The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, March 08, 1900, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textustftwi PEBLic mm irui JJi) - 1 . to pr A8T0K1A, OttKOON, THUUdDAY. MARCH 8, 1900 NO. 235 VOL li. For 63 Years The Bridge & Bench 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. price is not out of sight. Large and Varied Stock. GRIFFIN ..Columbia rp- lUrtfurd. model 11MJ0. $35.00 IVnnnU model W00, $25 00 13 Foard & Stokes Co., Agts. "FISCHER'S" Corvallls Flour ?nd "GOLDEN PLEASANT" flour Aro gunrantt'eil to ploaso. t'liaw A Sanborn's High-grade Coffees font you no uuiro limit common. Fine Ranch Eggs, very cheap now, and a special lot ol Choice Sugnr Cured Hams and Bacon just in to match thorn. Finest Creamery, Full-Weight Hutter. Bloater Mackerel, Salmon Tips, Etc. Ross, Hfe&lns 8 Co. llli f ipir It jr 09,000 flfrJ Kiln Dried Orego l'lne and Columbia River Hprucf, Lumber Box HhtKika and Jlod Cudar Hlilntfk'8. Manufacturers Car nnd Cargo (r'hippera. HlllCaiudlj, 109,000 ft iillj One Hundred and Fifty Rolls of Japanese Warp and Chinese Straw Mattings 12 -i Cents Per Yard and Upwards .Exquisite Colorings ad Designs .... Charles Heilborn 8 Son You can buy one. The y B Prices the Lowest. & REED Bicycles.. Chalnleaa, model 1309, Chalnless, model UH. ? $60.00 Columbia, model 100, 1 $50.00 Columbia, modal 1S9I, $42.50 WILIS INO OFFICE, BRANCH OFFICE, ! ASTORIA. OREGON 10 CALIFORNIA ST. S. F. We Mike Specialty of Straight and Mixed Car Lot Orders. CLATSOP MILL C WHIP BY . , . Astoria N Colombia River Hallway Sosthers ricilic RallVay Northern raelfic Hallway loins ricilic Railway O. R. & N. Railway BOERS RETIRE IN CONFUSION Lord Roberts Clears tbe Enemy's Fifteen Miles of Trenches. - CR0NJE WILL BE ISOLATED British I'lylng Column Has Entered tbe Transvaal and Engaged Num erous Small Boer Forces. LONDON. Murch , t a. m.-Lord Robert wired yesterday morning from Osfonleiu and. In the evening, from Poplar's Orove, fourteen miles east ward. Hy UiQ application of elementary pilieipk of stalely, the Boer posi tions, llfl' i n miles long, a Tom t in puih, tin ve leen tmptlel anil their hol der have l''n itill;el lo retire In confii'l'iii, -n'ieU.nt upon their hiiM withdraw ut. NnlliliiK wiu ili mi- tiy lrd Robert to illMlum inw summitry and deadly In genuity of the Boer trenches In front or him. He r,iur tx I out lili Inf.in lr). estimated, from command named, ut H),W". men and sent 10.000 home, men and horse artillery In a bold sweep around the Uoi-r tuft, whereupon the Boer center and right became un tenable, Fifty British cavalrymen fell when they rame In contact with the luiora. Correspondents differ aa to the ne. my's strength. The Daily Mall's ror- reMndent thlnka the Doera number something more than 4,000 num. The Dully New' correspondent eatlmatea ll.nn at 10,000. Aa these figure rume fmin nbm-rvrra at headquarters. It Is clesr that Lord Roberta'- force was overwhelmingly suerlor. 11a can -ari'ly have fewor than 45,000 troop avallHtile, A brigade roached him from Lord Mvthuen Tuesday. Lord Methuen now commands only th" voluntn-rs and local forces at Klinberley, some of whom have Rone toward Mufckiria;. The Bikth do not et aptn-ar to ap preciate the mobility of Lord ItobertH corps, whli'h was able to strike so swiftly In this affair that the enemy had to abandon a gun, much forage and a lurite number of ramp equip ment. LONDON. March 7.-Lord Huberts telegraphed during the day from Os- fonteln: "A. I Minced March 7; the enemy Is now In full retreat, followed by our twop ; casualties frw." . LONDON, Kanh 7.-Lord Uoberts early In the day telegraphed the war off.ee aa follows: , "Osfonteln, March 7, 4:30 p. m. Our operations today promise to be a groat success. The enemy occupied a posl tlon four miles north and eleven miles south of the Modder river. I placed General Colvllle'a dlvhdon on the north bunk and Oeneial Kelly-Kenny and Tucker's division, with cavalry, on the south bank. The cavalry dlvlxlon sue reeded In turnlnx the enemy's left Hank, opening the road for tie sixth division, which is advancing without being obliged to fire a shot up to the present time. "The enemy Is In full retreat toward the north and east. They arc being closely followed by cavalry, horse ar tlllery and mounted Infantry, while Tucker's division, Colvllle'a Ninth dl vision and the Guard's Brigade, under Toll Carew, are making their way across the river at Poplar'a drift, where I propose to place my headquarters this evening. Our casualties will, I trust, b few, aa the enemy were quite unprepared for being attacked by a flank movement, and having their com munications with IMoemfonteln threat ened." LONDON. March 7 (mldnlghtJ.-The war .otllee has Just posted the fol lowing advices from Lord Roberta: "Popular Grove, March 7 (evening). We nad a very successful day and have completely routed , the enemy, who are In full retreat, "The position which they occupy Is extremely strong and cunningly ar ranged, with a second line of entrench ments, which would have aued us heavy lossei had a direct attack been mini;. "The turning movement was neces sarily dtlllcult, owing to the nature of the ground, and the cavalry and the horse artillery horses are much done up. "The lighting was practically con-fin-id to the cavalry division which, as usuol, did exceedingly well, and General French reports that the horse artillery batteries did great execution among the enemy. "Our casualties are about 50. I re gret to say that Lieutenant Keswick was killed, and Becond Lieutenant Bai ley was severely tvoundid, both of the Twelfth lancers. Lieutenant De Cren- plgny, of the rkcond life guard, waa severely wounded, (JinernlN fx-wet and De Larey com. manded the lloer forces." UfllTHH IN THK TRANSVAAL. Klyln Column Knlered by Way of Zululund on the 2Mb. LONDON, March 7. A special dis patch from Durban says a flying col umn of British troop from Zululund has entered the Transvaal and has been dally skirmlnhlng with small par ties of lloers. The force consists of motir.ted Infantry, Natal scouts and artillery, all commanded by Major Prendergast. The men first crossed th'i border February 2. It now oc cupies an entrenched position on the Catasit, nine miles within the Trans vaal. WILL ISOLATE CRONJR. British Military Authorlllm Decide to Send Him to the Island of St. Helena. LONDON. March ".-Dutch risings In the northwestern districts of Cape Colony aro the only clouds visible In the fiky of Brltlxh prospect. The lirUIh military authorities have decided that (jcneral Cronje and the other Doer prisoner shall be sent Im mediately to the Island of St. Helena, there to remain until the end of the war, Bl'LLEIt ACTIVE. Report That He la Moving Towards Van Rjcnan's Pass. LONDON. March 7. For lack of news from Lord Uoberts, attention turns toward Natal. It is reported that Duller has pushed forward a force along the Harrysmlth line of the railroad toward Van Keenan'a Pass, using the railroad freely for all com munications. It appears the Boers Intended to take up a strong position In DlKgersberg range and contest Glen coe Past, although It hardly seems likely that Duller will attempt to force these for the present. His plans, how ever, are kept almost aa secret as lho4 of Roberts. While malting for the Important de velopments which are dally expected to occur In the Free State, rumors of peace recur. The second edition of the Times today contains a dis patch from Cape Town which says there Is a crying need for an explicit statement by the British ministry that nothing short of annexation Is Intended, "In order to dampen the mis chlevouH agitation that Is going on under a pretext of a demand for peace." Another list of casualties sustained by Buller's forces from February 14 to February 227, shows: Killed. 1223: wounded, "53; missing, 54. Of these losses the Innlskllllngs were as follows: Killed, 54: wounded, 162; missing 22. Dublin Fuslllera: Kill ed. 15; wounded. 37: missing IS. Con- naught Rangers: Killed, 19; wounded. 100; missing. 8. Koyal Irish Fusiliers: Killed. 11; wounded, 63, mlasing, t Soots Fusiliers: Killed, 19; wounded, IS. With the list of caauilti-M Issued Monday this makes the total cost to the rank and flle in the final relief of Ladysmlth. 1,859 men. FOR GO EI EL'S ASSASSIN. lieekhani Approves a Bid Approprlat ing J100.000 as a Rev, aid. FRANKFORT. Ky., March 7. The Coebel usiuixsiii reward bill, for $100, 000. became a law today, by the ap proval of the democratic governor, Beckham. The house today passed the IoCord rntlroud anil-extortion bill by a vote of 56 to 42. The bill authorlxea the :ilnt.i i a II road commission to fly max imum freight ratea and to puniah for discrimination and extortion. From a party standpoint. Its passage was the carrying out of the principal planks In the platform on which the late dtm, ocratic governor, Goebel. waa nomi nated. The republicans. In a body, cp- poaed the bill. SHATTLK MUNICIPAL ELECTION. SEATTLE. March 7.-The result of the municipal election yesterday Is as follows: Total registration. 10,990; total vote, 9,110. For mayor, Humes, -republican, 5.244: Cotterill. democrat. S.64S. The republicans elected the controller, the cornoration counsel, the treasurer and eight councllmen; the democrats elect ed three councllmen. PLAGUE IN SAN FRANCISCO. Authorities Now Have the Whole of Chinatown I nder Quarantine. HAN' FRANCISCO, Mar. 7. A case of what Is supposed to be bubonic plague, though the exact nature of the disease Is uncertain, has been discov ered In Chinatown. The patient, who Is a Chinese residing at 1004 Dupont street, was Immediately Isolated and the whole of Chinatown has been placed under strict quarantine regula tion. No fear Is apprehended of the spread of the disease, whatever It may prove to be. THE QUEEN TO VISIT IRELAND All England Is Astounded Oyer Her Decision. A MOST REMARKABLE ACT No Minister of the Crown Has Dared to Ciea Suggest Such Aa Undertaking, LONDO.V, March 7. At no other time since the Diamond Jubilee haa the quem been so conspicuous an ob ject In the public mind as she Is to night. This promises to be even more strikingly the case tomorrow. The announcement Is made this evening that for the first time since the Jubilee Queen Vlcttrla will tomorrow drive from Buckingham palace along the embankment of St. Paul'a cathe dral and bavk through Holborn and Plcadllly. Beyond all this Is the announcement of the queen's Intention to visit Ire land for the first time. It is said, since the death of the Prince Consort. Thin is regarded as one of the most remarkable acta in the queen's life. No mlnlxter of the crown has ever dar ed to even 4Uggest such a remarkable undertaking. JOIiBERT S PROBABLE PLANS. He Will Follow the Tugela River Tac- tl'.t, but the Country Is Less Favorable. NEW YORK. Mar. 7. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: "The extent to which General Jou bert and President Steyn have suc ceeded In massing their forces is not yet clear, but they are covering Bloomfon teln by long defensive line on the hills south of the Modder river. Their tactics are the same aa those which wer employed on the 'Tugela when th Dutrh commandos covered a distance of eighteen miles, but the country is less favorable for their system of de fense. There Is no river In front of them and Lord Roberta haa four mounted brigades with horse artillery, with which their line can be turned. The Seventh division, under General Tuck er, haa not yet been in action and will probably have the brunt of the fighting if a battle precedes the oc cupatlon of Bloomfontein, but It Is probable that a frontal attack will be avoided and that General French's brigade will take a long circuit north ward so as to shut off a retreat toward the Vet river. The Dutch forces. If defeated, will fall back upon Wlnburg, and the high hills Between Ventersburg and Sene kal, between the Vet and tbe Valsch rivers. This is described by South Africans as 'he roost formidable de fensive position In the Free State anil lateral railroads lead up behind it at Bethlehem and Kronstad. The Vaal river Is a long distance behind these commanding kopjes and the Wltwat ersrand ridge, of which Johannesburg is the key, lies to the north. If Lord Uoberts has sent a strong body of Infantry toward Vryburg and Mnfeklng, it will naturally be rein forced and converted in due time Into a turning column against that strong position. The results of the Dutch concentra tlon are disclosed in the facility with which the district south of the Orange river has been cleared. General Gat acre's army is not strong, since an entire brigade was called back to re force Lord Roberts' corps, yet he has been able to take possession of Storm berg without a struggle. The Boers had retreated from that natural fort ress to Poolkop and left the road open to Burgersdorf. The occupation of Stormberg gives to General Gatacre the control of the railway westward to Mlddleburg and enables him to ad vance northward toward the Orange river. ADMIRAL WATSON'S RETURN. Due to Ill-Health, but There Hag Ben Friction Between His and His Oflicers. NEW YORK. Mar. 7.-A special to the Herald from' Washington says: "It is said that there has been some friction between Rear-Admiral Wat son and ofllclals of his Meet. Com mander E. D. Taussig was summarily detached from the command of the Bennington and ordered home for al Vsied cilllcism of the commnnder-ln-chlef. though it Is said that Com mander Taussig was not insubordi nate. There haa also been friction between the rear admiral and the bur eau of navigation relative to his chief of staff. Rear - Admiral Watson several months ago deidrcd Commander C. C. Cornwall to act as his chief of staff and alned him to the duty, but the de partment dlnapproved his action. Only recently the department ordered Cap- i tain Charles M. Thomaa to command th-j Brooklyn. Rear-Admiral Watson transferred Captain James M. For syth from the I'.altlmore to the Brook lyn, and It I sail gave an explanation as to his action In compliance with a request made by the department. Thj bachelor oflicers of tbe fleet have alxo complained because the married oflicers whose wive who were In Ma nila were allowed to remain on shore without procuring permission from the commander-in-chief one or two .nights a week white the order of the rear admiral required the younger unmar ried men to be on their ships after 7 or t o'clock at night and not to remain on shore without written permission. Rear-Admiral Watson's health was such that he was temporarily relieved from command several months ago. though the fact was not made public. The Baltimore will probably return horn under the command of Captain Q. F. F. Wilde, who now commands the Oregon, and who has been two years on the Asiatic station. Captain Thomas will probably be transferred to the Brooklyn and Captain Forsythe to ihe Otegm. Officers whose tours of duty at sea are about expiring will be orought home In the Baltimore. These changes will not be determined upon until Rear-Admiral Remey reaches Manila. Rear-Adn lral Remey, the successor to Rear-Admiral Watson, was selected by the department because of his well Known ability, and particularly be cause of his work at Key West during th? war with Spain. Though senior to Rear-Admiral Sampson he accepted without prottst the order of tbe de partment assigning him to command the naval base at Key West and plac ing him under that officer's command. The department has never forgotten his subordination and Secretary Long has been anxious for an opportunity to show bis appreciation. Rear-Admiral Remey applied some months agj for the command of the Asiatic sta tion so that the orders Issued today will meet with his wishes. Rear-Admiral Watson's dispatch to European powers led to the rumors that the European station was to be re-esUblluhed, but Secretary Long said the report was erroneous. The seera- tary has not determined who will sue ceed Admiral Cromwell aa president of the retiring board, but Rear-Admlr al B. F. Day, a member of the board. will act as president pending the de partment's decision. BELIEVES ANDRE TO BE DEAD, Explorer Nansen Declares He Has No Further Hope of Ever Seeing Him Alive. NEW YORK. March ". A dispatch to the Herald from Berlin says: Herr Frldtjof Nansen has been In terviewed here by a correspondent of the Lokal Anseiger. He Is passing through Berlin on his way to Breslau. Speaking on the subject of his future plans and the late Andre, he said that he would leave Christlanla on May 15, in order to carry out hydrologlcal stu dies around Iceland for the Norwegian government. A specially constructed vessel had been ordered for this voy age. It will be similar to the Fram. but smaller. The expedition will re turn In Autumn. In reply to the questions: "Do you Inted to proceed to the Arctic regions again?" Herr Nansen said that he had certain plans In view, which, for the present, he preferred to keep secret. As to Andre, Herr Nansen paid: "I believed as long as possible In his return, making the most liberal allow ance of time for his reappearance, but I no lonKer have any hope. I don't believe that he is living; otherwise w should certainly have heard of him. All that can be looked for now is the recovery of his body." CIVIL WAR THREATENED. Dethronment of the Emperor Results in a Big Revolt. CHICAGO, Mar. ".A special to the Record from Victoria, B. C. says: According to Asiatic advices by the steamer Empress of India, the recent coup d'etat of the Empress Dowager of China, in which the emperor, Kwang Su, was dethroned and the 6-year-old son of Prince Tuan named as his suc cessor, bids fair to embroil the celes tial empire in civil war. At Swatow the Chinese are already In revolt, and in many other parts of the empire they are taking up arms against the empress and Manchus. The reform party, which Is at the head of the movement to foment rebellion, is In receipt of a telegram from Kang Yu Wei, sent from Singapore, In which he says he can raise an army of 40.- 000 men. The China Gasette says the Empress Dowager and her advisors, being afraid of a revolution In Peking, have applied to the Russian government for help, and that the Japanese gov ernment has protested. Telegrams from Peking to Japanese papers say It Is reported tjjat Russia has Sent warships to the mouth of the Yalu river. DEATH LIST IS APPALLING Disaster at tbe Red Asa Mise Worse Than First Reported. SIXTY LIYES PROBABLY LOST Rescuers Continue to Dig Into the Smouldering- Debris for Charred Corpses of Ill-Pated Miners. FIRE CREEK, W. Va March 7. Rescuing parties continued working hard at the Red Ash mine today and tonight, removing the debris and se curing the bodies of victims of the explosion of yesterday. The most conservative estimates of aome of those connected with the mine places the number of killed at fifty two, and there are others who Insist th. number of victims will be found to reach sixty. Six more bodies were recovered this morning. A report from the rescuers at the mine after 8 o'clock tonight was that thirty four bodies had been rescued, twenty-nine bs-ing dead and five ser iously Injured. While surviving miners and others estimate that there tre at least thirty nine miners still entombed. General Manager Howell says there are only thirty! still In the mine. FRUITGROWERS IN SESSION. The Day Wholly Occupied in Perfect ing Organization. PORTT-AND, March ".-The Fruit growers' tf- Oregon, Washington, Idaho and British Columbia, met In conven tion here today to organise the Cured Fruit Association of the Pacific North west. While producers of various kinds of fruit are present, it la essen tially a convention of prunegrowera. H. B. Miller, of Eugene, was chosen chairman, and F. L. Wheeler, of North Yakima, secretary. A committee of seven was appointed to formuUte a plan of organization and Its report will be made at the convention tomorrow. Organization, it Is understood, will he modeled after the California Cured Fruit Association. The committee will recommend that a central warehoupe be selected, prob ably at Portland, where grower may ship their fruit and have It ffraded and stamped with the association stamp. Fruit will be sold by the as sociation and each grower will reetlv the proceeds from the sale of his fruit after deducting percentage for hand ling. The committee will also recommend that fifteen directors be seltctel from various prune districts, an follows; 4 Idaho, 1: Walla Walla, I; Yakiin.l,. 1; Umatilla district 1; Clarke county, Washington.' 3; Josephine county, 1; Jackson county, 1; Douglas county, 1; Lane and IJnn counties, 1; Marion county, 1; Polk and Benton counties, 1; Yamhill county, 1; liai kamas, Mult nomah and Washington counting, 1. SC1IAWI1 AND CARNEGIE. Consulting in New York As to Form of Answer to Be Made to Frlck. NEW YORK. March ".-Charles M. Schwab, president of the Carnegie steel company, left this city for Pittsburg lust night. He came here to consult Andrew Carnegie about the litigation in which the Carnegie company and Mr. Carnegie are involved as a result of the mils brought by H. C. Frlck and others. Mr. Schwab and Mr. Car negie were in consultation the greater part of yesterday. Neither woul.l talk about the conference. The time allowed for Mr. Carnegie and the Carnegie company to file an answer in the suits in question will soon expire, and It is believed the con ference was in relation to the working and general tone of this answer. While neither Mr. Carnegie nor Mr. Schwab would talk about the matter, It is persistently rumored that the trou bles between Mr. Frlck and his associ ates an 1 Mr. Carnegie and the Carrie, gle steel company would be comprom ised and tbe suits discontinued. ONE UNIDENTIFIED. SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 7.-Of th- hundreds of bodies of dead soldiers re. ceived at the Presidio from the Phllj,,. pines, one remains unidentified. It j supposed to bo that of Private Thuin. a Bryant, of company H, First rV - foinia reijlne-iit ho-1 i: h::-, e;;.-.;, ta be found It Is beli-jved she can make this surmise a certainty.