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CLATSOP MANUFACTUHK8 CEDAR SHINGLES.... . . AND Astoria One Hundred and Fifty Rolls of Japanese Warp and Chinese Straw Mattings 12 i-2 Cents Per Yard and Upwards Exquisite Colorings nwd. Designs .... Charles Hellborn 8 Son C. J. TRENCHAPDi Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. Years MWA - V ; ' i & REED Bicycles.. Chalnteaa, model 1900, $75.00 ChalnlsM, model ISM, r $60.00 Columbia, modal 100, $50.00 Columbia, model 189t, $42.50 Pennant, model 1100, $25 00 3 MILL CO. MOULDINGS Oregon Custom House Broker. ASTORIA, .OREGON Agent W. T. A Co., tod Paclfio Kxpreu Co I, THE CAMPAIGN IS HALF OYER Roberts Entry Into Bloemfonteln Rounds Out a Great Record. THE FREE STATE'S END Now Considered by the English I'rcss an Having I'assed Out of Existence as An Independent Couatry. LONDON, March IB. 4.W a. m.-The flint half of the campaign In over. Lord Itobcn arrived at Mcddcr rlv -r February . He entered HUt mfontclp Mnrch 13. Thus, In Hill.i over 11 nionih, ll.j ha efTre, the r.-U.-f .i Klinl. r Icy and Ludyauilth, the capture u( Gen crul ( ronje's force unil the lolsting of tin- Jtnif in the capital of the Fre Put. All tliln him b.-en accomplish, d will, comparatively irllllnw Iomc. It Ih small wonder thai In I Urn ' f the hour In Emiun.l. All O.e In k..ih m kiIokIi,. htm an I congratu lt country. They talk f the ! State u I uviiiK onrfJ out of ex igence , being now iui of ih.. shad i w of history. It I not douMed Unit thei . mav vt Ih- heavy fighting, but the genius of Lord Robert In looked to for victory over ull (1llll. ultl.-ii. Jiln irrlm reference to the "late' president Stcvn Ik un ci, iKt.HHl niiow that thors nlull U,: no uinblKUlty a to the ponlil-it ai-runi)!'! to'Aunl thf r.-publb'i. The fan ihnt M,- Fnim-r. lute chair .nan of the Krr KtaU taod, Hnd Icudcr ol th Di iKwitloo to Si...m. tain,. Milk deputation to surrender the keya, la tx-fliinlud aa extfcmcly Ignlilomt of a coiidldi'iabl- difTurence of opinion amonn the Ttv Hlatera regardlnn the war. It ih wild lliat I'rcnldnt KruRi-r hat.n Fraacr on tu:oounl of hla ayraiuiiby with the L'ilUnilt-rs. The demontit ra tion f the ltl(M-nifonleln Inhabitanta are alto n-trardeU aa a good aunury for the future of the Ilrltlsh aupremacy. It la Inleroftlnrf, In connctJIon with the rapid advance of Lord Hubert, to leirn that the ItiiHulun military attuche with the IIihtb who were cAjitured by the llrlliah acnt the following tele- Krain to the riar: I am jKjrfectly amused at the en- erity In action and the endurance of the Hrltlnh infantry. I need aay u more." The IlrltNh continue praising their advance on the Orange river. THK UI.OEMFONTEIN ENTRY. Roberta Otflclul Announcement State He Waa Welcomed by the CRUena. LONDON. March H.-Foll(winK la the text of Lord Roberta' dispatch to the war .office, announcing hi occu pation of Bloemfonteln: Uloemfonteln. March IS, 8 a. m. lly the help of Ood and by the bravery of her majeaty'a troop under my com mand, I have taken poescsxl.m of Kloemfonleln. The HrliiHh flag now fllea over the presidency, evacuated last evening by Mr. Steyn, late president of the Orange Free, State. Mr. Prater, a member of the late executive government; the mayor, secretary of the late governor, LandroHt, and other official mot me two mile from town and presented mo with the keya to the public buildings. "The enemy has withdrawn from the neighborhood and all aeema quiet The Inhabitants of Uloemfonteln gave the troops a cordial welcome." The above dlHpatch, though dated on Tuesday, was not received at the nor office until 7:30 p. m. Wednesday. It was made public a few minutes before o'clock. The delay is attributed to the field telegraph not being connected with Bloemfonteln Tuesday evening. STILL IN NATAL. Doer Forces With Heavy Guns Discov ered In the Vicinity of Lady Smith. LA.DY8MITH, Wedneaday-TheBoers have been located In several strong po sition near the Junction of the Drak- enhburg and Rlggersberg ranges. They have heavy gun In position on ongwopl kop, at Hlatlkula, and in Ompatl mountains, as well as at Gib son's farm, near Cundy Cleugh pass. General Hunter now commands the division. Doth the men and horses of the relief column are completely recov ered and now in the pink of condition. WILL FIGHT TILL DKATII. Kruger's Announcement to the New York Tellow Evening Journal. NEW YORK. March H.-A dispatch from President Krugor to the Evening JourtiUl, dated Pretoria, Mnrch 13, 8 p. in., vl.i llerlln ,aay: "The burgher will only ceae flht Inir with death. Our force are re turning In good order to our line of dv fi nne on our own o. "The Niitnl campaign wa longer In our favor than we expected. "Tlie llrltlnh will n;vr reach Preto ria. The burgher. Kten, JouU-rt and niyxeir, a well a all other, are unit ed. There are no difference, nod help ua." LOUD HALISDUnY'S KKPLY. tiltter Ulcapixdntment Felt by the Two Kepubllc' People, PRETORIA, MarlH 12.-Lfjrd Salla bury'n reply to I'realdenta Kruger and Hteyn cauaea bitter dltappolntment and Mate Secretary Il-lt uy it mean that the war will be fought to the bit ter end. ivil'UNO IIKARD FROM. II in Finn South African ritory Will Ap H'r In Thla Week' lluriier. NEW VOUK. March R-Th drat w.id from Rudyarl Kipling since he t.enl to Eouth Africa will Ih- prinlej in till wk'i 1kuo uf Hur;j"r'e w.ek ly. Kipling caWa a long account of uiHloyally, which he rallK the 'Sin of witchcraft." The burdn of hi conioiaint la that the ll.ltixh tisll authorltl.- In Cap? Town wn:ce at th-j N-nil-(rcaonablH net and, to quote hia own word, "the govt rnimnt will take car ll does not pay any onn to h loyal." JAMEriDN S PART IN THK WAR. fould Not Flghl but Did Great Service for th Wounded. NEW YORK. March Il-A dispatch to the Tribune from London aya: Dr. Jameaon was down with enteric fever and critically 111 when Ladysmith wa relieved. A private dispatch re ceived here by a prominent South Afri can Htates that he hua rallied and Is likely io recover. Dr. Jameson was anxious to have a military command In the campaign, but aa the leader of the raid he w aa excluded from the ser vice for political reanon and waa not welcomed when he arrived at Lady mi Ith a few days b-fore the Investment of the town. Ilia opportunity came. When the garrison wa fever-stricken he reverted to inedioai practice and did ten men's work in caring for the fever put lent and the wounded soldlera. The K-ace envoys .who have arrived at Lourenco Mur(iUea are high officials In the two republics. Mr. Wolmarana is a member of the Boer executive council and a blind follower of Presi dent Kruger. who has implicit confi dence in his fidelity. While nearer forty than fifty year ol '. lie f.iuKht as u youth In the lirst w ar of independence, and was bitterly hi I-tile to the I'itlanders and reformers. The South Africans describe him as au astute and crafty man who has learned all he knows about politics from Mr Kruger. Mr. Fischer has been state secretary otv the Free State and has exerted a strong Influence over the Dutch leader In Cape Colony. . He ha 1 the reputation of. being a strong advo cate of peace a year ago, but President Steyn carried him Into the war and ha been faithfully served by him. The ministers, having .the moral sup port of the United States, ai'e Indlffer ent to the appeals which the Dutch re publics a iv making for foreign media tion, whether Jn Europe or America. They confidently expict Lord lloberls to K" from Bliiomfonteln to Pretoria and (jc rcsoluic in fighting the battle of the I'nlted Empire. They will re g.ird the Intervention of any European power as an unfriendly act, precisely as the Americans would have done the close of the W'af with Spain, when the British government refused to med dle, ii; what did not concern it. WASHINGTON UNCLAIMED DEAD. Lodles of Nine Soldiers Will Ik Burled Sunday at Olympla. OLYMPIA. March 11 Adjutant-Gen eral Fox has telegraphed from San Francisco that ho had started for Olym. plu with nine bodies of unclaimed Pol dlers belonging to the First Washing ton volunteers. The funeral will be held In Olympia Sunday, March 18. IMPORTANT IOINT DECIDED. SEATTLE, March 14. In the federal oourt yesterday William J. Marvin, alias "Kid" Marvin, who was arrested here three months ago on a charge of drugging and robbing two men of $2700 at Nome, was released by Judge Hanford on a writ of habeas corpus. Thu point was raised that the local authorities were not proceeding under the new Alaska criminal code In at tempting to hold Marvin In Jail here until he could be taken back to Nome. United Statis Attorney Gay says the new law Is cumbersome and not well adapted to present conditions In the North. It would have been Impossible to comply with it In the Marvin case owing to lack of communication with Nome. ALL EYES NOW ON M IFEKING Not Believed Possible It Can Hold Out Moch Longer. PLUMER WITHIN 40 MILES Colonel I'cckham'a Force, However, Stands best Chance of Reaching the Besieged Garri&oa. LONDON, March 14.-WIth Lord Roberta' triumphant occupation of the Orange Free Bute capital, attention now turn to Mafeklng. That hamlet of the plain can scarcely hold out much longer. The newa of Colonel Plumer'a approach ha given ubtance to the rumor of Its relief, but those best Informed are Inclined to think the relief i more likely to become accom plished by Colonel Peckham's column from Klmberley. Private advice have set forth that Colonel Plumer has al most given up hope of accomplishing anything more than haralng the Boer, though alnce these were writ ten, It I stated that the diminished number of the investing force may have rendered Plumer' task more feas ible. Judging from the lack of news every thing is quiet In Natal, while from Herchel comes the statement that the total collapse of the insurgent colonist is Imminent. General Cronje, according to a Cape Town special, sails for 8t- Helena on March lis accompanied by all the Paar deberg prisoner. Cecil Rhode is suffering from ca tarrh of the stomach, and is unable to sail for England. Natal dispatches recount that the greatest satisfaction is felt there at Lord Salisbury's reply to the Boer pres idents' peace overture. A dispatch from Pietermarittberg, published In the aeoond edition of the Times, says: . "The reply, especially the lant para graph, relating to Independence, baa beeu received in Natal with a feeling of great relief, and Is dispelUng all doubts." A private dispatch from Johannes burg has been received In London, dat ed Saturday. March 10. contradicting the reports that the mines are flooded an all the machinery broken, and as serting that all is well. LOBATSI, March a. Colonel Humer's force reached here. March 1 It Is be lieved only a single bridge southward ha been dropped, and that otherwise the railroad Is intact within five miles of Mafeklng. Plumer has already dis persed several Boer police post in this nelgh'wrhood, and is actively pushing hi advance southward. 'CAPE TOWN. March 14.-Colonel Plunur is now within 40 miles of Ma feklrg. Sl'LZER SAT DOWN ON. Hi Resolution for the Annoyance of ' (.real Britain Amended. WASHINGTON. March 14.-ln the meeting of the house committee on mil itary affairs today, Sulzr called up his resolution directing the secretary of nr to Inform the house what fortifi cations Great Britain is erecting along the northern frontier of the United States, especially at Puget sound and In the Ntfrthwest border country. An amendment was made striking out the reference to Great Britain and making It refer to "any foreign power.' A motion to postpone consideration of the rratter for a week prevailed on a party vote of six to five, and the resolution went over without action. REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE Sister and Brother of Henry Ward Beecher Die on the Same Day. HARTFORD, Conn., March 11. Mia, Mary Foot Beecher Perkins died to day .aged 94 years and 9 months. Mrs. Perkins was a sister of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and of Harriett Beecher Stowe. ELM IRA. N. Y., March 14.-Lev, Thomas K. Beecher, eldest and last surviving brother of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, died here today aged 81 years. HOLLNAD SUBMARINE BOAT. WASHINGTON. March 14.-A large congressional party, Including mem bers of the senate a,. ' house ocmmlt- tees on naval affairs, u 'ay witnessed performance of the Hoiu -d suhma rine torpedo boat SENSATIONAL DISCOVERIES. Detectives Make Important Criminal Disclosures at Seattle. SEATTLE March 14. Human hairs, blood stains and hidden money have been found by a Plnkerton deteetlvf ibut the pmnrnUm of O'Brien, the prisoner held by the mounted police fin upMon of the murder of P.olfe, Clayton and Olsen, Klondlker on their way out from Dawon. ('. P. Rene, on arrival at HkHscway from Daw:n, tell of discoveries which he resjard a rwmt important. A round Indentation on the Yukon sled owned by O'Firien attracted the atten tion of the det'-ctlve. The wood Indi cated that the sled had b-en repaired. but the I'lnkerton man, on examining more closely, found a plug which h forced out, revealing a cavity in which were three $100 Canadian bill. Next he found blood stain and human hairs clinging to the framework of the led, mute evidence perhaps of a terrible tragedy enacted on the Dawson trail. Two $50 Canadian bills were found se creted in the ring plate of O'Brien's revolver. A GIGANTIC CORPORATION. Papers Filed By the Ore Vaporizing , Furnace & Condensing Com I any of Spokane. TACOMA, March 14. A special to the Ledger from Olympla says: Articles of Incorporation have be-n filed with the secretary of state for the Incorporation of the Ore Vaporizing Furnace ft Condensing Company, with a capital stock of $100,000,000, with headquarters at Spokane. This is the largest capitalization of any company filed In recent years with the secretary of state. The trustees are Edmund C. Nordyke, R. M. Russell and Ben Thrasher of Spokane, and O. L. Engle, Franklin D. Arnold. Arthur A. Stone and Alfred E. Moreley of Chicago. OFFICERS' WIDOWS' PENSION'S. House Committee ReporH Bills for Several on Account of Spanish and Philippine Wars. WASHINGTON, March It - The house committee on pensions today or dered bills reported granting pensions to the widow of Colon !l Stotsenberg, of the First Nebraska regiment, hilled In the Philippines, at $10 per month, to the widjw of Caotain Allan Capron. killed In Cuba, at J04 per month, and to ti e widow of Captain Allan Capron, sr., at Hi per month. The distinction lu the rate In the Capron cases Is due to the property owned by Mrs. Capron, sr. GOEBEL'S SUCCESSOR ELECTED. COVINGTON, Ky., March 14.-In the vote of Kenton county today, toelect a senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Goebel, H. Harbison, Goebel' law elected by 3r9 majority Creae, his republican partner, was over L. L. opponent. SELF-CONFESSED MURDERER. GULDEN DA LK, Wash., March H. George R. A. Ferris, a Klickitat farm er, surrended himself today to the sheriff, statin.; that on Monday after noon, at his farm. In Goodnoe Hills, he shot and killed a man by the. name of Vurrell in self defense. Wurrtll was an unmarried man trom Missouri and had Ferris' farm rented. CANADIAN PACIFIC OPEN.. VANCOUVER. B. C March 14. -The blockade on the Canadian Pacific sine last Saturday was raised today. four nundrca Japanese arrived to duy on the steamer Gienogle from Yo kohamu. NEW CHINA SQUADRON. Admiral Kempff Will Be Sent With Strong Fleet to Protect Amer ican Interests. Kttt i OKK, March 14. A special to the Journal and Advertiser from Washington says: The Geman ambassador, Dr. Von Hollehen, had a long conference with Acting Sec retary of State Hill, in which the latter was presumably informed that a demonstration in China might be expected from Russia shortly. The chief of the bureau of navigation, Rear- Adinlral Crownlnshield, sought Secre tary of State Hay and found him at the Hay residence, after which the navy department announced that a Chi nese squadron will be established and that Real-Admiral Kempff, r.ow com mandant at the Mare Island navy yard, will be sent to Manila to take this squadron for cruising the Chinese and Japanese coasts; also that P.ear-Ad mlral Kemey, In charge of the Asiatic station, will maintain the naval base at Manila. It Is understood that Rear-Admiral Kempff's squadron will consist of the Oregon and Baltimore, now at Manila, the Iowa. Philadelphia and Marblehead, now on the l'a IHc coast, and the Mont gomery, now attached to the South At lantic station. It Is believed here that the formation of the Chinese squadron by the United States is to be a spectac ular warning to Russia and France that American Interests are Involved In any change In the conditions in China. Presumably Germany will make a sim ilar demonstration. AGREEMENT Oil PUERTO RICO The Tariff Feature Will Be Post poned for the Present. YESTERDAY'S MILD DEBATE Appropriation for Temporary Kellef aad Provision for Civil Gov ernmcat Kill Be t'aswd. WASHINGTON, March 14,-The re publican members In caucus today reached a partial agreement on the Puerto Rlcan legislation. The hous bill appropriating $2,000,OCO 1 to be tak en up and parsed immediately. The bill for a civil government of the inlan1 Is to be taken up and disposed of a soon a possible and the tariff bill I to be delayed for the present, while a committee of seven senators may be selected by Chairman Allison, to try to compromise the difference on the revenue bill and secure a measure which the republican senators gen erally can support. This partial agree ment was reached after a caucus last ing from 2 o'clock until 5:30. The tem(er of tho debate today "was much milder than that of yesterday. HAGUE CONFERENCE A FAILURE. None of the Nation Represented Has Ratihed Its Doings. WASHINGTON, March 14. In diplo matic circles here an unpleasant sug gestion ha been thrown out to the ef fect that the Hague conference has resulted in a complete failure and that even the limited program agreed upon i ne er to be perfected. Tne basis for this belief is the fact that up to this moment it is not known officially that a single one .if the pow ers represented In the conference has ratilied the three convention prei;ar ed there. . ,. j. - TELLER AND TURNER. 4 Roth Oppose the Policy of Expansion but From Opposite Standpoints. WASHINGTON, March 14. Two ar guments were presented to the senate today In which almost antlpodlcal po sitions were taken by two seuators. Teller (sll.), of Colorado, In a brief speech, maintained that the constitu tion could not extend over territory acquired by the United States, while Turner (dem.), of Washington, elab orately contended that the constitution embraced acquired territory the very moment the United States took posses sion of it. Teller said that this government could make the outlying territory In to states or could hold It as colonies as it saw fit. while Turner maintained that the United States could not hold colonies or dependencies. Aside from the constitutional question, the two senators were practically agreed. Both were opposed to the pending bill and both objected to any of the insular territory becoming a part of. the United States or any of its Inhabi tants, citizens of the United States, : WRECK OF THE WOLCOTT. Rescued Passengers and Crew Arrive at Seattle The Particulars. SEATTLE, March 14.-The steamer Excelsior at rived here this afternoon wilh Captain Snow, the passengers and ersw of the Pacific Steam Whaling Company's steamer Wolcott, which was wrecked on the night of January 31, near Karluk, Alaska. All were confined three .days cn a beach at the foot of a glacier, In the snow and rain without shelter, on ac count jf the unusually high tides. They reached the cannery at Uyak, February 4, aad remained, there until February 27, when the Excelsior came along and picked them up. The Wolcott Is a total loss. She struck at 10:50 at night ,on a rocky point half way between Karluk and Uyak bay, iu a howling northwest gale. The vessel began to fill rapidly and Captain Snow decided to beach her. The passengers were put safely ashore in the small boats through a heavy surf. A fifteen hundred dollar gold brick from the Unga mine was saved, a were also the mails and baggage. NOW FOR ORIENTAL TRADE. WASHINGTON, March U The ways at"! means committee today ordered a favorable report ou the bill to extend Astoria, Oregon, the privilege of mmcdlate transportation on dultablo goods. TRIBUTE TO IRISH VALOR. SYDNEY, N. S. W.. March 14.-The government has proclaimed St. Put- rick's Day a public hcllduy as a trlbu'c to the bravery of the Irish soldiers In South Africa.