Sanborn's Iligh-grmlo Coffees cost you no more than common. Kino Ranch Kjgs, very cheap now, nntl a special lot ol Choice Sugar Cured Hums ami Hacon just in to match them. Finest Creamery, Full-Weight Nutter. IHoater Mackerel, Salmon Tips, Ktc. Ross, Hlgglns 8 Co. Kill Cttirilj 80,000 ft riir Kiln Dried Orego 1'ine and Colnmblu River Hpruou, Lumber llox Hliooki Btitl Rod Ovdar MILLS IN0 OFFICE. (tTORIs, OREGON BRANCH OFFICE. 10 CALIFORNIA ST. S. F. We Make Specialty of Stralfht and Mixed Car Lot Orders. CLATSOP MILL 0 Shingle. Manufacturer Csr nntl Cargo Hliippera. Bill CqmHI J, 100,000 fldullf HH1P BY , JUtori H ColsnbU Miver KsiUiy Soithtr racitlc RsilWiy Norther riclfic RilUay I alo ricilic Railway 0. R. ik N, Railway One Hundred and Fifty Rolls of Japanese Warp and Chinese Straw Mattings 12 i-2 Cents Per Yard and Upwards Kxquisito Colorings and Designs .... Charles flellborn 8 Son t.ATA ORB IN STORM RlCUtS. liuller ReHrts Natal Now Practically Clear of the Enemy. LONl)N March .-The war olflce ha received the following dispatch from Lord Robert: Osfonteln, March 6. General Gala- ere occupied Stormberg yesterday. Tbe line of the railroad north and west will not be repaired. Genernl Clements is at Joubcrt's Siding, a station near Colesberg. The Duke of Mn thorough, with the Oxford Company of the Im perial Yeomanry, has left Cape Town for Naauwpnnrt. General ltuller re ports Natal now practically cleur of the enemy and that he cannot hear of any formed bodies of them anywhere. The Hoers left some ambulances of their sick, from which the mules had been taken fur transport sen Ice." WHITK LEAVING LADYSMITH. Will Hermit at Mool River Boers Re treating to the Orange Free State. LONDON, March . The Hoers in Northern Cape Colony are in full re treat to the Orange Free State. Th possession of Stormberg puts General Gatacre In railroad communication with General Clements at t'olesborg, for, though the Boers partially wreck ed the railroad, It I understood that it ran be quickly repaired, and thus the entrance of additional British troop Into the Free State will be facil itated. From Osfonteln, where Roberts Is opposed by a good-slxed oody of the Boers, there Is still no new except reports of minor skirmishes. ' The position gained by Oenerul Bra bant at Dordrecht is reported to be exceedingly strong. According to the Times correrpondent. the Boers' num ber alone enable them to retreat from Dordrecht, practically unhindered, lie also reportt a violation of a white flag by the Boors, they having doltb reately fired at close ranpe on a stretcher party.. General White's garrison has begun to leave LadyBmlth and la arriving at the Mool river camp, where the troops will remain several days, after which they will go farther south. They arc emaciated and exhausted and say th road to Oolenso presents scenes that exceed In horror those depicted In Dante's Inferno, Dead men and ani mals are lying mutilated .uid putre fying In the trenches formerly occu pied by the Boers, and filling the air with a sickening stench. In cases tne river tne uoer lines cover more ground. , .- A few days ago their left rested on the high kopjes standing In the middle of the plain. They hav? now been ex tended two miles further south while six small kopjes stand in the plan be- tw ten the center and the left and be tween the center and the river and form a ridge behind which the Boer move unseen. The weak he of the whole position however, is that it cun eas.ly he turned l'i either dlreclon. The country is flat and water abounds, the recent rains having nearly tilled all the dams, ROBERTS IS MOVING. Ills Place for Fordln the River Hai Probably Been Mis-stated. LONDON. Mar. 6.-Spencer Wilkin son, In the Morning Post, says: From the silence of Lord Roberts we may Infer that his army Is again busi ly engaged In the continuance of his operations. It Is unlikely, with the pre vious experiences In fording riv ers nt the wrong places, that the relief force left at Klmberley for Mafeklng will try to cross at Fourteen Streams, seeing that it can easily cross at Fourteen Streums, seeinir that It can easily cross at Harkley or some other point and It is Impossible that any Boer force In the neighborhood Is large enough to guard the whole stretch of the river between Fourteen Streams and Barkley." IMPORTANT CABLEGRAM. LONDON. Mar. 6. William C. Whit ney's unnamed two thousand guinea colt, by Miguel, out of Aurora, ha been entered for the West Derby stakes as a three-year-old. the proceeding la Oregon of the legis lature was a revolutionary proceed ing to which Corbett was a party, t-arter then had read a letter dis cussing the situation from George C. Brownell, a member of the Oregon leg- Islature. He followed (his letter with the assertion that Corbett and the gov ernor of the Btate were In a combina tion not only to defeat Mitchell, but to elect Corbett. The latter's entire ef fort, he said, waa to prevent an or ganization of the legislature In order that he mljht secure the appointment, In reply Simon said he was Induced to believe that Mr. Carter s statements were somewhat warped and exaggerat ed by the peculiar atmosphere of Mon tana politics, In which, if what had been heard about the capital during the past few weeks approximated the truth, it was the general practice to use money in big figures. "In fact," he said, "It has been said that one gentleman In Montana, a can didate for an honorable office, has sep arated himself from about $S00,000." He did not attempt to assert the truth of the cose, but he felt that Car ter might have obtained his Ideas about the corrupt use of money nearer home than was the state of Oregon. THH Dt'TCH HAVE RISEN. CAKE TOWN, March .-Nearly the whole population of Prleska and Ken hardt district are In rebellion. Many of the Dutch from the neighboring districts are reported to have joined them, notably Piet Moolmon, who will lead the rebels. THE MONTREAL RIOT. Canadian M. P. Says Kruger'g Money Was at Bottom of It. OTTAWA. Out.. Mar. 6. In the house of commons, McNeill (Imperial ist, North Bruce) referring to the Mon- real riots paid the British ling had been torn down and trampled under foot and Insinuated that President Kruger'g money was at the bottom of he affair. Premier Lnurier repudlat- .1 the insinuation with warmth. CONGRESSMAN HARMON DEAD. PHILADELPHIA, March 6. Con gressman Alfred C. Harmon (the fath er of the house), from the Fifth Penn- ylvania district, died tonight, aged J years. MISS WILBl'R IS DEAD. After Two Years' Unconsciousness She Passes Away Without Ex plaining Her Strange Case SAN FRANCISCO. March S.-After two years of unconselousnoia 4ie Ellda Wilbur died today. In February, 1S9S, Miss Wilbur was found in her room unconscious with the gas turned on. She was lying on a sofa with a novel In her hand and It was at first supposed that she' had committed suicide, but Investigation disproved this supposition, and It be came known that she had fallen asleep while reading and that a gust of wind had extinguished the light leaving the gas to escape Into the room and rob the young lady of her senses. The best physicians In the city were called and every known means of re storing consciousness were applied without result. Her friends and nurses were rewarded by brief, very brief, periods of consciousness and once or twice she spoke and It Is said that her words were these: "No one loves me now." FINANCIAL BILL PASSED. Democrats Made No Further Attempt to Prevent That Result WASHINGTON, March .-Probably not In the history of the senate was there ever shown so little Interest in the final vote on a great measure as was manifested today In the vote on the conference report of the financial bill. The report was before the senate for nearly two weeks, yet only four speeches were delivered on it. Includ ing Aldrlch's explanation of the changes made In the senate bill by the conference. Today's discussion ceased on the bill 15 minute before the time fixed for a vote, and the senate actually begin the consideration of minor bills on th. calendar to consume time. The con ference report was agreed to by a vote of 44 to 2, the report thus having a majority of 18. Simon, or Oregon, replied to a speech made yesterday by Carter, of Mon tana, on the Quay case. The vote on the financial bill was as follows: Yeas Aldrich, Allison, Baker. Bard. Beverldge, Burrow. Carter, Clark, of Wyomln?, Cullom. Davis, Depew. El kins, Fairbanks, Foraker. Foster, Frye. Gallinser. Gear. Hale. Hanna. Hans brough. Haw ley. Hoar, Lindsay. Lodge. McBMde, McComas. McCumber, Mc Millan. Mason, Nelson, Penrlse. Per kins, Phut (Conn.), Piatt (N. Y.), Proc tor, Quarles. Ross, Scott, Shoup. Si mon. Thurston, Welington, Wetmore 44. Noes Allen. Bacon, Bate. Butler, Chandler. Chilton, Clark (Mont.). Cul bertson, Clay. Cockrell, Harris. Heit feld, Jones (Ark.). Jones (Nev.), Ken ny, McLaurin, Martin, Morgan, Petti grew. Pettus, Rawlins, Sullivan. Tial iaferro. Teller, . Tillman. Turner IS. The senate then passed the folowiag bills: For the erection of a public build ing at Spokane, Washington, to coat $."00,U)0; for the erectltm of a public building at Tacoma, Washington, to cost 4750,000. EXPLOSION IN A COAL mIHE Fifty Men Entomted Alive In tbe Virginia Red Asb District. USUAL HORRIBLE SCENES Victims Strang Along for a Distance of 0er a Mile Uadergronad Their Escape Hopeless. FIRE CREEK. W. Va., March I. The first reporu of the explosion to day at the Red Ash mines were great ly exaggerated. The latest reports Ince midnight were that there were fully fifty miners entombed instead of . Only ten bodies have been taken out so far, instead of 37 as previously reported, out it Is believed that none of the forty that are still in the mine will ever be found alive. The explosion happened as the men were going into the mine in groups and in couples in some instances, and th-y were strung along in this man ner for over a mile, so that the work of rescue will require a long time. There were more men near the en trance who escaped than were lost. GOING AFTER CORBIN. The Senate Adopts a Resolution for an Investigation of His Mili tary Record. WASHINGTON. March .-The reso lution adopted by the senate today. calling for the complete record of th court niaitlal . which tried Adjutant General Corbln when a Lieutenant- Colonel of the Fourteenth colored In fantry, on a charge of cowardice and other information as to his military career, called for a mass of papers that will require a week to copy. General Corbln. today addressed to Senator Davis, of Minnesota, an ap peal for nn immediate examinatl n of his soldierly record from the day he entered the service of the United States army as a 19-year-old hoy, 3S years ago, until now. Moreover, he authorizes the senator to present his (Corbin's) resignation to the president If the search reveals a suggestion of un worthiness. The let ter includes the findings of the court martial which most honorably acquit ted LJeutemmt -Colonel Corbln of the charge. BY.NC.M CONFIRMED. WASHINGTON. March $.-The sen ate committee on finance today au thorised a favorable report upon the nomination of Hon. W. D. Bynum, as appraiser of merchandise at the Port of New York. The committee divide! on party lines, the republicans sup porting and the democrats opposing confirmation. MONTGOMERY. W. Va., March . By an explosion of gas In the Red Aah mines this morning 70 men were Im prisoned. Forty dead have already been laker, out. and the rescuing par ty is still hard at work. News of the disaster swept through the town like an electric shock, and within a few minutes hundred of men, women and children, relatives of the unfortunate miners, were crowded upon the scene of the disaster. As the conviction that the rescue of the entombed men alive was hopeless forced . itself upon the grief-stricken crowds, they became frantic in their endeavors to reach the dead and dy ins in the wretched shaft, and the work of attempted rescue was organiz ed with extreme difficulty. Of the first 20 men brought to the surface, five were dead or died within a lew min utes, and several of the others were horribly burned or bruised. As the dead bodies were brought up one by one. the scenes at the mouth of the shaft became distressing in the ex treme. Shrieking, frantic women and children imtrd;d the rescuers and ad ded tJ the horror of the work. The Red Ash mine is not In the Montgomery district, e.s llrst report ed, but is in the Thurmond district. It belongs to J. Fred Eillnger. of Staunton, ireinla. The mines a.ri oo the mountain side, above the water and the coal is similar to that found In Pocahontas district. On this ac count it is said here the accident can not oe caused by fire damp nor by gas, but from dust, as was the case In on- of the tragedies rome years agit in Pocahontas mine. The district is a wild one on Kusa " Kin, about 65 miles from this city Tiie miners occupied dwellings in the vicinity of the mines. While the i mines are in a very meed eoontrv - V.O th. ti.l.-n .-.K 1-K. ........... I ... -"I. ii.uiuiouu is one ot the K'st advanced of the new mining towns In West Virginia. Through the generosity of Mr. McKell and btber rich landowners, this town has many Improvement. that are not usually found in mining districts. It has some pretentious business advantages, la eluding a tine opera house and a public library, as well as churches and fine schools. MKINLEY'S VIEW UNCHANGED, Still Thinks Puerto Rico Should Have Free Trade, but Not as a Con stitutional Right. WASHINGTON, March .-The Post tomorrow will say: President McKinley, In conversation with call -rs at the White House yes terday, reiterated his belief that the people of Puerto Rico were ent tied to fre trade with the United tSates. He made It clear that his view had un dergone no change since he wrote his PAUNCEFOTE IS RETAINED. WASHINGTON. March 6.- Lord Pauncefote today received a cablegram from Lord Salisbury, notifying him that he would be continued at this Important diplomatic post for the pres ent at least. ANOTHER ORGONIAN CHOSEN. WASHINGTON. March 6.-The sen ate today confirmed the nomination of H. D. Miller, of Oregon, to be consul at Chung Ming, China. ABSORBED BY METROPOLITAN, NEW YORK, Mar. . Announce ment is made that the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of this city, has acquired the business of the Ver mont Insurance Company of Burling ton, Vt. The deal Involves the trans fer of $3,000,000 of insurance In force and a cash payment of about J70.W0 by the Metropolitan. CLEAN REPUBLICAN SWEEP. -Mayor Humes and His Ticket Down the Nondescripts In Seattle. SEATTLE, March .-The city elec tion here today resulted In a sweeping victory for the republican ticket While at midnight the complete re turns are not available, there is every indication that Mayor Thomas J. Humes has been re-elected by a major ity of from t,200 to 2,000, and that th, entire republican ticket, with the ex ception of perhaps two councilmen, has gone in by a vote nearly as large. The issue was clear cut between Mayor Humes, representing what h terms a liberal policy on one side, and George CoUjrlll, who is a populist and prohibitionists, and was nominated b, the fusionists and non-partisan league and ran on a ticket headed demo He had the strong endorsement of th church element and was pledge to close public gambling and restrict the sale of liquor and the sodiil evil Hume declared that he would u,. gambling and saloons to run umb-r the police supervision and restrict fail, n women to one quarter of tha city; u,.. result was almost a landslide in fav .r of Humes. .