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A lent The Drain upon your puiw will amount to very lltllo If you Imva us do your repairing and plumbing of til kinds. Wo are alwsya reason able In our char, prompt and obliging In service, and our work mn not bo excelled In plumbing, Kan or ilium flu in. How I your old plumbing wearing-let ui know. & REED Attention! line of Custom House Broker. ASTORIA. .OREGON W. F. AOcwxi Paotflo KxpreMCot. PREPARATIONS NOW COMPLETE Roberts Northward Movement Is Under Full Headway. BRANTFORT IS EVACUATED Ordcn Lcll at Cipt Toi lor Arrlvlof Troopi lo He Seal ' North Immediately Oa Their Arrival. All LONDON, April 1. 4 a. ni.-Tho war office Issued no further news tonight ftii'l that few dlsputchea received from the neat oj war bear evidence of hav lug been delayed by the censor. According lo ft special dispatch from Pretoria, dated yesterday, Lord Rob- Ht his commenced hla advance north ward. Thu dlnio(i'h aaya there are dully skirmishes and that ft big bat- tie Is Ininlni'nt. This, however, may refer to the oper ation preceding the engagement ' at Kurni siding, which haa apparently cleared the way an well a secured an advuntagenus position whence the next ot'ratlon may be conducted. Tucker's division la now strongly oc cupying the Ber ramp at Karro sld- liitf, w Ith the way clewed to Urand forl, w hu h la reported olreudy evacu ated. Order have been received at Cape Town for the Klghth dlvlalon to bo dla embarked and sent north Immediate ly on It arrival. FIGHT AT MAFKT KOI. KHOONBTADT. Orange Free State. Friday. General Smut today engaged the Brit lh at Mafet Kop, aouth of Drandforl, and held them at bay (or all huur. The bur here (ought veil. The ruaualtlea are unknown. The Free Stale mad wilt asscmhld at Kroonstadt on April 2. THh QUEEN'S IRISH VISIT. Preparations All Made (or Her De parture Tomorrow. LONDON. Mann 31,'(Copyrlght. 1900. by the Associated Preaa.) The Life Guard, couriers, carrlugea, pots and put), and other royal paraphernalia have already gone to the Itoyal Isle, w hich eagerly walta for Queen Victoria to follow. How her majesty will be re celved and the proapeeta of her doing In Dublin have quite overshadowed all other topics, even In ft week which haa haa been marked by the lnter-var alty boat race, the resignation of the Duke of Norfolk aa postmaster general, the announcement of the Delagoa Bay railroad award, and the rumors of possible wr In the far east. Great ItrltAln'a own war In South Africa haa almost been forgotten, ao uninterest ing haa been the progress of pence In the Orange Free State compared with the atlrrlng accounta of battle which the British people had grown accus tomed to read dally. The queen la said to be In excellent health and well able to beur the strain of the trip to Ireland. She commences her Journey April 2 and sleeps on hoard the royal yacht Vic toria and Albert, landing at Kings- own April 4. In anticipation of her majesty's progress through the city the street of Dublin are already gay with Mags and decorations. A curious feature of the prepara tions nt the Viceregal Lodge, where the queen will stay, are the pots and pans already referred to. Her majesty Is tremendously particular about her kitchen arrangements and those at the viceregal Lodge were found to be quite below the royal standard. Conse quently, no less than 300 copper frtcan deau pans, 84 saucepans, 60 copper stock pots and many other varieties of cooking utenslle have been sent to Dublin especially for the visit. The Earl of Denbigh, who goes to Ireland as chief of the royal entourge and lord-ln-walttng, holds three Irish titles and was formerly aide de camp i the lord lieutenant. However, though the queen la said to be full of exrltement and enthusi astic In regard to her approaching vis , she Is not forgetful of South Africa. A story la going the rounds that the queen remarked that she was aware many people Imagined her anxiety about the war would cause her death. I may die," added her majesty, ''but It will be from some other cause. I do not mean to let Mr. Kruger kill me." London, or rather that great residen tial pnrt of It which la outside the city proper, has been relieved thla week from a grlevan:e almost aa great aa the war Itself. For months yelling newsboys have been In the habit of making the. quiet streets hideous at all hours, day and night, with endea- ors to hawk "extras" often with no thing In them. The London County Council has now stopped this nuisance, and an news boy shouting hla ware la liable to arn-s t. The almost unprecedented matter of a (ublnet mlnU'er giving up hla office to go to tight for his country, results In giving Houth Africa not only Eng land's premier-peer, but three other holdi rs of the highest rank In the peer UK", namely,, tlit- Duke of Marlborough, lilt- Duke of Roxburgh and the Duke or Westminster, ranging from 52 years old, In the faite of the Duke of Norfolk, to the Duke of Westminster's 21. The fulled Ktate rruiser Albuny re mains at Newt-mill", though her otilcera expected she Would have sailed long before tills, Severul week will prob ably elapse befcre she leaves England, no opportunity having yet been se cured for lest Inn her guns, and several minor chunge are Ix lng made. In the meanwhile, heH officer and crew are having a dreary time at Newcastle. CupMln Craig Managed to get steam heat put In for thu crews but the' oltlcera' quurti-ra are merely warmed by a couple of stoves, which arrange ment. durliiK the recent bitterly cold weather, haa not added to the happi ness of their existence. 8 Coixmander Clover relieves Lieutenant-Commander Col well April 2, as United States naval attache here. The retiring Incumbent has been the recip ient during the last few- weeks of many valedictory dinners and on all sldea there are expressions of regret that he Is leav ing the naval and so clnl circles here, Both he and Mrs. Colwell are Very popular. The Spanish war devolved upon him more Impor tant duties than ever before fell to the lot of an American attache, during his three years' tenure. Ober $1J.0(p0, fluo (Missed through Lleutenant-Com-mnnder Col H ell's hands. S Colonel Cary Sanger Is busy In Lon don collecting farts regarding the war and Is sending a special report to the war. department at Washington re garding the lessons learned from trans port and kindred matters. Colonel Sanger makes the United States em bassy his headquarters. Military circles here are somewhat puxzled by the Hpiearance of a volun teer officer si. daily commissioned by tli Unlttd States war department to do what is generally considered to be the peculiar function of the military attache, which post Coloned Sumner atlll formally holds. Mr. Charles Krohnian has made good us-; of the few days he has been In London. He has made a contract with Arthur Collins, whereby he gets the annual Drury Iine melodrama for the next five years for America. He made a contract with D'Oyly Carte to pro duce "The Hose of Persia," now play ing at the Savoy, In America In Sep tember. The cast will be made of the present company and will number sixty-three persons In all. They will sail at the end of August. Mr. Frohman further aranged to produce Belasco's "Madame l!utterrly," at the Duke of York theater, with "Miss Hobbs" April 2:1, with Evelyn Milliard as Madame Dutterily and, finally', he fixed the date of Mrs. Leslie Carter's appearance in "Za" for Easter Monday. Mr. Froh man goes to Parts Sunday. It la not known whether George Ed wardea will appeal against the decision of Justice Kekewith, who, on March 20, delivered Judgment In the suit of the late Augustln Daly against Edwardes, giving the plaintiff possession of Daly's theater. He has until April 14 to do so. Th? decision, as It stands, gives Mr. Daly's heirs absolute possession and they propose to run the theater and not transfer the lease. Edna May is unnouueed to reappear here In April and the papers are taking up the New York story of the alleged heirlooms of famous English families which nre raid to have been presented to her. The Star saya: "It they are legally heirlooms, the gilded youth who have thus adorned Miss May are likely to have the family lawyers after them." In an Interview concerning his ap pearance on the stage. Sir Robert Peel says that 100 a week which he Is to receive In no way Influences hla de cision, adding that his affairs point to a settlement by which he will have 1,200 yearly. He asserts he Is merely "going on the stage to Mil time," as he Is going to parliament at the next asked htm to stand. In consequence of hearing that Kir alfy intended to have a beautiful woman competition with money prlsea. Lady Henry Somerset withdrew her name from the list of patronesses of the woman's exhibition at Earlscourt, but peace was patched up by Kilalfya withdrawing the projected feature. TRANSPORT SUMNER SAILS. NEW VOKK, March 31. The trans port Sumner started on her voyage for Manila with troops and supplies to day. Congressman E. II. Drlggs, of Brooklyn, af ler making a thorough In spection of the transport declared that the charges of extravagance and lav ish expenditure of money on the Sum ner were not true. ANTI-WILSON DELEGATES. VANCOUVER. Wash., March 81. The Blxteen delegates to the republican state convention chosen from Clark county today arc said to be solidly anti-Wilson. RUSSIA IS AFTER TURKEY AND JAPAN Projector of the Peace Confer . ence Wants Two Wars. ENGLAND IS WATCHFUL Bat Actual Coofltl If Improbable Froai Ibc Wtakaei aaa I'eresdlacts el Both Powers Cea tersts. (Copyrighted, 1500, Associated Press.) LONDON. March 31. Russian ac tivlty has been the international fac tor of the week and diplomatic func tionaries attached to the court of St James are asking themselves: "What does It all mean and where will it end?" The Russian ambassador smiles blandly and assures his dear friends that It means "nothing, absolutely nothing," but just the same, specula' lion is acute. There are many men of fair standing and tolerable know! edge of Internal under currents who ar? willing to say that war between Russia and Japan hua now come with In measurable distance. But the Asso ciated Press learns that no such view la taken by the British foreign office, which, during the recent troublesome tlniei?, has sized up the International situation with wonderful correctness, The next few weeks may, perhaps, bring up a tremendous war ware, 'but the salient (act remains that Japan la not ready for hostilities. As far as Great Britain Is concerned, Russia's military rather than her naval activity la chiefly Interesting. The for elgn office is devoting a careful in vestigation to ihe warlike preparations occurring In Southern Russia. There seem to be no longer any doubt that Tut key for her tardiness to meet Russian demands regarding 1 j II way concession) Is being menaced by her northern neighbor, and many signs point to the fact that Russia In tends to settle herself In the northern part of Asia minor unless Turkey gives In. Already a quarter of a million Rus sian troops are maintained on those borders, while the Black Sea squadron is ready for. business at a moment's no tice. To what extent British moral assistance can be given to Turkey In w miMamiiiiK jusniitn uemanns is a question at the present moment occu pying Lord Salisbury s attention, to even a greater extent than the South African war. In view of the troubles of Great Britain in South Africa It is more than probable that Turkey will meet the demands and that the Russian troops will be withdrawn. WANTS TO COME TO OREGON. White People Getting Too Thick Washington and Chief Joseph's Band Wants to Remove. In WASHINGTON. March 31. Chief Joseph of the Nex Perce Indians, loca ted on the Colville reservation of Washington, has filed with the com missioner of Indian affairs a petition to remove his band lo Oregon. Chief Joseph says that he desires to be located In the Wallowa valley, at the confluence of the Grande Ronde and Snake rivers, near the Seven Dev ils mountains. The commissioner of Indian affairs today said it Wallowa district was not too thickly settled It might be practi cable to grant Chief Joseph's request, but he feared conditions would not per mit this action. GAGE NEEDS MORE PAPER. WASHINGTON, March 3I.-Owing to the enactment of the new financial law Secretary Gage has sent to the house a request for an appropriation for 7,807,600 sheets of distinctive pa per for the national bank currency to cost 41,82ti. AN AWKWARD QUESTION. Protests Have Been Made Against Keeping the American Buildings at the Paris Exposition Open on Sunday. (Copyrighted. 1900, Assactated Press.) PARIS, March 31. The important question whether the American and British sections of the exposition shall bo open on Sundays came up this week, engaging the serious attention of both the American and British com missioners, upon whom pressure Is be ing brought to bear by sections of their respective countryment to close their exhibits. United States Commissioner General Peck's mail has brought a big batch of protesta on this subject and the commissioner finds himself In a dlltm- ma, as the closure of the Amirlcan section on what will be the most popu lar visiting day of the week, certain ly will not meet with favor from Frenchmen. ine .r.rmnn commissioner has re reived an oflcial Intimation from his government to go as far as possible to ward conciliating religious feeling on the subject. The American (ominlssloner Intends to close his bureau on the Sabbath, and Cimmlxs loner General Peck will coiimiK with the French authorities with a view of coming to some ar rangement w hich w ill reconcile the sus ceptibility of his own countrymen with French expectations and with custom here, which makes Sunday a public holiday. The exposition authorities aay the United States would be quite within their rights In closing their exhibits on Sunday, but that it would be re garded as a very unfortunate dec is Ion. riunday Is always the greatest day of the week and shutting up the Ann-rh'an buildings would debar nun dreds of thousands from viewing what will undoubtedly be one of the most Interesting and Important exhibits. RUSSIA STILL NAGS JAPAN. Demands a Coaling Station on One of the Corean Islands. LONDON, March Jl.-The Times has the following from Seoul, capital of Corea: "M. Pavloff, the Russian minister, recently demanded from Corea the ces sion of a coaling station to a Russian steamship company at Atkinson Point, commanding Mesampho harbor and to prevent a counter claim by Japanese of the neighboring area, he demanded that Corea should not alienate in any form any portion of Kojedo island to any other power. 'Tf-sterday, at an imperial audience, for reasons not given but surmised, M. Pavloft modifl-Mi his original de mand, asking Instead of Atkinson Point another site within the treaty limits of Mesampho. This demand is unob jectionable. At the same time, how ever, he insisted on the non-allenatlon of Kojedo. His action Indicates that Russia claim the reversion of this Isl and, which is of high strategical value as commanding the Corean straits and it -is bound to provoke Japanese oppo sition." CALAVERAS BIG TREES SOLD. Private Speculator Expects to. Make ft Rig Graft On the Government. SAN ANDREAS. Cal., Mar. 31.-The sale of the Calaveras big trees has been consumated. Luther Whiteside has made good his bond of $100,000, due today, and J. K. Sperry has transferred the property to the big trees company. The government, which proposes to purchase the grote for a national park, will now have to deal with the new owners. POSTAGE REDUCED IN GERMANY. BERLIN, March 31. All private pos tal companies will be abolished to morrow and the Imperial post will take their places throughout the empire, one private Berlin postal company alone receiving a million in damages. Simultaneously postage will be reduced for local postal cards to one-half cent and for local letters to one cent, in cluding all suburbs. ANOTHER BANKER CONVICTED. CHICAGO. March 31. Robert Bor- ger, a ..partner of E. S. Dreyer, the I banker recently convicted of embeizle- ment, was tonight found guilty and sentenced to an indelinite term in the penitentiary. The specific charge against Uorger was that of receiving funds for deposit when he knew the bank was Insolvent. THE TWO ADMIRALS OFF. SAN FRANCISCO, Mnrch 31. The teamshlp Honk Kong Mam, which sailed this afternoon for the Orient, carried us passengers Rear Admiral Kejnpif and Rear Admiral Remey. Kemp IT will relieve Admiral Watson and Remey will take charge of the ships on the China and Japan sta tion. BRYAN AT NORTH YAKIMA. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., March 31. William J. Bryan spoke here this af ternoon to 3.E00 people. This evening he was ttndered a banquet at which speeches were made by Governor Rog ers, Senator Turner, ex -Congressman Jones and Attorney-General Vance. EX.-SENATOR SAWYER BURIED. OSHKOSII, Wis., March 31. The funeral of ex-Senator Sawyer will be held Sunday afternoon at the residence of hla son, Edgar P. Sawyer. The re mains will lie In state from 10 A. M. to 30 P. M. LARGE IMMIGRANT LIST. NfcW YORK. March 31.-The Hamburg-American line stsamship Phoeni cia, which arrived here today from Hamburg and Boulogne, brought 2,038 storage passengers. FEDERAL TROOP: 2 IN COUER D'ALENE Petition for Their Retention Pre sented byOov.Steunenbery. SIGNED BY A1ANY CITI2E! Is Proportioi te Populate, II Prtseaicd From New York It Would Have tary J,0OO,OOO Signers Stale Offi cials Endorsed. WASHINGTON, March 31.-C.over-nor Suunenberg, of Idaho, toduy call ed at the war department and pre serted In person to Secretary Root the petition to which he referred while un der examination before the house com mittee on military affairs, in favor of the retention of federal troops in th disturbed mining districts. The gov ernor had refused to produce the pe tition befor the committee until he had first submitted It to the secretary of war, to whom it was addressed The petition bears about 2,30V signa tures and recited that all the signers ' are citizens of Idaho and Shoshone county and the Coeur d'Alene mining district. They petition that the secretary of war allow a small force of federal troops to remain in quarters as long as Governor Steunenberg may think their presence necessary for the pre servation o( peace and order. The citizens also express their ap proval of all the acts that have beu done by the governor and other of- flclans of their state to preserve peace and order. THE PHILIPPINE EXECUTIONS. They Mark the First Instance Whera the Military Sentence of Death " Has Been Executed. WASHINGTON, March 31.-Tbe exe cution of Morales and Gonzales, the Philippine leaders, marks the Inaugu ration of a new policy in the Philip pines. This is the first execution of the death sentence by order of the mili tary officers In commmid in the cases of persons, natives or others, convicted and sentenced by the military com missions organised under the rules of war. , . Morales and Gonzales were convicted by a military commission of the mur der of Filipinos and were sentenced to be hanged March 30, and press dis patches from Manila show that the sentence wa carried out. 4. There have been several cases where th-j death penalty was imposed by mil itary tribunals', but up to the present instance no case where the death sen tence was carried Into effect. All pre vious cases were submitted to the, president for final action and in every instance the sentence was commuted to imprisonment for life. It is stated that General Otis' ac tion is undoubtedly intended to sup press brigandage and outlawry In the Philippines, but some conservative of ficers feur that his summary action may Jeopardize the safety of American prisoners now in the hands of the in surgents. WILL VOTE ON TUESDAY. Senate Has Now Completed Puerto Ricau Tariff Bill and It It Ready for Passage. WASHINGTON, 'March 31. So far as the committee in charge of the measure is concerned, the Puerto Ri can bill was completed today with the exception of two amendments, which senators hud requested should He over until Monday. The final two days' de bate jn the bill will begin at 11 o'clock Monday. At 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon votes will be taken on the pending amend ments and the bill. The features of today's session waa an exhaustive discussion of the pend ing measure by Fairbanks of Indiana. Particular interest was manifested by senators on both sides of the chamber in the speech in view of the attitude of Fairbank's colleague, Beveridge. He supported vigorously and unequivocal ly the pending measure. FORTIFICATION BILL PASSED, House Wasted Three Hours Yesterday in Political Debate Brought on by Shattuc. WASHINGTON, March 31. The house today finished a hard week's work by passing the fortifications ap propriation bill. Not a single amend ment was offered and the bill passed jj It tame from the cooiinUUe. It car ries l7,0i3,488. Three hours' political debate was precipitated by a general political speech made my Shattuc, of Ohio, members of each side being drawn In to it.