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6 W I I if U II f VOL. L. ASTOULA. OKKGON. .SATURDAY. AI'KIL H, 1900 NO. m The Drain upon your purs will amount lo very little If you have ui do your repairing and plumbing of all kind, We art always rtsson abla In our chaw, prompt and obliging in service, and our work cannot be excelled In pltiniblnir. K" or learn (Kiln. How la your old dumbing wcarlng-dat u know. TWO ARMIES SURROUNDED No Relief for Wcpcncr or Mafe king as Yet. GARRISONS HOLDING OUT ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. ..The Empire and.. Mikado Separators NONE BETTER CALL ON... fOARD & STOKES CO. AlilM.H, Aalorlu. Ore. and h i on v lined that whin you gut an Empire or a Mikado (hat you will iret Ibe Uit Hiparator manufactured, luvratlgule before you buy elsewhere. fit Much Anxiety Felt for lb TrooDEa fctblcd by t Loai Sicfe It is Believed Tbry Muil Surrender Sooa Roberti Doci Not Move. O o o II o (I EASTER... Cards and Booklets Bibles, Prayer Pooks Devotional and Religious Books GRIFFIN & REED t "Acme" Health Coffee And a full line of Ralston's Whole Wheat Flour and Health Goods . . . Golden Pheasant and Corvallis Flour Are Kimriitvd lo please. WK ARE AGENTS LONDON, April I3.-The war office Iiun received the following dispute!) from d-ucral Robert: "iii(Miiifniti'ln, April 13, 1:30 p. m. Tlii. riiimy'a movement iiouth liuvo been checked. Wepener la still sur round d. but tho little garrison li hold Inn nut well. Troop are being moved to their .iHlxinnri.. The health of the triMip U KiMd and the climate perfec- TIUl Kit. forward movement of the H x ii tutu been checked la not under Mixm to tin.ui by flKhtlnK but by heading- lln in off from all vulnerable point of tlu ilne of British communications. Relief In on (lie way to Wepener. Tho II.m ih In Niiiul appeur Incapubbt of developing an aggressive movement at blunilttluHgip. Iord Mcthun la at Zwartkopfoiiicln, 12 mile eat of Bos hof. and 1m sending small, awlft col uiiiiih through the adjacent country. Iord (.'henhain, commanding: one of llii-ee. eneotintered a small commando about ti'ii mile southeast of Zwart kopfoiiteln. He found moat of the farm iweut'led by women and chil dren only. An editorial note in the Dally Mall aver tliui Mufeklng la In a very bad way and tlint hope of relief la far off, aa no force I advancing from the anuth. The war office announces that 4.000 horse will arrive at the Cape this week. It Is well understood, that the anlmiils are not fit for work until about ten days after lh voyage. Two thous and mure are due at the Cape next week. Th war olllce has called out the re serve com pit tile of several Infantry battalions, which will be sent to tJoulh Afrb-a forthwith. Th ItliHinfoiiteln correspondent of the Morning Post, telegraphing Thurs day, nay: "The enemy have evidently deter mined to adopt entirely new tactic. Two column are known" to be moving to the south of llloemfonteln. They are relying on Cape carts for trans portation and aie carrying scarcely any forage and only sutllclent food to meet the Immediate requirements of tho convoy, with ox transports fol lowing at a secure distance. The Boer column are thus enabled to move al most a quickly as cavalry. It Is re ported there are 9,000 Hoers to the south of Dewsdorp. " Lord Roberta ha appointed the Duke of Marlborough assistant milt:ary sec retary at headquarters. The Dally Mull publishes the fol lowing dispatch, dated Friday, April 13. from Lourenco Marques: "The Boers are manufacturing shells, especially Vlckers-Maxlm, in large quantities at Bigble founrdy, Johannes burg. The actual Boer I esses to the end of March, Including prisoners, are estimated at 12.000. At present there ar several thousand Boers In Natal and 3f000 In the Free State." lery. who l hr. fight. took a very active part In IONOO.V, April lS.-fudiln from the lack of news from the front, (lood lilduy la being kept In riouth Africa as rellgloutily as It Is In London. Pre fumnbly ihe situation remain un changed, though word from V.'eiener Is availed with interest, ind probably befoio the day I over a ilUpuich a III lie received from Ixird Itob-.-ri. A sM-cial dlHputch receivyd here from Cupu Town says that Lady Itob- rr.i win proceed to i.np-mroniein in a few day, and the uuke of Westmins ter has already departed for the front. Larly this morning Cape Town was a much In tha Oark regarding the progress of the campaign as London is at the present hour. NLW YORK, April 13.-A dlnpatch to the Tribune from London rays: Th-. motive for the Boer reconnais sance In force on Hunday river on twu sticccNKiv days Is not clear. One dis patch states that raiding parties are advancing toward Weenan through Hi'lprnakasr to the south and lowarJ IVwdorp to th West of 1-li'Jynnilth. If these raids had been planned, the attack upon Clery's camp wan an ef fective method of diverting attention fiom thein. Probably the Hoers have Income restless during the Ave weeks of inuetl n and It was necessary for their new commander lo find employ-UK-nt for them and alo inspiring In the burghers at Pretoria by sending bulle tins of victory like those which are t l. gr:iplied from Lourence Marque. No definite results have been accom plished by this spasm of Boer activity. There was a continuous rille lire, fol lowed by artillery practice, for several hours on Wednesday, out tho Boer at tack was neither vigorous nor persist ent. There was a change of tactics since the Uoer positions were disclosed. whereas 'hey have usually concealed their guns. This was rot importan'. since the Boer occupied a temporary line or iiefen-'v, with a permanent one further hack of much greater strength. rh Boer operations In the south eastern corner of the Free State are equally indecisive. The commando on the north bank of the Orange river Is content with blocking the passage of a relief column to Wepcner mid is not attacking Allwal North. Wepener still holds out against an investment by a suiMTlor force. General Kitchener was evidently satisfied before leaving All wal North that the situation was not serious and that General Brabant was equal to the emergency. The cannon adliiK was heavy at Wepener on Wed nesday, but "he,Boera did not gain grounu. From Rhodesia there la confirmation of tho Boer rumor of the death of Colonel Baden-Powell, but there Is a heavy list of casualtiea from Colonel Plumer'a unsuccessful fight six miles north of Marking on the last day of aiarcn. The situation of the garrison or JiariKing i causing tnuch uneasl ness among London friends of the In fluential group of officers who are with Baden-Powell. They cannot be con vlnced that the garrison In Ita present enfeebled condition can hold out until Iinl Roberts Is prepared to Invade the Transvaal and they arc hoping that tne strong force detached from Bui ler s command Is destined for Belra Bnd Kliodinl.i. General Hunter ccm munds this for-e but his destination from Durban Is not announced definite ly. General Roberts' own movements in the Fr-'e Sute are still clouded with uncertainties. Boer dispatches repre sent that a strong army Is entrenched on the Ventersburg-Senekal hills to block his progress northward. All estl mates of the Dutch forces are mis leading and uncertain. General Roberta' main difficulty lies in arranging an adequate transport for the army of Invasion which can hardly be less than 75,000 men and which Oiinnot be tied up to a railway, when this is mastered his march will be resumed. Military men here expect a forward movement next week but the forecasts are based upon guess work SWALLOWED THE POPULISTS Democrats Fuse According (o Their Own Notions. BRYAN THE ONLY MAN Tbe PopulliU Insist Ruanlnj Mate Filth Tbat He Have si One of Their -The Platform Adopted. A fine llm Halites Jussl of Table Hyrwpa, RclUtica and In. Ross, illlns 8 Co. CLATSOP 'MILL CO.: . ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Spruce end Cedar Lumber Boxes, Sash and Doors, Shingles and Mouldings BLOEM FONTB1N, April 13.- Ac counts received here of the flghtintr of the troops under Colonel Dttlgety at wepener, show tne Boers attacked them vigorously, but were repulsed with great loss. The liners subse quently relinquished the attack and, It Is said, here, they are returning northward. AL1WA1, NORTH. April 12.-U Is reported that the Boera I st heavily In the recent lighting ut Wepener. An urgent menage for assistance has been sent to the Itouxvlllo commando. There wus lighting at Dewetsdorp today. REDDliltSBimO. April 11. The Third division, commanded ry Mnjor General Chormslde, has arrived here from Bethany. Boera have been lo cated south of the Wepener and Smith field districts. Colonel Dalety, in command of the Colonial force sur rounded at Wepener Is holding out gamely. M DOWKLL BREAKS DOWN. The Eminent Actor Probably a Mental Wreck Went Like McCol-lough. SIOUX CITV. Ia.. April 13.-Mel- bourne McDowell broko down In the third act of "Fedora" tonight. The curtain was rung down and money re funded. While in the midst of his lines In the third act, McDowell hesitated and stopped. He paid no attention to the prompter, nor to Miss Blanche Walsh, but came down the stasre and said: "Ladles and gentlemen" Miss wnt.sn called him buck, and the cur ta!n was rung down. The management say McDowell Is nervous and was physically unable to proceed. FOR BREACH OF PROMISE. Millionaire Sum Strong Must Give Nel lie Lewis $50,000. DENVER, Col., April 13. A special to tho News from Colorado Sprints says: Nellie Lewis, who recently sued Sam ' Strong, the Cripple Creek millionaire PRETORIA, Aorl 11. United Slates ! mine-owner for J250.0O0 damaaea for Consul Hay, In an Interview, aays the i breach of promise, waa this evening report that Captain Relchman, the United States military attache, arti ciliated In the fight near Sannaspost, Is absolutely false. Captain Relchman, It I said, was occupied moat 'of the time attending upon the wounded Dutch miliary attache, Lieutenant Mix, who has since died. Consul Hay has no doubt that Relchman has been confounded with the American lieuten ant, LooBberg, ut the Free State artil- glven a verdict for $50,000. REBELLION IN COREA. SEOUL. Corea, April 13. By the terms of a secret agreement between Russia and Corea the latter pledges itseir not to alienate the island called "Kopje" In the mouth of Masampho narbor. a rebellion on a large scale naa negun in tne interior of Corea. W. F. SCHEIBE, Manufacturer of tho Always MailabI A hill tins of Pipes, Tabacca, aaa Amoksrs' Articlss. 474 Commercial St. "La Belle Astoria" Clear Scheme's Opera Star Scheibe's Special And Other Branda C. J. TRENCH ARD, Commission, Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. Cuatom Houaa Broker, ASTORIA, .OREGON I Agent W . F. a 0o and Psolflo Kxpreu Co I. Special this Week Only IRON BEDSTEADS, $3.15 Oak Cobbler Seat Arm Rockers, $1.75 CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON 591595 COMMERCIAL STREET PORTLAND, April !.1.-Tbe demo crats and populists completed fusion this afternoon and their conventions adjourned this evening. Both conven lions were almost unanimously In fa vor or Hryan for president, but the populist delegates to the national con vention were Instructed to vole for no other democrat for president and lo vote only for a populist for vlce-pres. Ident, Just before o'clock tonight, the populist convention in a body visited the democratic convention and the two bodlea resolved themselves Into an as scmtjiy of electors and ratified the nominations made by both conventions. The following is the complete ticket: Justice of the supreme court, W. K. Ramsay (d?m.), Yamhill county; food and dairy commissioner, William Hchulmerlch (pop.), of Washington county. Congressman B. Daly (dem.). Lake county; W. Q. Smith (pop.). Baker county. Presidential electors Dell, Stuart (dem.), Multnjmah county; W. H. Pierce (dem.), Umatilla county; Ern est Kroner (pop.). Multnomah county; John Whltaker (pop.), Btnton county. Will R. King of Ontario was nomi nated for district attorney In the Ninth district and Samuel White of Baker City for district attorney in the Eighth district. John Jeffries was nominated for district attorney in the Third dis trict. The platform adopted by the fuslon la:s, . wuleh the democrats prepared and the populists "swallowed wnole" is in part aa follows: "We the democrats of Oregon, In convention assembled, do hereby re ulllrm and Indorse, in whole and In part altirm and indorse, in whole And in purl, in letter and In spirit, the plat form adopted by the democratic con vention held in Chicago In 18SW. (And the money plank of the democratic, people's party and silver republican parties of 1W8.) "We. favor amendments to the federal constitution, specially authorizing an Income tax and providing for-the elec tion of United States senators by di rect vote of the people. W e oppose government by Injunc tion and the blacklist, and favor ar bitration as a means of settling dis putes between corporations and -their employes. w e reaffirm our former declaration 1 nfavoi of the initiative and referen dum. -we uenounce tne aoctrtne that an executive or a congress created and limited by the constitution can exer else lawful authority beyond that constitution, and In violation of It. The Filipinos cannot be citixens without endangering our civilization they cannot be subjects without en dangerlng our form of government We favor an immediate declaration of tne nations purpose to give to the Filipinos, first, a stable form of gov ernment; second, independence, and, third, protection from outside Inter ference. We favor the expansion of trade by every legitimate and peaceful means, out we are opposed to pur chasing trade at the cannon's mouth with human blood. We oppose militarism. We sympathize with the Boer re publics of South Africa, in their noble and brave struggle for liberty and national existence. "We condiinn the present republican congress for obeying the demand of the trusts for a taritT upon goods im ported to Puerto Rico, and Inhibiting free intercourse between our people and the people of Puerto Rico in the matter of trade. "We condemn the Dingley tariff law aa a trust-breeding and extortion-in viting measure. ' We demand that articles controlled by trusts be placed upon the free lists, and we favor the enactment and en forcement of such laws as will effec tually suppress and destroy all trusts and all combinations of capital that control free intercourse and trade among our people. "We condemn the present financial legislation of congress of the United States. "We favor the immediate construc tion, ownership and fortification of the Mearngtian canal by the United States, w e are opposed to any and all pro posed legislation providing for the leasing to corporations or individuals any portion of the public domain for grazing purposes to the detriment of actual settlers and home seekers. We favor government ownership of tne telegraph as part of the postal sys tern of the United States. "We denounce the extravagance of the republican party of the state of Oregon, In Its management of state and municipal affairs." any difficulty. The lodges of which Mr, Horton waa a member, the Odd Fellow, Knights of Pythlaa and the Woodmen of the World, are making the necessary arrangements for the transfer. Mr. Hehlbrede writes that the funeral In Hkaguay was the most Impressive ceremony ever witnessed In that city, In regard t Mr. Morton' finance, Mr. Hehlbrede writes: "At the time of preparing the bodies for burial there wus found on the body of Horton the sum of 4120. Mr. Sessions, with whom Horton was quite Intimate, says that just before going on this, fatal trip, Horton had something like We have from the confession of the Indians that they look frjin hi p.x kts some stiver dollars. At the time of the four dcr Horton had on two pair of pants, and the money we found was in the pocket of the under pair, and was therefore not found by the Indians. Thero is some report that the Indians took from his body a money belt, but the truth of this report cannot be as certained." The Indians connected with the crime are all in Jail. There are twelve of them, including one woman. EDUCATING MAN-O-WAR'S MEN, Cruiser Buffalo Starts on Her First Cruine With Six Hundred Green Hands. NEW YORK, April 13.-The con verted cruiser Buffalo will leave the Brooklyn navy yard tomorrow after noon and proceed direct to the League island navy yard at Philadelphia. The ship will have on board sixty men from the receiving ship Vermont. At Philadelphia ninety men will be added and -U0 more at the Norfolk navy yard. When the Buffalo returns to this coun try In September all these men will be tlrst -class seamen. The itinerary or tne Burralo Includes the Azores, Gibraltar. Lisbon, Gravesend, Christ iana. Copenhagen. Stockholm. Kiel and Havre or Rouen. The officer and men men will have a chance to go to the Paris exposition. WILL MAKE THE CABLE. Large Steel and Wire Plant to Be Es tablished on the Pacific Coast. NEW YORK, April 13. The report that the American Steel and Wire Company contemplates the erection of a plant on the Pacific coast for the manufacture of the Honolulu cable. tha bill for which la now pending be fore ths United State senate, cannot be confirmed at the local offices of the company. The bill provides that the cable shall be of American manufac ture and it is understood that the American 6ted And Wire Company is likely to receive the contract to make the cable. BODIES OF THE HORTONS. It Will Cost 1200 to Bring Back the Remains. EUGENE, April 13.-The Eugene lodge of Odd Fellows is in receipt of a letter from Hon. C. A. Sehlbrede, Uni ted States commissioner for Alaska, In regard to the possibilities and ex penses of the removal of the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Horton from Skag way to Eugene. He estimates the ex penses of the removal at a little over $200, and say. It can be done without GIGANTIC WHEAT TRUST. Farmers to Be Asked to Raise Less Wheat and Hold for Higher Prices. MINNEAPOLIS, April 13. The Jour nal says: ah tne farmers of the world, in a sort of international trust to rtstrict the production of wheat and raise prices, ts the plan which it is hoped to carry into effect at the International Agricultural conference In Paris, to be held July 9 to IS. It is proposed to ask th? farmers of the world to reduce their wheat output by 20 per cent and not to sell a bushel for less than a dollar." GROWN OLD IN THE SERVICE Government Bureaus Burdened With Decrepit Employes. LIEUT. GILMORE'S COMMAND Uokiej lor a Captala lor the Sub-Mario Boat h,ol!ind--Msflr Applicant, for the Daoieroa Posllloa Newt From the Capital COWARDLY CAPTAIN. Deserts His Ship and Two Score Pas sengers When It Was Sinking. NEW YORK. April 13. At the bot tom of the sea outside of Santo Do mingo harbor the wreck of the French steamer "Georges Crolse" haa lain for more than two weeks. Enveloped in a mass of her wreckage are Ihe bodies of four men, two passengers and two sailors. Her captain, Francisco Cath rien. Is alive, but no one known his whereabouts. He ts said to have de serted his doomed ship and nearly thre score lieople that were aboard of her. The Clyde line steamship New York, which arrived tonight, brought the story of the wreck. The New York saved all except the four mentioned. NEW YORK, April 13.-A special to the Times from Washington says: The senate recently adopted a reso lution calling upon the heads of de partments to inform the senate aa to the number of employes In the depart ments, together with their age and a statement as to the number incapa- ciited for any reason. The answers have been coming In from day to day and they contain some suggeottve facts. The report from the treasury shows trat there are 331 employe between the age of CO and 54 years old, 100 be tween ?S and O; C6 between 70 and 71 year, 2ITetween 75 and 79 years, and 10 who are over SO year old. Fourteen persona In the office of the auditor of the war department are par tially lacking In the physical or men tal capacity necessary for the full dis charge of their official duties. About fifty persons In different bureaus are physically disqualified for manual la bor, but not for clerical service. Seven persons In the office of the chief clerk; of the treasury are physically or men tally tncapaciated In part for manual labor. In the interior department there are 162 employes between the ates of 5 and 69 years, inclusive; 58 between 70 and 74 years, Inclusive; 28 between 75 and 79 years, inclusive, and four who are over 80 year old. The total number of employe in the lepartment I 3.225. Presidential ap pointee and laborers are not Included in these figure. WASHINGTON, April 13.-Lleuten- ant Commander J. C. Glllmore. who was in captivity among the Filipinos. was today ordered to immediate duty a executive officer of the cruiser Prairie, which will be engaged in short cruises with the naval militia. Now that the Holland sub-marine boat has become a naval vessel under the terms of contract the government must proceed within a reasonable time to provide a commander and crew for her. Notwithstanding the element of dan ger supposed to be involved, there is no lack of applicants for first com mand from Junior naval officers. The disposition is to refrain from ordering any regular to the post but to give it to a volunteer. BRYAN THEIR CHOICE. Populist Delegates From California to Support the Silver Leader. SAN FRANCISCO, April 13. The populist's state central committee to night selected thirty-six delegates to the national populist convention. The delegates were not Instructed but open expressions indicate that W. J. Bryan is the choice of the majority. BRYAN IN NjiW MEXICO. WASHINGTON. April lJ.-Mallot. a reporter who was in the Coeur d' Alene district during the riots, con tinued his testimony today. He waa cross questioned at much length as to the authenticity of various articles written by him on the subject. One of these gave the result of an Inter view bet ween Bartlett Sinclair, lepre sentative of Governor Steunenburg, and President McKinley In which the president was alleged to have said that he approved what Idaho author ities had done In dealing with disas ter. The article also quoted Sin clair as referring to certain members of the investigating committee as "congressional dupes" of "dynamiters'' in the Coeur d'Alene district. The wit ness testified to the authenticity of these and many other renorts. Ill J cross-exttmlnation will he continued to morrow. A petition to the committee of the house on rules waa prepared today re quiring that body to fix the time for taking up the Nicaragua canal bill. Hepburn circulated the petition on the republican side and up to the time of adjournment had secured 61 signature.. Adamson. who circulated the petition on the democratic side, said: "There Is no opposition whatever on this side and every man present today has signed the petition." Notwithstanding these efforts, it was Intimated pretty strongly in well in formed quarters that the committee on rul.'s was not likely to bring In a spec ial rule. DENVED. Anrll 13. A SDeclal to the Kepubucan from Albuquerque says: Irm territorial democratic convention today elected six delegates to the na tional convention and Instructed them to vote for W. J. Bryan for Dresident Bryan arrived here tonight and will speak twice tomorrow. The Santa Fe shops will be closed to permit employes to near Kryan. WILLIAM MARSHALL PARDONED. SALEM. Or.. April 13. A full oardon ioaay was granted to Wl Ham JIar snail, agea nineteen, wno received a penitentiary sentence in Julv. 1898. from Baker county, of eight years for Killing James Keed. DEATH OF P. D. NORTON. TACOMA. April 13. P. D. Norton. assistant treasurer of the St. Paul & Tacoma Mill Company, president of the Tacoma city council and a member of the Tacoma Land Company direc tory, aiea this morning, after an Ill ness of two days' of Bright's disease. DEWEY AND BRYAN TO MEET. CHICAGO. April 13. Admiral Dew ey and William J. Bryan will meet Tuesday evening, May 1, at the Lake side Club banquot for the first time ince the hero of Manila announced that he was a presidential candidate. IDAHO TOWN BURNED. Buildings Blown Up to Stop the.'n. flagration Several Fatal and Serious Accidents. HOPE, Idaho, April 13.-At 2:30 to day a fire broke out In Chase's saloon, resulting in the complete destruction of the following property: Chase' sa loon, Fleet's restaurant, W. J. Quirk's store and post office, barber shop, Da vis' saloon, Meade's restaurant, Hom ing's house, Mrs. Lefley's house and a church. By blowing up a number of adjoin ing buildings Wanemaker's store w.i saved, thereby preventing a total !, of the western, portion of the town As Harry Auxer was going to see why the charge of dynamite, which he had placed in a barber shon .ti.i explode, it suddenly went off, throwing nun .irr on me oana and below the railroad tracks. He is serloni it..J ed about the head and his lifo i ,V ..." paired of. . Some boys were' walkinsr ah. i. ruins when Willie Monroe found a loaded pistol and while hnnHi.. . . ,.f V.I. .... Jl IK we .un luiiiiuueB n exiilodwt hub vuue m me breast and k HUH UJi,.Ul.U.f . A ,. ... .., . . the time and it la believed 7i .'. tridge was exploded by the ht ' The total loss by fixe $; y:0 , no Insurance. ' hit. I Bl car-