The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, April 13, 1900, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text''lb'" to oJ,7,':w k it AX V VOL. L. AHTOIilA. 'OREGON. Pill DAY. APRIL 13, 1900 NO. 28 VAX ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. ..The Empire and.. MM 1 - t? ii m mm w v vy w w NONE BETTER CAM., ON... ' . , rOARD & SlOKfS CO. Ail M S, Allot iti. Org. nml l convinced ltit when you get u i Empire r a Mikado that you will (t the trt Separator manufactured, luvenllgate In-fore you buy elsewhere. EASTER... Cards and Booklets Bibles, Prayer Fooks Devotional and Religious Books "Acme" Health Coffee Ami a full Ralston's Whole Wheat Flour and Health Goods ... Golden Pheasant and Corvallis Flour Are gunriiiittHHl to please. WK AKE AGENTS A lino tin of Toble Syrup. Hcllethcf and Hnutea mmI In. Ross, Hlgglns 0 Co. CLATSOP MILL CO.: ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber Boxes, Snali end Doors, Shingles and Mouldings W. F. SCHEIBE, n: A lull Him el Plpoi, Tobacco. mat 5aokri' Artlck. Commercial at. C. J, TRENCHAR Commission, Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping:. The Drain upon your pume will amount to very lit Of If you have hi do your repairing Bin) plumbing of all kinds. Wo nit always rcuaon able In our charges, prompt and obliging In service, and imr work 'atiimt bu excelled In plumbing; Kim or sleain fitting, How 1 your old plumbing wearing let ut know. ill -4 lit GRIFFIN & REED line o( nuUcturtr of Always Hallabla "La Belle Astoria" Clftr Schelbe 'a Opera Star Scheme's Special And Other Brands Custom House Broktr. . ASTORIA, , OREGON Aceat W . F. a Co, u 4 Paolfio fcxareu Co i. THREE STATE CONVENTIONS Uusy Day for Politicians In Port' land Yesterday. e M'KINLLTS POLICY ENDORSED Republican Flal.h Their Work-Tbe -Rcm mil Still at It-IUrriwi Alice Noml led lor Dlilrltl Attorsey la Tali District. PORTLAND. April 12. Three polltl fill slate conventions, republican, dem ocratic mii'I populist, met here today. 1 republicans nominated a Justice of I hi- supreme ruurt and food and dairy t otmiilmtloncr und elected eight delegate to the national convention, a li''li-d it pint form endorsing McKln hy'a utlmlnliit ration of affairs In the Philippine and adjourned at 8 p. m. Tlic d'-itiocrai worked all duy and fur into the tilKhl and only selected d' d liudK in i In- national convention und rTi-lv m! o. Joint platform agreed upon by u conference committee. Tin- ini ullsts simply ree.dved the Joint platform .which will probably be adopted ininorrow, tioth the di-ino- iruilc mid pupullflt conventlone lll inert Htriiln tomorrow. roi'.Tl.ANIi. April 12-Thc republi can piulf convt-ntlon today nominated I he following tlckt-t: JijutliH of the mipreme court K. Wolv rton (re-nomltmted); food and J dairy commission, r, J. W, Italley of , "Ullimroan. rrmlir.ntlal eleclora-). F. Taxton, Multnomah; Ttlman Ford, Marlon; J. ' C. Kullerton, Doiulaa; W. J. Furnish, rmntllla. I "eli-dute to the national cimvenlbn -II. K. Ankeny, Jackson; J. 1). Daly, IVnton; Wallace McCammant, Multno mah; M. P. Kuck. W'aac6. Alternatej Louis Simpson, Coo; K. I.. Militate. Kenton; Wallle Nash, Lin coln, J. W. KnovvU-4, Union. For circuit Judres M. C. George? and A. F. Heara were nominated In the Fourth district, W. It. F.llle waa nomi nated for Judge In the Hlxih district. The following district attorneys -were r.imlnuted-Flrnt district, H. Wat-f-n. Jackson; Second district, Cieorge M. I'rown, Iourflus; Third district, N. J. Hart. Polk; Fourth district. K E. wall, Multnomah; Fifth dlHtflot, H.irrl.ion Allen, Clntsop; Sixth diatrlct. Janus A. Fe. I'nmtUla; Seventh dis trict. L. R Menefee. Waaco; Eighth district, C. K. Co.'hrane, Union; Ninth ll-trlct. William Miller, Malheur. Joint senators It. A. Booth for Ijine, I'otiKlna ami Josephine. 1 he new slate central committee was announce:! aa follows: Maker-Dr. O. M. Dodson. Itenton-J. W. Crawford. Clackamas Not filed. Clatsoe-C. W. Fulton. Columbia F. C. Watta. Cooa-Not filed. Crook-J. H. Williamson. ' Curry rat rick Hughes. Douglas E. D. Stratford. Oil Ham Ueorge B, Dukek. Grunt C. O. Guernsey. - . Harney I. S. Geer. , Jackson II. E. Ankeny. Josephine C. E. Harmon. Kainmath Ft, S. Moore. ", Luke L. F. Conn. Ijine A. C. Woodcock. Llnn-J. H. Whitney. Lincoln B. F. Swope. Mulheur C. H. Brown. Marlon -E. M. Crolsan. Morrow Q. W. Phelps. Multnomah O. F. Pax ton. Sherman W. H. Moore. . Polk-M. P. Ellis . Tillamook B. L. Eddy. ' Umatilla J. S. Gundane. Cnlon M. Baker. Wallowa-F. A. Clark. Wnsco H. L. Kuck. Washington Not filed. Wheeler W. W. 8llwer. Ynmhlll-W. A. Howe. The populists and democratic con entlons this afternoon appointed con- erence committees which agreed upon ! Joint platform. The committee re- I port was received by oth conventions, ! but wan not acted upon by either, a Special IRON BEDSTEADS, $3.15 Oak Cobbler Seat Arm Rockers, $1.75 CHARLES HEILBORN & SON 59I-S9S COMMERCIAL STREET rnolli.n to .uljourn until lom irrow hav Irg bci-n carried. The di'mocratji elcrt-id Ihv following di'li-xHti-H '. their nutlonal convention: J, It. ll.il.-y, t'irio) IIIh : M. A. MdK-r, Unri; It. M. Vciitch, Iiim-; N. A. J'lery, Mnltnoinih; John Welch, Mu'irioinah; J. (i. Ilootli-, Jom-pliliif ; Churlee Nlck cll, Jack(in; A. 8. Ji.M'W tt, Wacco. The Joint plutf inn 'ufllriiiH the (tale iila t(m in of the 'Ii-iihk rml' t o ple'a und allver-rrpubllcan partite of On-Ki.n, adopid In Wft: It favora the Income tux law and the election of I "lilted HUlteK lenat'irii by direct vote of the Je.ople; It oppose government by Iiijuik lion; It fiivorn the punragf of the employer' liability Ret, applicable to mill oad C'ornpuiiiei It favora the InltiH he and reftendumr It oppoaea whin of cor.i'iueet and eolonuil ponaea clon; It fuMir Klliplno lnd"P"ndnce mid a nroti-t'torate by the l'nlt-d State uud expr:'iin" nympathy with the l:ri; It condetium tnihtn; und con-di-inrm the pienetil rep'ibllcan admin lm ration. The platform hIko fiivorn the gov ernment owiii-IHliip of telegraph and municipal own -ruhlp of franchise. liiml aiiffnig-' la eiid n"el. The dolenat-a to the national con vontlon weri Inmructed to vote for W. J. liryan for preKldent. At the evening m-imliin f the Kpu Imi convention Will tt. Kin, of Mal heur county, wan elected chairman of the iHipulIxt plate central committee. A 'ommlttee whi Ii wan app l ntonl mm ai. act of courfwy, to wait upon a meeting of twelve middle-of-the-road populiHta to Inquire hat, If any, com mon Kroun l could be reachml by which tluli- ork'unliiatlon could work har iiioiiloiiHly, reporte'l that the reply had been that the (round upon which they could woik together r.:i for all to Meet at the inlddle-of-the-road national convention and do pa they did that the iiiiddle-of-the-roadeia had nothing to do with any fusion movement. K.-8. Sheridan, of Douglas county, woa umlKhl elected chairman of the demo. pintle state convention, defentlnar H. P. Nicholas, of PortUuid. by a vote of 15 tll a XKW MALI. WILL BE RKADV. Kamuia City Will Have the Democratic National Convention. . KANSAS CITY, to.. April 12. There will be r.o chanire in the date or place of holding the democratic national convention, previously wt for Kansas city. July t. A nub-committee of the national committee met the local committee on flrrangementR here todnv, and after golnu over the situation thoroughly, made a statement showing that the new hull. In place of the one recently burned, will be btiilt before the con vetitlon convene. WILL NOT AGREK. FKANKFUltT. Ky.. April 12. At tomeys for the republican ofllclaU this afternoon declined to sign an agree. ment to hasten the litigation for the possession of the minor state offices through the state courts so that the supreme court can hear It with that of the contest for governor. No rea son Is assigned. THE COMMISSION AT WORK. NAPLES. April 12.-The Transvaal commissoners, acompanled by Dr. Mul ler and Herr Van Rooschoten, start ed this morning for Milan. ANDREWS WAS SURPRISED. CHICAGO. April 12. Dr. E. Ilenja mln Andrews, superintendent of Chi cago public schools, when seen at the Hotel Norniandle In regard to his elec tion aa chancellor of the University of Nebraska, said: "The offer is a surprise to me, though there was talk of some such movement last summer. Until officially notified I do not care to discuss the subject." CONTRACT LABORERS CAUGHT. SAN FRANCISCO. April 12.-Thlrty-three of 21$ Japanese steerage passen gers who arrived on the steamer Bel gian King a few days ago, have been refused a landing by the Immigration officials but have appealed to the sec retary of the treasury and, pending a reply from Washington, will be held here. The principal reason for their rejection by the officials Is the dlscov- ery of evidence that the Japanese came here aa contract laborers. Week Only PUERTO RICO BILL A LAW Signed by President McKinley Last Night. SALARIES OF OFFICERS FIXED The Qaay Cite Takea lpA Blllcr Oppo illloo te Scellei the Scaator Mjai-feitd-The Pi'llppleei leder Fire. WASHINGTON, April 12.-Tli pr.-s i'lenl signed the Puerto Rico bill to night and it is now a law. At 1 o'clock the speaker signed ihe bill, and It was Immediately ! nt to I refMi-nt "pro teiii.) Frye, of the sen ate, for his signature. I'nsioent 'pto tern.) Fry of the h-iiate, attache his signatun; to the bill at l.Oj p. m., and it was then sent to the president. WASHINGTON. April I2.-An effort was made In the scnau today by- Morgan to dixplace the present un finished busiress, vis, the Sp.ioner Philippine bill, by the substitution In Its stead of the Ntcaraguan canal bill, While Morgan's motion failed, 15 to 23. the Philippine measure had a nar row ciwape from being dkplared by the Alaskan civil code bill on motion of Curter. motion being defeated on roll call. 22 to 21. The feature of the day's proceedings was an exhaustive ditu8ion of the Quay case by Burrows (rep.), of Mich igan. Burrows said that as a member of the committee on privileges and elec tions called upon two years ago to con sider the case of Henry W. Corbett, appointed as senator by the governor of Oregon, he "was forced to the con clusion that the power of appointment In that case was not lodged with the executive, and the majority of the commItte so r ported. The senate rus- tulned that report by a vote of 50 to 19. "Since that time I have seen nothing to cause me to reverse my Judg nent, then formed. Further examination has Bervcd, rather, to strengthen and con firm It. The material facts In this case are the same as they were In that." In conclusion he said: "And let me say, senators, that no sooner shall you have established the doctrine contended for by the minority, than there will be a popular iivrislng In this country w hich no power an re sist or suppress to take from the state legislatures and governors all power to appoint senators, and lodge It with the people." Cullom presented the confeience re port on the legislative, executive and judicial bill. The report was agreed to. Jones of Arkmsas. chairman, ad dressing the senate on the question ol personal privileges, defended his ac tion In offering an amendment to the Puerto Rican tariff bill, proposing to refund dutlis that had been collect ed from the people of Puerto Rico to the people who had paid these du ties. Jones said he had offered his res olution from a conviction that the gov ernment had no right to levy tariff duties upon products coming from Puerto Rico, and. as the government had no such right, it was common honesty to give the money back to the people from whom It had been tak en. He had withdrawn the amend ment, having become satisfied that the whole matter should be left' to the courts to determine. Morgan made an unsuccessful at tempt to hav.j the Xlcaraguan canal bill made the order of business for 2 o'clock, April 30. Cooper, chairman of the committee on Insular affairs, called up In the house today the resolution for which he has asked unanimous consent sev eral times, to authorize the secretary of the treasury, to designate banks In Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines as government depositories. A number cf amendments were offered and re jected, the debate at times being quite spirited. Ihe resolution was passed. The salaries of all -the officers ap pointed by the president for Puerto Rico are as follows: Governor. IS.000; secretary, attovney- general, auditor, commissioner of the Interior, K0O0 each; treasurer, 15,000; commissioner of education, 13,000; chief Justice of the Supreme court and Uni ted Stutes district Judge, 15,000 each; associate justices, $4,300 each; two marshals, each )3,000; district attor neys, jt.ooo. No export dutlos are to be collected, but taxes and licenses may be levied. ' On the regular election day In No vember, and every two years there after, Puerto Rico may choose a com missioner to represent the island at Washington, with a salary of $5,000. RKSERVATION OPENED. Valuable Land in Washington to Be Homesteaded by Farmers Has Mineral Wealth. , WASHINGTON, April Il.-The presi dent has signed a proclamation open Ing to settlement the northern half of the Colvllle Indian reservation In Washington. The proclamation will go Into effect on October 10 next. The land opened to settlement Is all that part of the res ervatlon which has not been allotted to the Indians and comprises about a million and a half ar-re. It will be disposed of under the homestead laws at a dollar and a half an acre. The right to mine in the reservation was granted several years ago, and It Is now opened up for agricultural pur poses. PCERTO RICO'S GOVERNOR. Charles II. Alien, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, the First to Hold. That Position. WASHINGTON April 12.-CharWs H. Allen, at present assistant secretary of the navy, will be the first civil gov ernor of Puerto Kico, under the pro visions of the bill passed yes'erday by the hout-e of representatives. PHILI PPIN B COM MISSION. All the Members But One Assemble In San Francisco. SAN FJIANCISCO. April 12. All the members of the Philippine commission are now here, except Henry C. Ide of Vermont, who Is expected today. Prof. Bernard Moees, the California member, will entertain his colleagues at the University Club today after which they will hold a formal meeting to elect a secretary- The commissioners expect to rail for Manila on '. the transport Hancock about the 16th Inst. They are." acom panled by their families. The clerical force toaccompany the commission con sists of a secretary, assistant secr.tary. Spanlhh secretary, translator and a private secretary for each member. There will be 43 people in the party. The ladies and children are to be left at Yokohama for a month until the commissioners have secured houses and made everything ready for their comfort. WHITELAW REID'S ADDRESS. He Warns the Philippine Commission Against Hasty Action. SAN FRANCISCO, April 12 A ban quet was tendered the Philippine com missioners tonight by the "merchants of this city. The principal address was mtde by Hon. Whitelaw Reid. Ad dressing himself to the commission, he said: "In the interests of your coun'.ry, you will not make haste to extend the priv ileges of American eitixenship, which on the one hand will enable those peo ple to flood our labor market In ad vance of any readiness at home to change our present laws of exclusion; and on the other hand would, open the door to them as states In the Un ion, to take part In the govern nent of this continent." COMING TO THE COAST. Great Trans-Continental Line to Be Built Into Portland Within a Tear. CHICAGO, April 12. The activity w hich the Chicago, Burlington & Quln cy railroad Is displaying In building new lines has led to a rumor, partly authenticated, that the road Is head ing for Portland and the Pacific ccast. While officials of the road will not ad mit that they are aiming for a through train service on their own rails from Chicago to Portland, they have an nounced th.i proposed building of a line from Billings, Montana, to the Yel lowstone Park. The ' new line will start at Toluca. which is about 45 miles west of killings, and will run to the east side of the park, a distance of about 200 miles. It Is proposed to have the line In operation by the Inst of the year. CRUSHED BY FALLING WALLS. Building Collapses In Pittsburg and Burys a Number of People In the Ruins. PITTSBURG, April 12. A four story brick building at the corner of Sec ond avenue and Wood street collapsed today, burying in its ruins a number of people, three of whom were taken out dead; six wer badly hurt and sev eral others slightly Injured. The dead are: Mrs. Martha Jones, aged 64; Eugene Barnhardt, Allegheny, salesman; Oscar Bigler, carpenter. The building was occupied by the Armstrong, McKelvy Lead Oil Com pany, and was being remodeled. VANDERBILT'S MANY MILLIONS. NEW YORK. April 12.-The appel late division of the suprema court today handed down a decision In the matter of the appraisal of the estate of the late Wlliam K. Vanderbllt. The order of Surrogate Fltsgerald declar ing a certain fund subject to the in heritance tax law was affirmed. This was a fund of $5,000,000, held In trust, for the benefit of the late Cornelius Vanderbllt WAITING FOR A BIG BATTLE Roberts Said to Have Indicated a General Advance Soon. VIVID SKETCHES OF THE WAR Death el Bsdca-Powdl I'ncaflflrmed tad Is Not Believed la EoiU4-A Trtai tadotis Army Now Ii Stk Alrka. I LONDON, April 13, 4:45 a. m.-In a roundabout way London hears that Lord Roberts, when Wiring to the Prince of Wales at Copenhagen, con gratulating him upon his scape from assassination, added two or three hope ful sentences portending an early ad vance with a wide-reaching combina tion. Quiet assurances are passed around among the military men that Lord Roberta Is employing his great army effectively and that the adventurous Boer commandoes are likely to be en meshed. Scraps of news a detail htre and another there have reached Eng land tonight over comparatively Idle cablea but they do not Illuminate ihe situation. The Colonials at Wepener still hold off the Boers. Lord Methuen ha work ed eastward until he is now within 80 milea of Kroonstad. Boer scouts have gone around Ladysmith and have ap peared at Dewdorp and other places on General Buller's flanks and rear. Olflcers of Butler's Irregular horse es timate the Boers in Natal at 18,000 but these figures are probably excessive, 10.000 being regarded here as the out side number. After General Hart's brlgnde leaves him. General Buller will still have close upon 35.000 men. It Is generally as sumed that this brigade Is going to Join Lord Roberts but Its destination Is really unknown. The Boer note to Portugal legarding the use by the British of the Beiera route tor the transportation of troops to Rhodesia may, if the Boers act against Portugal, lead Great Britain to land troops at Lourenco Marques. The work of the Boer peace commis sioners has begun. M. Fischer las asked Italy to intervene and the Ital ian minister of fereign affairs. Marquis Di Viscounte Venostu, has replied that while he would receive envoys, the best he could do would be to transmit their proposals to London, thus following the course of the United States. It Is calculated that Lord Roberts now has 214.000 effective troops, with HOMO more afloat or under orders. The war ollice has instructed the officers not to take any more expanding bul-. lets to Africa for revolvers. "A special dispatch from Elandslaag te, dated yesterday, says: "Flshting was renewed leytnd Elandslaagte this afternoon. The Bo.rs steadily advanced upon the British positions. There was a continuous rttte fire and the Boers' big guns were in action. The British replied effectively, and after two hours' fighting the Boers were checked. PRETORIA. April 12. -Advices from Wepener, whre the British force is surrounded, say the batile continues favorable to the federals. About 1,500 British troops are said tobe there.- Heavy cannonading was heard this morning In 'he direction of Bullfontetn, situated midway between Wlndburg and Boshof, in the Orange Free State, and north of Brandfort. LONDON, April 12. Klumlsl.iagte. and Wepener still monopolize atten tion. At both places a series i f in decisive actions are occurring. The boer report of the righting on April 10, at Elandslaagte.avers that the advance on the British camp was made with fie loss of only three mules and two horses, while the British losses, bays the same report, muHt have been heavy. The bombardment lasted all day. Nothing has been learned regarding the rumor of Colonel Baden Powell's death, nor is there anything tending to show how long the general advance toward Pretoria will be delayed The announcement of the. reoceupa.- tion of Smlthfleld by the burghers, just received, is no news, as the small Brit ish force at that place withdrew after the Reddersberg affair. LONDON, April 5.-Mr. Bennett Bur leigh, w riting to the Daily Ten graph under date of March t, says: "Our friend, the wily Boer, is at his own congenial game along our front Every rough kopje and defensive posi tion he is industriously fortifying, i have ridden out and see; iilm dijrt:iy ir.Miches. building aton? wa'ls. eVet't-iiife- sandbag redoubts, mounting can. noil and preparing to receive u In t; direction ho hopes we sliull advance' For uch a country he has made h,,,, .. of the stror.inrt p.,--::.:.: :;.. .... miles he is entrenching south Vi from the Modder skip from nuil-,. i.. (Continued on page 4 )