The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, March 28, 1900, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textt omr IT i-4 l ..... i Ron! The ASiomi'uBiiCUiii'jyiiiASSMiAiior. MO nunu u ''.. ....., Any ' ,1. ia i mu.ioo. L'i )' 4 w A VOL. L. ASTOIilA. OJIECON. WEDNESDAY. MAKCH 28, 1S00 NO. 252 I ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. I t Blank iiooKs, school uooks i School Supplies, Tldo TnhluH, Nmitlcol mid Other AlmmincH for IQOO llydrographic and Geodetic Survey Charts ? GRIFFIN mim goods Salt and Smoked Herring Mackerel, Codfish, Finnlan HaddlH, Canned PIhH, New Frcnli GoocIh... ii FOARD & STOKES CO. ! "Acme" Health Coffee Ami a full Ralston's Whole Wheat Flour and Health Goods . . . Golden Pheasant and Corvallis Flour Ar KimrHiituod lo pl.-umi. VK AltE AGENTS A fine lln of To Me Hyrupn, RcIImIicm and HnueoN mmI In. Ross, Ililns 8 Co. CLATSOP MILL CO.: ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber Boxes, Sash orid Doors, Shingles and Mouldings One Hundred and Fifty Rolls of Japanese Warp and Chinese Straw Mattings 12 i-2 Cents Per Yard and Upwards Exquisite Colorings mid Designs .... Charles Wellborn G Son C. J. TRENCHARD, Commission. Drckeragc, Insurance and Shipping. The Drain upon your uikp Hill amount to very III (In If you havn us do your repairing Hint plumbing of all kind. Wo are ulwoyn r'-ason-ubht In our chnr,p, prompt and obliging In service, and our work cannot bo excelled In plumbing, gas or steam fitting. How In yMir oM plumbing wearing let un know. Fine Stationery... & REED i line of Cus torn House Broker, ASTORIA, .OREGON Agent W. P. 4 Co., and Pacific KxpreuOot. ROBERT'S ADVANCE AGAIN DELAYED His Transport Service Mot Yet la Proper Shape. THE BOERS GETTING BOLDER Hive Raided (be KlnbcrlcyBloonilooleli Road and Art Headed lor Jacobsdal Ollvkr'i Kelrcat Ma.lcrly Achievement. LONDON. Murrh W, 4 a. m.-The II. mt are having a lit Hi- good luck and are showing some boldness attain, un a raiding party estimated at 400 I Islleved by jh British forces at War rctilon In have crossed tin Klmberley IiliM iiifutii.-ln wagon road Monday und (o have htjuled for Jacobsdal, with th" liiti'nllun of rutting the railway ten mile west. t'oiiiinuiidiitit Olivier tippeurs to have gotten IiIh five thousand men and 25 mile of wagon Into the rugged coun try win-re he ran make an eusy rear guard defense, Charles William, a tuilliary expert, rays: "If thl column gets thrnuKh sub atantlully Coinmnndant (Hivixr will hnv rarrl-d out a grrut f-at of ar, wlna: that he ran every rhance of be ln cround between the uper mill stone of bonl Itoberta' army and the neither mlllntone of )he broken TUmuio froniler. "il- Mill have done It within M mllei or in i of Ixird KoUrta' main atreiiKth. Vrtalnly It looked for a week aa thouuh Ixird ltottertii held i Mlvl.-r In the hollow of hla hand. If Olivier ft ta through to KrootiBtud with even 3,ooo men it will be an Imitorlunt addition to the Hoer KatherlnK there." Hlit t muiM? la attributable In nart to the worn out condition of the Urltlah cavalry horaea. Ird Roberta' trana- p'jrta uiear to have been badly dla Imnted b the loaa at Rlet river be fore Cronjv'a surrender of hla wagon truln, and In addition to thl the army with which be iurpoaea to advance toward Pretoria la nearly double that of hi earlier rapid movements. Ten thoiiHand transports, cavalry and irun anlmula are due to arrive at t'npe rt durinif this and next week. It ia plven out at Cape Town that Ijord Itoberta' advance may be de luyed for month. Although such BtatementM nhould be received with re serve. It Rfcm ixiHltlve that he In- tend to go to Cape Town to meet Iwuly lioberta, who la due to arrive there in ten days. The war ofllre has lxaued another table of Ilrltlah loes, showiriK un ag KTcKiUe of 16.6MI, which does not In elude 4,004 who have been Invalided home. MtUtE NATAL BOKKS. Report of Their Cleaning Dut Prema lure, aa 20,000 Are Still In thy Drukenberg Range. LONDON, March 28. A special to the Dally Telegraph from I-ndysmlth, iluted Monday, says: "There are about 20,000 Itoers guard ing nine passes over the Drukenberg range. U Is reported that the Boers have moved their big guiia from Hlg- gursberg, as it la i.ot intended to make U stand then. LADYRRAND OCCl't'IKD. Colonel I'lti her Drives in the 'Jut-posts and Takes Possession of the Town. MASKRU, Buautoland. Monday. Murch 28. A small Rritlsh force com nmnded by Colonel Pitcher entered Ludybrand this morning, ufter driving In the Hoer out posts. A considerable body of the Uocrs then attacked the Prltlsh, who retired after capturing the Lundroat The Rrltlsh had three men wounded and the Boers eight men wounded. ANOTHER MONTH'S DELAY. LONDON, March 28. A Cape Town correspondent of the Dally News, tele graphing Tuesday, March 27, says: "It is improbable that tiie advance from Rloemfonteln will not be made for another month. KNGLAND HAS APOLOGIZED. Admits Opening Three of Macrum's Letters But Intended No Offense to United States. NEW YORK, March 27.-A special to the Journal and Advertiser from Washington, says: "The statement that England has apologised for the opening of Consul Macrum's mall In Pretoria, was made by Secretary Hay to Representative Berry of Kentuckj', one of the demo cratic members of the house foreign nfffl'aus committee. Representative Berr called at the state department today to trdk over the charges made by Mr. Murium and it waa during this Interview that flecretnry Hay made the nfVnlfn. "I saw Kecretury Hay today," aald Uepreat-ntatlve Herry In talk lug of the proponed hearing", "and he said ihat the wh'ile ground work of Mr. Mac rum' charges rented upon the fact that three letters had been opened by r.ngllKh oClrlula In Kouth Africa. "Herrelary Hay said that Enitland'a nt tui I Ion hud been called to IIiik vlo lallofi of International law and that Lord Hullnliury had made un Investi gation and then srit an apology to this country. The apology wus deliv ered at .he state department by Iird I'uuncefote." , Mr. Macruin tailed upon Chairman Ifllt and consulted him aa to when he would be ready to :appeur Ix-forc the committee. Aa a result of the confer once the committee will be called to iro-ft within a day or two. The whole committee will hear the tcMilmony and the proc'eding will Ix- public iiiHtead of the charges be InR heHrd privately by Mr. liltt, Mr. Adams and Mr. Herry, hs was origin ally intended. CLOSE TO BLUKMEONTKIN. RelMnts' Troops llav? Frpi-'iit H'ght Brushes With the ll.ier Out pouts. LONDON, Marcn 7"..-R.n',tiitialHuures of slight Importance continue to be the only feature of Iho war in feeuth Africa. Lord Roborrj wires the war o.'ticc as follows: "Illoemfonteln, March Cuptuln Stone Stanley, of the Sixteenth Lan cers, was slightly wound! in nn ad vance on outposts north of the Mod ler river, Murch 2.V" (ThU bare flate ment Is all that cone s from the co'ii mander In chief.) A dispatch from Ulie-mfoiitcin, iWled Monday, March 2ii. and published In the second edition of the Times, am plifies Lord Robi-ru, as follows: "A cavalry reconimlsiiiic was made J tenia toward Brar.dford. The Six teenth Lancers, by skirmishing, drew the lloers from their ixisltlon on the oiK-n, w hen the Nlntlj Lancers attempt ed lo outilunk the enemy while they were engaged from the front by a dis mounted section, of U.e S'xteenlh Lan-ci-rs. Our casualtli ore reported to be fev." ; . Boer reports fioniatl -lwthat no development of Importance had oc curied there up lo March ii. Oelieral Botha denies the r-'port that the Transvaal women wer? wounded In the Tugela trenches. (it nernl Miller has s. nt the Boers a lint of their wounded, stating that he burled W men. General Botha says this is Impossible, as his rolls do not show any such loss. A Ludysmith special says: T-oer patriots endeavored to trap a uirty of the Thirteenth Hussars on March 2S ot Waschbank. A hot chase ensued. Several Boers were wounded. Piloted document has been found giv ing the Boer losses at Splonkop at over S.&ou, but this can scarcely be cred ited." THE REPORT DENIED. England Has Not Apol igiv l for Alien ing Macrum's Mail and Has An nounced No Such Intention. LONDON. March 27. The reporj published In the United States that Salisbury haa apologized for the open ing" of American consular mail in South Afrlcu Is untrue. Nothing whatever has parsed between the two govern ments on this matter, and the British premier has taktn no action to in vestigate the allegations of former Consul Macrum alleged to have been requested to do so. A printed facsimile ot. the letter to Micrum alleged to have been opened was given to Salis bury by a representative of the Asso ciated Press, hut he made na comment, nor Jld he direct that anything should bo done. ANOTHER M'KINLI'Y STROKE. Despite of Reports to the Contrary, He Hps Secured the Danish Islands. LONDON, March 27. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Paris says the sale of th Danish Antilles to the United States has practically been completed. AGAINST FOREIGN STOCK. No More Horses and Mules Will Be Imported at 'Frisco. SAN FRANCISCO. March 27.-Cus-toms Collector Jackson, acting under Instructions of the secretury of the treasury will no longer allow horses, mules or Jackasses from foreign ports to be entered at this port. All such animals imported Into the I'nlted States by way of the Paclflo Coust can gain admission only through the porta of San Diego and Port Town send, at which places veterinary quar antine officials have been stationed. MORE BUBONIC PLAGUE. - HONOLULU, March 20 (via San Francisco, March 27.) Two cases of the bubonic plague have been reported since the 15th Inst. HOT TIME IN TIIE HOUSE OF REPS Tbe Detate on tbe Army Bill Covers a Wide Range. POLITICAL ROW RESULTS Ltnli sod Suljcr Rlo la Puerto Rka, Sonlb Africa and (be Philippines aad Are Well Carried Down for Their Work. WASHINGTON. March. 27.-There were some lively debate In the house today during the consideration of the army appropriation bill. Little of it was iertinent to the measure. It cov ered a wide range of topics, the Puer to Ric.in tariff, the Boer war and the Philippines. The charge that the Puerto Rlcan tariff bill was the result of a deal for raising the republican campaign fund was again referred today by pierce, of Tennessee, but Hull declared that the anonymous author of the charge would never dare to avow himself and he branded him aa a falsifier. Sulser of New York made an appeat for the extension of official sympathy to the Boers in their struggle for In dependence, and Lentx of Ohio deliv ered a scathing denunciation of mili tarism and the war In the Philippines. Lentx' tatack aroused the resentment and indignation of Marsh, of Illinois, who, in a bitter excoriation of the Ohio senator, declared that the latter's speech was a disgrace to the American congress. He declared that he was re sponsible for what he had said, both on and off the floor of the house. His heated language did not draw a rejoinder from Lents. Tongue, of Oregon, spoke briefly of the record of the Second Oregon, which saw service in the Philippines. SENATE ALSO WASTE'S TIME. TfiJTend: orTirmiiig Puerto Rico It De bates Alaska and the Free Sliver Question. WASHINGTON. March 27.- Little progress was made by the senate today with the Puerto Rlcan tariff and gov ernment bill. It was under discussion for nearly three hours, but the great er part of the time was consumed in the consideration of a free coinage- amendment offered by Morgan. The amendment Is still pending. The Alaskan civil bill was consid ered during the' morning hour. An amendment offered by Carter, setting aside the permits hitherto gi anted by the secretary of war for the mining of gold under the sea on the Alaskan coast precipitated a lively debate. THE CLARK CASE. Briefs on Both Sides Submitted, but the Argument Postponed Until Next Week. WASHINGTON, March 27. The ar gument in the case of Senator Clark. of Montana, which was to have been heard by the senate committee on priv ilege's and ejections tomorrow, has been postponed until Tuesday of next week, on account of the enforced ab sence of some members of the com mlttee. Briefs on both sides of the case have been distributed among the members of the committee. The brief of the memoralists covers 142 pages. The briefs of the defense covers 232 pages and is divided Into a discussion of the flic t s and the law in the case. From Senator Clark's standpoint, the document Is throughout an arraign ment of the prosecution. STARVING CHINAMEN. Party Rescued From San Nicholas Is land In a Destitute Condition. SANTA BARBARA, Cal., March 27, The sloop Dawn has returned from San Nicholas Island with a story of suffering and death . from starvation. The boat went over to bring back a party of three Chinamen who have been on the island for six months gathering and curing abalones. Three months ago an unknown sloop from San Pedro called at the Island. During the absence cf the Chinamen the visi tors stole everything eatable from the camp and put to sea. One of the Chinese died about a month ago und the other two when the Dawn arrived were too weak to move. LAWLESSNESS IN SEATTLE Murder and Robbery Rampant on the Open Streets, and Polloe Force to Be Increased. SEATTLE, March 27. The fact that a saloon was held up, that a citizen had a bloody struggle with a burglar who used a razor and that a murder and sulfide ere attempted Sunday night within four hours of each other, cuused Mayor Hume yesterday lo de clare that an emergency existed that demands additional police protection, and the chief of police was authorized to appoint ten additional polhemen. Only a week ago the poll.: force was Increased by the same number. Mayor Humes saya that the Cape Nome rush has brought with It a large number of criminals, and that he pro rxrtw to rid the lown of their presence. Last night the city jail was filled up with suspicious characters, who, If they are not able to give a satisfact ory account of themselves will be put to work on Ihc chain gaog as vag rants. As a further precautionary meas ure. Chief Rood ordered that no more prizefights be allowed in the city. The chief says that the liberty given to the prizefighters has resulted in a very un desirable class of men coming to thia city. A twenty-round go between two local pugilists which was scheduled for Thursday night has been declared off in consequence of the chief's order. Public gambling has also been suppressed. THE PLOT THICKENS. More Arrests in the Goebel Assassina tionThe Accused Hold Mys terious Conferences With the Prosecution. FRANKFORT, Ky.. March 27.-There were some startling developments In the Goebel assassination case today. This afternoon W. H. Culton. who waived examination and was held over lo the circuit court, went to the capltol hotel, where he was In conference with the attorneys for the prosecution fir over two hours. Culton.8 friends who are in bis con fidence say that his statement was not in the nature of a confession, but they admit that he gave he prosecution such information us he had i.nJ which had heretofore not come out. Henry E. Youtsey, . the auditor's clerk, who was arrested at noon and locked up Jn Jail charged with being an accessory, sent for Colonel Camp bell and the latter visited with him at the Jail and was closeted with him for some time. Youtsey, when he was arrested today, told the officers that the prosecution had promised not to arrest him and he complained that that "side had broken faith with liim. It is reported that Toutsey announc ed that he was ready to make a pub lic statement which the prosecution evidently did not care to have made at least for the present MR. BRYAN HAS COME. His Engagement Opened at Ashland land Yesterday With a Twenty. Minutes' Speech. ASHLAND, Or., March 27.-There was a gathering of about 400 citizens here today to meet Colonel "Win. J. Bryan, who arrived In Oregou on the 4:40 Southern Pacific train. A number of prominent democratic and populist politicians met Mr. Bryan on the train at Colestin. to escort him to the city and hold a conference with him and agree on the things which should be made prominent In the speeches delivered in this state. On arrival Bryan talked 20 minutes. He brietty spoke on the Income tax. the money question, trusts and Imper ialism. He took a firm stand against the re tii;ion of the Philippines saying the United States government should set u; the Filipino republic and net as an "elder brother" to It. He contended that the United States could not af ford to have "subjects." OTIS CASUALTY LIST. Washington. March 27. General Otis has reported to the war department the following casualties In the troops under his e'ommund: Manila. March 26 Killed Luzon Is land, Fortieth regiment, U. S. V. I. March , Mt. Sayro-Edmund Bullock, artificer; F-ennett Blakely, Charles V. Huey, sergeant. Pay Island, Twenty-sixth regiment, U. S. V. I., Feb. 26, Potoan-Phllip H. Nolan. Leyte Island, Forty-third, U. S. V. I., March 8, La Paz-Michael E. Cortls; March 11. Dagaml Mike Porgolskl, be headed while prisoner of war. Wounded: Luzon Island, Thirty eighth regiment, U. S. V. I March 5, Cuenca Wm. D. Hoover, wounded In thigh; Noah E. Wingate, buttock, mod erate. Panay Island, Sixth regiment, U. S. V. I., February 24, Tanganlan George Hemphill, Corporal Hutchinson, wound ed In back, serious; Magruder Andrews wounded In knee, slight; Nineteenth U. S. V. I., January 28, Cavitan Win- field S. Preston, wounded In arm ser ious. Samar Island, Forty-third. U. S. V. I., March 8, Matugenus John W. Al sport, corporal, wounded in abdomen, serious." HUNTINGTON IN FRISCO. SAN FRANCISCO, March 27. C. P. Huntington, president of the Southern Paclflo Company haa arrived here to attend the annual meeting of that cor poration and Inspect the various lines. RUSSIA GETTING READY FOR WAR Two Hundred and Fifty Thossar. J Troops Now MotUIzcJ. TRANSPORTS ALSO SECURED She It Determined lo Enforce Her DemaaiU ia Asia Miaor Erea Against Gcr Busy's Alllaacc Wild I he Sublime Part. IX)NDON. March 28, 5 a. m.-The Standard gives double leaded promi nence to the following dispatch from Odessa: "There can be no longer any doubt as to Ihe object of the warlike prepa rations now being completed In South Russia. Nearly 230,000 troops have al ready been mobilized for active service. A Black sea squadron, with transports, is held In instant readiness. "The tension in the relations be tween St Petersburg and the Sublime Porte becomes every day more acute. The position Is looked upon with the gravest apprehension. "If the Ottoman government, sup ported by Germany, should prove stub bornly intractible with regard to Rus sia's concessionary demands In Asia Minor, serious complications must Inev itably ensue." THE RISDON IRON WORKS. Making Extensive Additions to Plant to Engage In Ship Building, . Its SAN FRANCISCO, March 27.-The Call says that the owners of the Ris don Iron Works have practically com pleted a deal whereby they have se cured control of the Pacific Rolling Mill, the plant of which covera 32 acres and includes 1700 feet of water front on he bay. ' ... It is stated that a dry dock capable of receiving the largest vessel afloat will be built and that the Rlsdon Iron Company will expend about $3.080,0oo in constructing a complete ship build ing establishment where at least 3,000 men will be employed. The company will appear as an ac tive rival of the Union Iron Works in bidding 'for the construction of war vessels and other craft of the largvst size. ( PHILIPPINE ARMY CHAPLAINS. Miss Gould Aiding in Paying the Ex-pe-nses of Some of Them. NEW YORK, March 27.-The Wash iugton dispatch stating that Miss It. I- , en Gould was practically paying the cxenses of nine or ten chaplains in the army in the Philippines was shown to her last night She said the work referred to had not been done by her, but by the Young Men's Christian Association and that she had only helped a little' In It. HONOLULU AN OPEN PORT. Army Transports May Stop Hereafter Without Detention. SAN FRANCISCO, March 27.-The war department has recognized Hono lulu as an open port by ordering nle transports soon to sail from here to call there enroute to Manila. The Hancock, which sails .vlth the Philippine commission on April io will stop at Honolulu and Guam. The Meade and Grant will also touch at Honolulu. ( TRANSPORT SHERIDAN. SAN FRISCO, March 27. The Trans port Sheridan, which left Manila on March 6 and will arrive here the lutter part of this week is bringing 110 army prisoners, S6 sick, 11 insane and 32 discharged soldiers and 11 navy prj. oners and 14 sick jackies. An addi tional medical officer has bet-n assigned for duty at Alcatraz Island on occount of the Increase In the number of pris oners there. APPRAISER FISHER COMINiJ. SAN FRANCISCO, March 27. Gen eral Appraiser Fisher will booh arrive here from New York to hear protests and applications (or re-appraisemen in cUHtom cases. His itlnery la given as follows: Los Angeles. April 2:! to May 4; San Francisco, May 5 to'.Mav 11: Portland, May 13 to May 15- Seat tie, May 16 to May IS. ' PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT DRINK. "AVILMINGTON. March 27.-The Wll mlngton Methodist Episcopal cunfer" ence, which represents Delawar iui, a portion of Maryland, today adopt, a resolution condeming the army ea.V teen and the use and sale of liii1(P ,." our possessions. The temperance .' mlttee also presented an-ttncr . i-mi( tlon which condemned Pretld.'m mmey as a. meiuuer OI me Mf-thil -t Episcopal church for public and t , vale tippling. It precipitated a hot ( ' cushion and was finally d f. at, 1 ' a vote of 67 to 43. " 1