4
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t tripod and lace ankle; per ialr
JSo and 5o
Belt Bucldes
Gilt, Oxidised. Gun Metal, enameled
and Old Rose; each
UVi and 30c
MImcs" and Boys' Cotton Rllibed Hose,
high spliced heel and double knee;
prr pair ',,:..,
tic and $1.21
Belts
Ladk-a' Hlack Satin Pulley Kelts, the
latest; each
15c and 25c.
Hcndijuarters for Dry Goods on the Lover Columbia.
ICAUCO SIWNQ engagement.
Report Indicate That It Was a One-
, Sided Affair, the Boer Being
Easily Routed. .
LONDON. March 31. Even details of
the engagement yesterday- at Karco
Siding station, a, few mile south of
lirandfort, fall to Instill much Inter
est.
. H appears to have been a one-sided
. affair, although the Boers" stoutly
. held their gTouuJ against a force three
or four times theirs, for three hours,
when, forseelng the danger of the
" British cavalry enveloping their flanks,
the Hots withdrew In good order up
on the main body at Brandtort, which,
according to Roberts, they seem later
t have decided to relinquish with a
view doubtless of occupying a prepared
position further north.
There will probably be a general
.Mftlnsr of camps on acount of the
Britishers" new poitlm being made a
base of a further advance as soon a
the railroad is ' repaired.-" fc
Roberts" today reported, to the war
, office that he haA received "news from
Mafeklng up to March 10. The gen
eral health, of the garrison and Its
spirits were good. A locally made gun
and the searchlight ammunition were
working well, the food was holding out
well and tlie paper currency which the
British commander t had Issued was
satisfactory. .
From Cape Town It Is salfl President
Steyn ha gone to Pretoria,' after," ac
cording to refueges, Issuing an order
that British burghers refusing to Join
th army shall b shot,. Stories of the
refuses ar, however; unreliable.
News from elsewhere Is meagre.
The last reports from Natal Indicated
a speedy clashing of the armies,
AGE LIMITS FIXED.
WASH INGTON. March 31. The
president has amended the civil ser
vice law so as to authorize the civil
sen-ice commission acting in accord
with the heads of the departments In
terested to fixed maximum age limita
tions with respect to entrance to posi
tions for -which such-maximum age
limitations are. not now fixed by the
civil service rules: arid, in' addition to
the age limits already, fixed Jn that
section of the rule, he has fixed the
age limits for "apprentices in mints
and assay offices., at 18 to 24 years," for
"kepr, assistant keeper and officers
of lightships in the lighthouse" at 18
to 50 years; for "matron and assistant
matron" in the Indian service at 25 to
55 .years and for "observer In the
weather bureau service" at 18 to 3
years.
Soldiers and Sailors who wree granted
preference under section 1754, revised
statutes, are already exempted from all
age limitations as such.
facture of counterfeit dollars. The
dies were of steel and are pronounced
by Hasen to be among the best he has
ever seen. He was well supplied with
metal. Including Mexican dollars which
he had Intended to molt and trans
form Into coin of the United States.-
At the time of the arrest Bradley had
a fire In full blast and had his cruci
bles and metal Is in readiness to pro
ceed with the proevss of manufacture.
The prisoner came here from Mon
tana, where he is said to have an in
terest In several silver mines.
which Representative Clayton of New
York was Instrumental lit adding to
the army appropriation bill.
These two regiments and two Iowa
batteries were mustered out of the ser
vice before the general law went Into
effect giving the volunteers extra pay.
The amendment will place those or
gaiilkatlons on the tame footing as all
other volunteer In the Spanish war,
RUSSIAN SQUADRON READY.
it Will Troveed to Masa.npho to En
force Corvan Demand.
YOKOHAMA, Murvh 31,-The Jap-am-se
pre assorts th.it the Russian
squadron Is still at Chemulpo and that
It will probably proceed to Mtxsumpho
to enforce the demands made.
It is believed that. In the event of
Corva yielding, Japan will demand a
similar convsslon on the Corvan coast.
MRS. BREWER RECOMMENDS PEFiJIlA
FOR GRIP AtlD FEMALE CATARRH.
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WHITE SLAVERY DENOUNCED.
Methods of One of New York's Juve
nile Institutions to Be In
vestigated. NEW YORK. March 31. The Herald
says:
Demands will be made on the state
board of charities for an Investigation
of -the New York Juvenile Asylum's
methods of indenturing children left
temporarily In Its charge. Three cases
have been discovered where children,
who had been surrendered to the asy
lum for two years, have been Inden
tured to Western fanners for the ne
tire period of their majority.
"White slaver', that Is what It
amounts to," declared Michael J. Scan-
Ian, counsel for the Society of St. Vin
cent de Paul, who is Investigating the
case of Joseph Billottl, whose three
children two girls and a boy have
been apprenticed in Illinois until they
become of age, despite the father's pro
tests.
Mr. Scanlan says he has learned It
la a common thing for the asylum au
thorities to disregard the tempjrary.
surrenders and the protests of parents
in sending children out of the state to
work on farms until they become of
age.
BELMONT A S. I. DIRECTOR.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 51. It Is
announced that August Belmont, the
New York banker, ha been elected a
director of the Southern I'acltlc as the
representative of some of the larije In
terests, Including the Rothschild' and
himself, that have succeeded to a por
tion of the Interest until recently held
by the CriH-ker and Stanford estates.
He succeeds V. M. Coyne
M I" RDER E ii CON VICT ED.
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The Homo of Mrs. Llulc M. Rrwr at Westerly, R. I,
la a letter to Pr. Ilartman concerning
the merit of IVru-na, Mr. Brewer
writ, among other thing:
Wkbtkrlv, It, I.
Dear Dr. Hrtman-I llud Pe-ru-na a
sure our for ail catarrhal affection so
ooninion lu thi part of the country . It
car a cold at once. There U uo cough
mdloln that oan at all equal Pe-ru-ua,
A for la grippe, there la no other rem
edy that oaa at all compare with IV
ru-n.
"I am among the sick a great deal In
our city and have supplied many In
valid with Pe-ru-na, simply because 1
am enthuslutlc In my faith a to It re
sult. 1 1 have never known It to fall to
quickly and permanently remove that
demoralised state of the humau iytem
which follows la grippe.
"In all case of extreme weakness 1
KANSAS CITY. March l.-John
Haysllp, a horse trainer, has been 1
found guilty of murder In the second
degree and sentenced to ninety year use Pe-ru-na with perfect confidence of
In the penitentiary. Haysllp murdered good result. In ce of weakness
his wife and Maud Mitchell and tried peiuiiar to toy let I am sure that no
to kill Charles Barrer, an ice-wagvW '
driver. I
other remedy can approach In good r
suit the action of Pe-ru-na. It moots
all the bad symptom to which female
are subject. The irregularities and ner
roust), the debility and mUerle
which afflict more or lea the women
from girlhood to change of life, are one
and all met and overcome by this ex
cellent remedy. I wUh every young
lady In uur city could rad your book.
"Mr. Uiile M. Brewer."
IVru-na will cure the worst raaeeot
catarrh. La grippe la acute epidemic
catarrh, for which Pe-ru-ua U a h-
citie.
Mr. J. W. Reynolds, New Ubon,
Ohio, suffered for tuauy year with
chronic catarrh of the lungs, head ami
throat; continuous cough i many phjal
clan failed to cure. Permanently cured
by Pe-ru-na. Thousaud of testimonial
could be produced. A valuable treatU
on catarrh sent free by The Pe-ru-u
Medicine Company, Columbus, O.
BOTHA SUCCEEDS JOUBERT.
NEW YORK. March 31.-A dispatch ;
to the Herald from Pretoria says:
"General Louis Hot ha has been ap- !
Some Interesting Figures.
Cupitul Stock of the Four (ircut Banks of the World, Dec. 31, l,MM).
pointed to succeed General Jouberl as Bank Of England,
commander-in-chief of the Transvaal t
iJann oi vt ranee,
Imperial Bank of Germany,
Bank of Bussia,
Total,
Funds held fcy the Mutual Injur-
forces.'
DUCHESS OF YORK DELIVERED.
$88,045,703
36,050,000
28,560,000
25,714.920
PACIFIC COMMERCIAL MUSEUM.
Distinguished Philadclphlans at 'Frisco
to Aid in the Movement.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 31. Dr.
William P. Wilson, director of the
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, and
William Harper, chief of the bureau of
information of the same institution,
have reached her from the East for the
purpose of lending their advice and
co-operation to the promoters of the
Pacillc Commercial Museum.
Dr. Wilson and Mr. Harper are en
thusiastic voer the prospect of seeing
a commercial museum on the Pacific
coast and make the unqualified pre
diction that with good management It
will accomplish a world of good for the
commerce of the country and divert
much of the trade of Australia and
the Orient to the Pacific coast
WILL BE OVER. TUESDAY.
Suspense in Puerto Rico Over
Pending Tarifl Question.
the
COUNTERFEITER ARRESTED.
Big Operator Discovered In Full Blast i
at San Francisco. .
SAN FRANCISCO, March 31. Rob
ert Bradley, alias Barclay, a would-be
counterfeiter, has been arrested in this l
city by United States Secret Service j
Agent Hozen. ihe man was appre
hended In a room at 622 Clay street and
a display of revolvers was necessary
to Induce him to surrender. Bradley
was armed and told the officials frank--ly
that they were lucky In having se-.
cured the "drop." ,
Agent riazen captured with his prig- j of uncertainty will be raised. Trade
oner a complete outfit for the manu- lwill be revived and Puerto Rico will
LONDON, March 31. The Duchess
of York was accouched of a son this
morning.
The child was born at Y)rk cottage.
Samlrlngham. at 7:30 o'clock this morn- jjjjfjg COmpaOY fOf the Payment Of ,
The duchess and Infant are doing ,
well.
$176,372,855
BALLOON THAT MAY BE STEERED
This latest invention In the way of
air ships is attracting great attention.
The most wonderful thing about It Is
simplicity. It is propelled by a small
double petroleum motor, similar to that
used in automobiles. Ordinary coal
gas can take the place of hydrogen for
the purpose of filling the balloon, as en
ly an hour Is required for this work
with gas, whereas hydrogen takes a
day. This discovery ought to make the
road through the heavens as free from
danger as does Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters the road through life. Behind It
lie fifty years of cures. Weakness, Indi
gestion, dyspepsia, debility, nervous
nesb, constipation, malaria, or any dls-
ene nrlslitsr frnm weak Ht-irrmrh citn. '
not withstand It. It Is an excellent
spring tonic.
ance Company for the payment of K n a rjj nn
Its policies, Dccemter 31. 1900. $jUl,o40o
Or, $125,471,682 more than tho combined capital of these famous
banks.
The new form of policy of tho Mutual Life Insuranco Company of
New l ork, Richard A. MeCurdy, President, provides:
First The SECURITY of $301,841,537 of assets.
Second PROFITABLE INVESTMENT.
Third LIBERAL LOANS TO BE INSURED.
Extended term insurance in case of lrtpso.
Automatic paid-up insurance without exchange of policy.
One month'sgrace;in payment of premiums.
For further information apply to
SHERWOOD filLLKSI'Y, GencraljAKcnt.
WILLIAM S. POND, State Muriau.cr, Portland,
B. VAN DLSFN, Resident Mannjcr,Astorlu, Or.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March 24,
(Correspondence of the Associated
Press.) Until the tariff question Is set
tled, business in lu-rto Rico will re
main at a standstill.
Laboring classes are on the verge of
starvation, there Is work for them to
do but planters who need their services
are without funds with which to em
ploy them.
, People here say "let the tariff be set
tled either by the free trade bill or
the 15 to 23 per cent bill, and the feeling
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.
Total Number of Names on the Roll
to Date.
Astoria Precinct No. 1 138
Astoria Precinct No. 2 141
Astoria Precinct No. 3 131
Astoria Precinct No. 4 174
Astoria Precinct No. 5 170
Astoria Precinct No. 6 105
Astoria Precinct No. 7 84
John Day Precinct 26
Svenson 32
Wulluski 22
New Astoria 98
Warrenton 2"
ClatHop 23
Seaside 72
Melville 1
Chadwell 20
ioung's River 14
Olney 27
Knappa 38
Clifton 68
West port 19
Yespar 3
Jewell U
MiFhawaka 14
Elsie 22
Push 16
Total to date.
.1488
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towns of Oregon McALLEN A McDONNELL have decided to r-.-maln In
Astoria for the present, as the future prospects and present business outlook
compare favorably with any seen. Consequently w have replenished our
Astoria house with the latest and best line of Dry Goods ever assorted.
Tou can confidently buy of us as we protect you In styles and prices.
Thanking you In advance for your future patronage as In the pant, we
remain, respectfully yours,
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Pacific Navigation Company
Steamcrs-"K, I', Elmore," "V. II. HarriHon"
Only line Astoria to Tillamook, (iarihaldi, Hay City, llohsonvlllc.
Connecting at Astoria wit- the Oregon Itailroa-l A Navigation Co, and
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VICTORY FOR HARVARD.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 31.
Harvard wan the annual debate with
Yole last night, the (juestlon being,
"Resolved, that Puerto Rico should be
Included In the custom's boundaries
of the United States." Harvard had
the affirmative side of the question.
Harvard was represented by Wilbur
Morse, of Philadelbhla; Ellas Mayer,
of Chicago, and Harry A. Yeomans,
of Spokane, Wash. Yale's speakers
were Mason Trowbridge, of Chl'-ago;
Ashley D. Leavitt, of Melrose, Mass.,
and Ferdinad Blanchard, of Newton,
Mass.
Purifies the blood by eliminating all
poisonous matter, stimulating the se
croUor.s, regu.aUiig Ue bowel and aid
ing nature in throwing off that whlclj
makes a yellow skin. The effect on the
COMPLEXION, Is quite pronounced, as
a few days' use will demonstrate.
! , WILL GET EXTRA PAY.
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New York Soldiers Will Get Two
,J Months' Additional Allowance.
j NE W YORK, March 31.-A special
i to the Herald from Washington rays:
Men who served In the Twenty sec
ond New York regiment and In Roose
velt's Rough Riders wiH receive two
month's extra pay from the govern
ment, as a result of an amendment
IKS!
1 1 nn A TT f nn Distorts muscles,
UJ Ml Ai 0 11 S Ml snaiters Nerves,
Stiffens Joints.
Is due to an acid poison which gains access to the blood through failure of tbe proper
organs to carry off and keep the system clear of all morbid, effete matter. This poison
through the general circulation is deposited in tbe joints, muscle and nerves, causing the most intense pain.
Rheumatism may attack with such suddenness and severity at to make within a few days a healthy,
active person helpless and bed-ridden, with distorted limbs and shattered nerves ; or it may be slow in
developing, with slight wandering pains, just severe enough to make one feel uncomfortable ; the ten
dency in such cases is to grow worse, and finally become chronic.
Like other blood diseases, Rheumatism is often inherited, and exposure to damp or cold, want of proper
food, insufficient clothing, or anything calculated to impair the health, will frequently cause it to develop
in early life, but more often not until middle aire or later. In whatever form, whether acute or chronic.
fc. Jl .1 acquiredor m . - rA ..t -At.. . nt ms
inherited, itncumativtn i uiricifv u uioou uiaoasc,
and no liniment or other external treatment can reach the trouble. Neither do the preparations of potash
Jk and mercury, and the various mineral salts, which the doctors always prescribe, cure Rheumatism, but
1 t&Ls4rfs H n lne ulKesl,on na breaic aown tne constitution.
I Vfeli2r wl A remedy which builds up the general health and at the same time rids the system of tbe poison is
' the only safe and certain cure for Rheumatism. S. S. S., made of roots, herbs and bark of wonderful
solvent, purifying properties, attacks the disease in the right way, and in the right place the blood and quickly neutralize
the acid and dissolves all poisonous deposits, stimulates and reinforce the overworked, worn-out organs, ana clear the system
of all unhealthy accumulations. S. S. S. cures permanently ana morougniy, ana keeps
the blood in a pure, healthy state.
Mr. . O. Malley, 113 W. isth Street, Indianapolis, Ind., for eighteen months wu so terribly (dieted
with khtuniatUm be urmblr to feed or drew blmMlf. Doctor wid hit cmc wm hoprlcu. He had
tried fty-two prescription! that friend had givtn him, without the liglilea! relirf. A frw Inttinof
. a. B. cured bim permanently, and be has never bad a rheumatic pain finer. This was Bve years ago.
We will send free our special boo1c' on Rheumatism, which thould be in the hands
of every sufferer from this torturing disease. Our physician have made blood and (kin
diseases a life study, and will eive rou any information or advice wanted, so write them
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