The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, March 31, 1900, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text.4 or . AIHA PUBLIC ubkuy Assocuns '0 VOL L. ASTOlilA. OREGON, fj'AITRDAY. MAKCHl), 1900 XO. 11 ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. -fiJMl-4M5M!MIH!- I. MnM KflOH.S. fJlflM ItfliMN 4 School Supplies, Tldo TnbleM, INmitlcol ami Other AlttmtincM for IOOO llydrographic and Geodetic Survey Charts $ GRIFFIN f Fishermen, Attention! BEST BOAT PAINT COPPER PAINT LUNCH BASKETS ...And ill things needed by FOARD 0 STOKES CO. "Acme" Health Coffee Ami a full line of Ralston's Whole Wheat Flour and Health Goods . . . Golden Pheasant and Corvallis Flour Are ciiurantfyil t pU'iimx WK AHE AGENTS A fine lino of Table Syrup. Kcllaiticn and HniieCM J nut In. Ross, Hllns 0 Co. CLATSOP MILL CO.: ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber i- Boxes, Sash and Doors, Shingles and Mouldings One Hundred and Fifty Rolls of Japanese Warp and Chinese Straw Mattings 12 -2 Cents Per Yard and Upwards Exquisite Colorings and Designs .... Charles Hellborn 8 Son C. J. TRENCH ARD, Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping The Drain uiMiii your puikf will atniMiiit to very Mile If yu have ua do your n i'uliiiiK and plumbing of all kinds. W nr always reason ahlo In nuii Imi'ifvi, prompt and obliging In M rvl(', an1 our work cannot be excelled In plumblne, gua or sleum fitting. How la your lt plumbing wearinglet UN know. Fine Stationery... & REED I ou. Custom House Broker. ASTORIA, .OREGON jtat W. f. A Co, asd Faeiflo KiorcM Co I. I PRETORIA ADVANCE HAS COMMENCED Positions Twenty Miles North of Bloemfonteln Occupied. THE BOERS PRESSED BACK Trimport Serrkc of All Dclachcd Portions ol Ibe Army llai Beta Coaccntralcd lo AM la Ihc Ocaenl For wars' Movtacal. I)NIm)N, March 31 -The head of the army of Uirit Roberta In now about ?1 miles north of I'locmfntitcln. It occupha a cluster of hills won from the lloera f u-r a stiff tight. In which the 1'illli-h liwt seven officer ami one hundred men. Tlx Boera hail bern ukliiK these kop ) na a baae for marauding bands that have bci-n beating up the country ad juceni m illoemiontcin Tor supplies, driving oft tattle and forcing the Hon i-enldcnt Free Hltiter Into their rank again. The enemy inunt have been In cuiiMlilrrfil-lf force, us Lord Roberts sent .0"0 Infantry and 3,0uO cavalry HKuliiHt them. lord Roberta' progrena to Pretoria Hill pnibnbly consist of a writ a of forward movement, In which the Ror IMinlllona will be attacked by a r t Ion of the nrmy advancing rapidly with wheel inmi'iHirt, the muln army coiniiiK up aa (he railway la n-"lre.. Lonl lloberta l atrlfpln4 thefont-a In the minor her' of oKrmlinM of thtlr wagon and traimport nnlmnla In oril'T to haaten the genernl Kd vuni'v. Thif la underntood to lw I ho reniion why h recalled Lord Methiien from Hartley Went to Klintjerley. Lord lloberta hua to have Methuen'a tranvport. The reaaon why a hot chaa wua not mado afttr (.'ommiindnnt CHIvur J that Lord Hotwita did not wish to wear out lila cavalry traim port. General Frenth lout S.000 In the re lief of Kimberley and the purault f tlenerul (Vonje. Lord Hoberta loat 3, Ottl traimport cattle at Watcrvaul drift and It la cutlmated that he hua loat 4.000 other aninml alnce the forward niovernent Ix-pan on February 12. 110 ER 3 DRIVEN AWAY. Robeita Settda un Bxpedltion to the Knutt Which Occupies, the Knemy's Kopjes. LONDON, Man h :W.-The wnr olllce luii laatied the following from Lord Roberta: Klocmfonteln. March 30. Owing to the mtlMty of the enemy on our Im mediate front and their hoatlle uction towurJs th.' hurchcrs who surrendered, I found Itiiei'exdury to drive them from some kopjes they had occupied near the U'areo aiding atullon, a few miles south of Urandhfoiit. "The operation was aucceaafully car ried out by the Seventh dlvlalon, as- alHted by the First and Third cavalry brigades, under French and LcKulllas' regiment of mounted infantry. The enemy it-treuted to llmnilnfont and our oops ni w hold the kopjes. "Our casualties were; Scottish Uor- erers, killed, Cuptnln Ooln; wounded, 'aptaliiH Scllur, Luiuird, Peebles, Cur- gonven und Kdwards; llcutcinuiH Coul- don and French and abimt one nun- Ired of the rank and file." THIS IS TERRIBLE. Kruger Warns Women and Children One of fMtH'infonteln as He Intends to Bombard and Destroy the Town. LONDON, March 30.-A Hloemfon- eln correspondent of the Daily Chron ica says: President Kruger's latest proclama. tlon warns the '.vomen and children to leave Bloemfonteln within five days, aa he Intends to bombard and destroy the city and shoot burghers whom he apturea there.' GENERAL JOUBERTS FUNERAL. British Officers In Prison Sent a Floral Tribute. NEW YORK, March 30.-A. dispatch to the Herald from Pretoria says: Oeneral Joubert's funeral took place here Thursday. He will be hurled on Friday at Rustfontein, In his private mausoleum, with military honors. The captured British ottlcers here nt a floral tribute. BOER POSITION IN NATAL. ' Strongly Entrenched In the Diggers- burg Range In Buller's Way. NEW YORK. March 30.-A dispatch to tho Herald from I-artyFrnlth sava: The Blggersberg range, where the Boers have taken up their new posi tion. Is a atmr of the Drnkonaburor range. It la high toward the south and forma a nut'irul atrutKl''al barrier ,to flenenil lluller'a advance. The weakneoa of thlx poxltlon Ilea In It extent, There la no doubt that (iinerul lluller will find an opening ihrouKh which he inn reach th higher pl'itcttti and valuuble c ml ilelda rround I'lindce, ihiia nM-nlnK the Natal mlnea. ' . Htroiia H"er outata are hoverlnj ill the vicinity of V nKla Nek and Allun'a I'okt. 1 'I'lH l!OTU V TUB IIBKO. VI ior of (.'olenao and Kploiikop. the YounKeat Oeneral of tlio Iloera, Talked f for 1'iealdent. NKVi' ytlth'( March J0.-A World ci rii HN,n'lcnt, writing from 1'retorla, Murcit 7, aaya: "The lloer army haa thtia far been atrvnthnd by arxiut 3."0 men who have come Into the country throuirh P -Ihkoii Hay ulnctt the war b.-Kiin. "Thla Una bixly of men hua been r-ctulted chlelty In Ktmiie, but many have come from America and even AuMralla. The Hoer hero of the flrat fur moniha of the war la Loula Ho tint, the victor of Oil.-nao and Hplon kop. ii nd the yount tfenernl In the repiiMlcnn armlea. "The name of liitha la already being mentioned aa 4 jmaHlble candidate for the prealijency." A HILLY KXPKDITION. American Travelinic ThmuKh Abyaalnla WaatlnK Time and Money Which Hhould He Kxpended at Home. An (Copyrighted, 190O, Associated Presa.) LONDON. Murch 21. -The Aasoclated Press hua received following account of the expedition under lumea J. Harrl w n Mii.i w. ntshugh Whltehouse. of Newport. R. I , who. according to lat fat telegraphic advices have arrived at Menellk'a capital and have started Into the fur Interior of Abyssinia. The lust news cornea from Zuquata, on the lUwush river, a point about seventy miles southwest of Adla Aboba and re xrt all well. It lamd exi-cted that any further Intelligence will be had un til the party, after having reached and l"ft Lake Rudolph, about jOO miles fur tner southwest, come out at a point on me oooat river or the Nile, near Fort Nuasa. . From this iwjnt they would proceed by wler lo the lattvr place. The party, which consists of I. J. Harrison, W. F. WhJtchouse, 'owell otton slid A. Butter, left the Red Sea early In November with caravan consisting of a large number vt natives and about eighty cauiuls, iney were accompanied oy a compe tent surveyor who hua hud eighteen years experience In Africa und a taxi dermlst, while the head man, A. Soma li, is the only one who recently traveled with Captain Welby to Luke Rudolph On leaving the coast the puny pro ceeded to an entirely new route to Adl- subebu, the capital of the Emperor Menellk, about 300 miles dnslunt. ar riving on January 7. The rate of prog ress wua necesasrtly slow. About ten ndles a day wus a good average. rour days after leaving the coast the party fell In with abundunt game and some very rare specimens were secured, About four days before rtach lug Menellk's capital, a herd of about 100 elephants were encountered. Twen ty large bulls fell to the rifles of the party after un exciting and somewhat dangerous sport. Hundreds of natives flocked lo the spot to enjoy a feast and many Insisted upon shaking hands with the white hunters. The valuable Ivory was carried forward and pre seutci to the Negus, who, however. courteously begged Mr. Butter und Mr. NMiltehouse to retain each a pair of tuhks of their first elephant spoil. The caravan was left about fifteen miles from the cupltal to which the party proceeded ' and were most courteously received by Captain Harrington, the British resident. The residence of King Menellk Is a two-story building with extensive court yards In the center of a large plain, through which are scat tered an immense number of huts, con' tulnlng probably IM.OOO people. The king la described aa a man of about 03 years old, of durk complexion, mark ed with small-pox, with a slight gray beard and brilliant dark eyes. He In quired particularly from what part of America Mr. Whltehouse had come and remarked on the very great dis tance and expressed the hope that they would have a successful trip and carry away a good acount of his dominions, promising them pwtdea and a safe con duct. The king Invited the party to dine with him on Christmas day, old style, January 8, when he entertained them right royally. The Negus was dressed like an East ern potentate, The party later returned to the caravun, when they marched south about fifty miles and after a halt for a day proceeded to Zuquata. The entire route in being surveyed, Including Important hills as landmarks. JUTE SEIZURE RELEASED. Ninety Tons Destined for the Walla Walla Penitentiary Subjected to a Strange Proceedings. SPOKANE. March 30. Ninety tons of Jute, en route to the Walla Walla penitentiary for manufacture into grain sacks, were seised here by a' deputy United Slates marshal acting under instructions from the collector of customs at Port Townsend, was re leased today on the authority of the United States attorney. No explanation la civen for the leis ure or the subsequent release. PETTUS MAKES FUN FOR THE SENATE Delivers a Witty Speech on the Puerto Fican Tariff. ALL DIGNITY FORGOTTEN Ever) body LiM lad Coornlalitcd tbc Alabama SMtor-,N Report Yet Re celved Waal lat Starvlof Poerta Ricaai Tboaibt f It. WASHINGTON, March Merrl nient swept away the traditional dig nity of the senate today. Staid stick lera for aenatoriul decorum literally hi Id their aides and shouted with laughter, while the crowded galleries joined in the laughing tumult which rot the faintest effort was made to restrain. Had the effort been made it would have been futile. Senator Pettus, of Alabama, the oldest member of the body-hls age being only a few months short of four score yeara delivered the funniest snech heard within the s-nate chamber In ma..y years. It sparkled with wit and bubbled over with humor. Its sarcasm was keen, but not bitter and even those who were the victims of It could not but enjoy its perfect good humor and its unalloyed fun. Thioughout It all, Pettus was as solemn as if he were delivering a fun eral oration. Not a rmlle softened the deep llnia of his strong and rugged countenance, and as he stopped occa sionally to mop the perspiration from his fare and head with a big silk bandana, he glanced about the senate as If In surprise at the laughter of his colleagues. Indeed, he apologised once for the lightness of the vein In which he was addressing the senate on so Important a question as the Puerto Rican bill. Proctor (rep.), of Vermont, had de llvervd a forceful argument In support of free trade wfth Peurto Rico.- - He was followed by Pettus, who devoted the first part of his remarks to the con stitutional phases of the subject. Then, quite unexpectedly, came the fun, as he sharpened his wit at the expense of Calllnger of New Hampshire and Beverldge of Indiana. . "U was a gem," said one senator, commenting upon Pettus' speech, "and it will long stand as one of the best examples of senatorial fun making.' benutor Lepew, of New lork, was the first to congratulate Pettus, and the New Yorker's hearty handclasp was followed by such an ovation as a man seldom receives in the senate. uunng the entire session Pettus re ceived the congratulations of his col leagues. Considerable progress was made with the Puerto Rican measure during the day, most of the committee amend ments and several offered by the sen a'ors being disposed of. LARGE GOVERNMENT SURPLUS. Revenues Now Exceed Requirements and Taxes Will Be Reduced. WASHINGTON, March 30. It is the purpose )f th? president to make the civil government of the Philippines represented by the commission super ior to the military In all matters per tulnin? to the government of the Isl anda not strictly military in charac' tor. t a cabinet meeting today. Secre tary Gage made a statement showing that since July 1, 1SW, there had ac cumulated a surplus of revenues over receipts of about $33,000,000 and that by the end of June this year it prob ably would amount to over sixty mil lions. Thij secretary is of the opinion that the present rate of taxation might be reduced to -some extent, and It was with a view to a possible recommen dation to congress by the president on the subject that the secretary made his statement. POSTOFFICE APPROPRIATION. WASHINGTON, March 30. The tostofflce appropriation bill, as finally agreed upon by the bouse committee, carries $113,000,000. THE LOUD BILL AGREED TO. WASHINGTON, March 30. The Loud bill relating to second-class mall matter has been a,greed to In Its amended form by the house committee on postofllees and post-roads. WAR CLAIMS REJECTED. Bill to Renuincrate British Company for Repairs to Dewey's Cable Cutting Put to Sleep. WASHINGTON, March 3C.. The house devoted the day to war claims. The hill to remunerate the British Ca ble Company for expense Incurred In repairing the Manila cable rut by Ad- mlral Dewey, which was under consid eration several e-;ks ago, was con signea 10 oblivion, as was a bill to refer to the court of claims, the claims of certain cIMzena of the broder countM of Penn sylvania who suffered losses dur Ing the various Incursions of the rebel fonea into that state during the civil war. mis Dili nas been before congress for many years and Involves about 13, 4.'i0,000. Three bills were paJ to refer cer tain small claims to the court of Claims. ALASKAN MAIL SERVICE. Great Improvement Attained In Win ter Transportation. WASHINGTON, March 30.-A report has been received at th.6 post office de psrtment fiom Chief Clerk Kimball at St. Michael, Alaska, under date of De. cembcr 30. The fact that this report came through Is regarded as Indicating a great Improvement In the service as heretofore It was impossible to get mall from that point after the first of No vember. The chief clerk reports that malls left Ht. Michael three times from Oc tober 1 to December L and arrived three' times up to December 23. On November 1, Mr. Kimball left St. Michael for Nome with about 300 let ters for that pla?e and twenty-five for Golovin bay. As no provision baa been made for any mail service from Nome, he advertised to take all mall matter from there to St. Michael. Owing to the fact that a numter of private carriers had been offering to take out mril for from one to two dol lars a letter, he found it difficult to convince people that he would tbke let ters for regular rates of postage. How ever, he carried away about 600 letters and nine registered packages. FIELD DAY FOR BRYAN. An Aggregate Audience of 35,000 Said to Have Heard the Apostle of Calamity. SPOKANE. March CO.-Thls has been a day of hard campaigning for Bryan. He made six speeches in Whitman and Spokane counties and 'addressed. 35,- 000 people. - At Colfax he addressed an audience of 7.04O. at Garfield, 3,000. At Tekoa be spoke for 30 minutes to 4,000. At Farmlngton 1,500 people heard him for ten minutes, and at Spokane he ad dressed two audiences of 10,000 each, peakins In both the afternoon and evening in the monster tent of the exposition. He was met at the depot here by 4.C00 people and escorted over the principal business streets through banks of cheering humanity. With Bryan came Governor Rogers an.l his party of other state officials, and they were entertained between speeches at the residence of United States Senator Turner. At the afternoon meeting he spoke for nearly two hours and this evening his address was nearly as long. The party left tonight for North Yakima and Western Washington. THE AL-KI S NARROW ESCAPE. Collided With an Iceberg but Managed to Reach the Sound In Safety. POK TTOWNSEND. March 30. The steamship Al-KI arrived today from the North, three days late. While leaving Dunbar bay she col lided with an Iceberg, knocking a big hole in her bow. She was headed for the beach, which she reached In al most a sinking condition. The hole was patched so that she could reach the Sound. Her pumps were kept working all the way down. Her officers report the cross sound as being filled with floating Ice, the result of a severe shock of earth quake which broke large quantities from the glaciers and preclpltaetd thtm Into the sea. CARRY THE NEWS TO BRYAN. Prosperity Still on ths Up Grade and Solvent Securities Are Booming. NEW YORK. March 30. -R. G. Dun & Co. will say tomortotv: The progress toward better things has been unmistakable, it was a year ago that the frennied speculation In Industrial stocks reached its cul mination, with prices averaging high er than at any time since, while rail road stocks, after some decline, rose $t.lS per share higher In September and after a fall in both, which ended In December, have now risen $8.35 per share .to th j highest point of the year. The advance during the past ween has been remarkably vigorous and with more public support than before. The failures for the weeK have been 203 in the United States, against 194 last year, and S3 In Canada, against 6 last year. GEORGE WEBSTER HANGED. SPOKANE, March 30. George Web ster was hanged here this morning for the killing of Mrs. Line Aspland, in May, 1S7. The guilty man made no statement. Hia heck was broken by the fall. I COLUMBIA THEATER BURNED. CHICAGO. March 30. The Columbia theater, one of the oldest and most popular playhouses In the West, was destroped by fire this afternoon, entail ing a total loss of X130.U00. COUER D'ALENE LABOR TROUBLES Governor Steonenfcere's VivM Recital of the Situation. PR0N0UCED "HELL ON EARTH" Federal Troops Wtrt Seal Only oa His Earaesl Appeal sad Kept There Onty . by th Streaaaas Efforts of Ibe Slate Aafberifles. WASHINGTON. March 30.-Governof Steunenberg resumed his testimony at the Coeur d'AIene Investigation today. Mr. Sulzer conducted the croes-examl-nation. The governor related his various talks with General Merriam. He first met him In May last, and went over the insurrectionary conditions and th necessity for troops. The governor said he requested Merriam the troops to Shoshone county, and he did so. When asked who waa in supreme command in 8hohon county. Merriam or Sinclair, the governor stat ed that he, himself, was the res(onsl- tle head of affairs, although he did not exercise any control or command of the troops. There was no agree ment with General Merriam, said the governor, that labor organltatlons were to be broken up, nor was there any talk of suptvsslng them. The governor again went over bis trips to Washington, his call on tha president, and, when questioned as to what the president said, the governor replied that the president listened to a bri-f recital of the conditions and the need of the continued presence ot the troop, but made no reply. Tha governor was also examined aa to bis calls on Secretary Root, and said tbo latter Intended to withdraw the troops from guard duty on October 29. The governor called to protest against this. and found that the secretary was quite determined to withdraw the troops, an order -to this -effect - having been la- ucd, and most of the governor's ef forts were directed to showing the mil itary authorities that the troops should: not be withdrawn. The withdrawal was finally postponed. . . The governor denied tha: there wag any talk of politics in connection with the postpon.?m-fnt. He told the secre tary there was no militia available. and not sufficient tinc to raise a local guard before the tioops were to be withdrawn, and these representations brought about the postponement. At prcs-nt the troops were not on guard, but were in the garrison. Further ques tioned as to the calls on the presi dent, the governor said the president told one of the delegation that he hud a;ted as an otllcial, sending troops on the governor's call, and that any other course would not have been in compliance with his sworn duty. When Mr. Sulser referred to the rein of terror you inaugurated," Gov ernor Steunenberg answered emphati cally, "I did not Inaugurate a reign of terror; it was there before I got there, and has existed for the last seven years. He said further to Mr. Letuz: "I know that country has been a hell on earth for the last ten years." Governor Steunenberg's closing state- n:mt of the day attract d much atten tion for its vivid recital of the ser ies of lawless depredations In the Coeur dAlenes, which he said had spread through the community. He stated that the hou.se of the judge of the First district, Judge May. hew, had been entered at night by an armed and masked man who wanted to know how the ruling of the court was to be made. On another occa sion an armed mob waited on a judge and told him he hail "better rule right." The governor said that fifty citi xens had told him that their lives would be worth nothing If it became known that they had disclosed the acts of lawlessness that had occurred. The committee adjourned untllMon- duy. FILIPINO MURDERERS HANGED. MANILA, March 30. Morales and Gonzales, who were found guilty of murdering their countrymen, were hanged at noon today in the plaza in front ot the church at " San Carlos, province of Pangasln, an officer of the Seventh Infantry presiding at the. exe cution. "TALLOW tICK'S" TRIAL. BEATTYVILLE, Ky., March 30. "Tallow Dick" Combs, charged with complicity In the Goebel assassination, has been released from Justice on a writ of habeas corpus. The case will be heard Monday. The county ofllclals refuse give Combs up to the Clark county oftlcialn. TANNAH1LL ACQUITTED. LEWISTON, Ida.. March 30. The Jury In the case of exAuditor S. o Tannahill, charged with forgery, ren dered a verdict tonight of not guilty.