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ASTORIA. .OREGON
W. t. aGo., and pacllo KxprtM Co I.
ROBEERTS NEARLY
READY TO MOVE
But in What Direction lie Is Go
ng the Censor Saycth Not.
DEWETSDORP IS OCCUPIED
Rumor el Aa 1 1 1 1 r el Wepcicr No
Verillca by Official Rcport.He.rr
R.ls. Art Impctflai Ibe Brit
lik Open Hon.
1.0NDON, Afrit 20, 4.20 a. m.-A de
luge if rain, lasting ten daya, haa
brought i" niU'imh In the southeastern
lu rt of lint Kitu Hiuti- ulmoHt lo a
ntmi'lMt III. Creek have become roar
iti it river and the road are Ht reams
uf mul.
A slntrtilur iixtouige, dated Bloemfon
teln, April lit, anl beginning "via
pie t-iinir, llloeinfonteln," report
an exehuntfe uf shot In the direction
if Dcwetsdirp, where the Boi.-r are
auiil to be loii'-rtiiraUim "after their
withdrawal frgm Wrpener." There la
nuthlng vise to Indicate that the In
vistnient f W-kht ha bwn aban
doned by the IlorrN.
Not AliliHluiiillnif the rain, however,
Oiu llrl'Uli have inudc mune tri)grvaa,
ui, Di-wi:U!ir hua tttcn occupied by
l hi mi, prubahly by the alvauce of
flciicial Itun ll -n division. . Dvweledurp
la about H m-t from W'epjnw.
An obm-ur. mctdage from Allwal
North, dated April 19, aaya that Otn
rral llrubnnt haa arrived there, but
whether he returned alone or with hie
troopa la not clear.
lU'irla from Allwal North aver that
from 1,000 to 10,000 Ibxr are at Wep-
ener. Urteii led n piirta of the Uloem-
fontiln concert for the benefit of the
widow a and orphuna have been cabled.
The concert, the weuther and the bare
ataicmcnt that Lord Itoberta la ready
to move, are about the nly thing's that
the cenaor liaa allowed to paaa, and a
correspondent who unnuuncea that
Ird Ilobvrta 1 ready to move, doea
not IoJfy the dlrectln nln which he
la Rolng.
A THKAl'llBHOUS QANl).
l. n Taken Out With the Chicago Am-
bulance Corp Have Deaerted to
th lloer Army.
WASlllNOTON, April 19.-Unltod
Stall's t'onxul Hay at Pretoria haa no
tilled the atatn department by cable
of tho reported action of the mem-
bera of the Chkngo ambulance corpa
In Inking up anna In the lloer army,
liiNtiud of continuing with the hospi
tal corps to which they hai pledged
themaelvea upon leaving the United
flutes.
Miss Uartou was aald to have de
clared that certain mcmbera of the
party were known to her and believed
to be going under true colors.
The officials here say nothing can be
done by them to prevent such viola
tions of giKtd faith.
The men did not go out with arms
and an did not fulfill the legal descrip
tion of a tlllbuMteiing parly.
BUYING IN AMERICA.
United Slues Will Furnish Electrical
Machinery for Mexico.
CITY OF MEXICO, April 19.-About
all tho machinery and equipment ma
terial for tho electrical traction system
adopted for an extensive system of
street railways here In the federal dis
trict Is being bought In the United
States.
Sir Weetman Pearson, the great
Kngllsh contractor, who has now con
tracts amounting to 1100,000,000 pend
ing here, Is In tho city on his way
back to England. Ho says of the Vera
Cms port works, which his firm Is
building, that they are practically fin
ished. All the breakwaters have been com
pleted for every effective purpose and
and a n?w deep water quay giving over
800 yards of shipping space will be
completed In six months, allowing ships
drawing over thirty feet of water a
chance to discharge their cargoes
alongside the pier,
A big disinfecting establishment (or
Special tus week Only
IRON BEDSTEADS, $3.15
Oak Cobbler Seat Arm Rockers, $1.75
CHARLES I1EILB0RN & SON
391-395 COMMERCIAL STREET
poMKvngers and baggage will he built
at Vera Crux so aa to do away with
'luurantlno on ships leaving Vera Crux,
some steamer now refusing to take
passengers at Vera Crui for New Or,
lean aa on arrival at that pert they
are subjected to five days' quarantine.
Work has begun on the main drain
age of the City of Vera Crus', accord
ing to diulgns by William Fox, sani
tary engineer. Owing to the city be
ing only a Mltle above tho '-a level,
the drainage scheme ha to be a pumi
lug one.
THF. OOVKKNOK'H CONFERENCE.
Demand for Cession of Arid Lands to
Several Ktates lo Be Made.
HALT LAKE. April 19.- Governor
Lee of South Dakota and Governor
Pointer of Nebraska arrived today and
took part In the proceedlnga of the
governor of the Western statea who
have mat to discuss subjects of In
terest to this section.
After a general discussion, a com
mitten waa appointed to formulate res
olution against the leasing of the pub
lic arid lands by the general govern
ment and demanding the cession of
such land to the several Mates should
any chungw In the present system be
made.
THE DUKE D AItCOS,
Has Again Been "Insulted" With an
Invitation to Visit Chicago.
CHICAGO, April 19,-Kpaln's minis
ter to tho United States, the Duka
D'Arcos. Is to be Invited to attend the
thirty-fourth annual encampment of
tlv; G. A. It., to be held In Chicago
In August.
His acceptance Is expected, notwith
standing that the duke waa Irritated
by the receipt of a reuuest that he at
tend the Dewey celebration.
NEVADA REPUBLICANS.
Delegates Elected to National Con
vention and McKlnley Endorsed.
CARSON. Nev.. April 19. -The repub
lican state convention today elected
six delegates to the national conven
tion. The platform adopted indorses
the administration of President Mo
Kittle and favor the largest use of
both gold and silver us money.
DIDN'T EAT AN INDIAN.
British Columbia Halfbr?cd Poet Ac
quitted of a Grewsome
Charge.
VANCOUVER. B. C. April 19.-Geo.
Hunt, a halfbreed writer upon Indian
customs and folk lore, has been ac
quitted of participation in a recent pot
Inch, where t!:e flesh of dead and liv
ing Indians wai devoured.
THE NEW CREED.
Poll of New York Clergymen Shows
a Majority in Favor of It.
NEW YQRK, April 19.-The Journal
and Advenlser has polled as many of
the Presbyterian clergymen of Greater
New York aa could be reached upon
the subject of a change of creed. The
result follows:
For a new creed, S3; against revision,
14. non-cominltal, 8.
GERMAN NAVAL BILL.
In Spite of Opposition It Will Be
Passed by the Middle of May.
NEW YORK. April 19. A dispatch
to the Herald from Berlin says:
A movement In favor of the navy Mil
has begun In the ranks of the centrist
party. The organs of the party an
nounce with unanimity that the meas
ure will be passed about the middle
of May.
AN OHIO BANKRUPT.
CHICAGO. April 1. Liabilities
amounting to 218,140 are scheduled in
a petition In bankruptcy tiled In the
United States district court by John
D. Brlggs, a large stockholder in the
Flndlay Rolling Mill Company, Find
lay, O. Most of the debts were con
tracted at Cleveland In 1S97. There
are no assets.
AN EXPENSIVE SEAT.
NEW YORK. April 19.-A-stock ex
change seat waa sold today for $41,500.
This Is a new record price.
ARTILLERY TO
BE INCREASED
Nearly Eighteen Thousand Offi
cers and Men Provided For.
MANY PROMOTIONS POSSIBLE
It Will Be SttreiUcf lata Coast asa FkM
Division a.d Commssdci ay Aa
Officer Riatbi u Llcslca-ait-OcaeraL
WASHINGTON, April 19.-Scretary
Root had a further hearing before the
etip.i; committee on military affaira
today upon his proposition for the re
oncanlzatlon of the army.
A sub-committee of the full commit
ter reported a measure Intended to
i"! the more urg-nt needa of the ser
vice, which It is expected will be press
ed during the present session.
The artillery Is to be divided Into
coast and Held artillery, under a chief
of artillery aclecUd from the colonels
of artillery and with a forca of thir
teen colonels, twelve lieutenant-colonels,
thlrty-slx majors, one hundred
and sixty captains and a like number
of first and second lieutenants, and
not to exceed 17,448 privates. Thera
ars to be not exceeding eighteen field
batteriea.
The attlllery Is to be Increased to the
figure named at the rate of 10 per cent
each year until the aggregate la reach
ed. The last secUona confer upon the
senior major general the rank of lieu
tenant general, and upon the adjutant
general, the rank of major general.
NEW BRIGADIER-GENERALS.
Three Volunteer Generals to Be Re
warded With Promotions.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-Represen-tatlve
Groavenor, of Ohio, haa intro
duced a bill authorising the president
to appoint three volunteer officers as
brigadier-generals with a view to their
retirement
The bill is an administration meas
ure, having been presented by Groa
venor after conference with adminis
tration cfllclals and at their request.
It is designed to benefit General Joseph
Wheeler, General Fltxhugh Lee, and
General Janies H. Wilson, all of them
volunteer officers, who, by the terms
of the bill would be Klven rank as
brigadier-generals In the regular ser
vice and subsequently retired.
ANOTHER GREAT OUTRAGE.
American Gold-Standard Money to
Take the Place of Puerto Rlcan
Spanish Coins.
WASHINGTON. April 19.-The treas
ury department haa completed ar
rangement for the retirement of all
Puerto Rico money and the substitu
tion of American currency. - James A.
Sample, chief of the Issue division of
Treasurer Roberts' office, and W. P.
Watson, of New York, expert account
ant, have been selected to go to Puerto
Rico to make the exchange.
It is estimated that there are 10,000,
000 pieces of silver and other metal
lic currency tn the Island and now in
circulation.
These pieces are worth five million
posoa. Congress has decided that the
exchange shall be mde on a basis of
60 cents for each pesos.
About $3,000,000 of American money
will, therefore, be required to take up
all the minor money of Puerto Rico.
STAMP TAX REPEAL.
New York Merchants Association Has
Memorialized Congress on the
Subject.
WASHINGTON. April 19.-Chalrman
Payne of the house congress on, ways
and means, today received a memorial
from the Merchants' Association of
New York, which will be presented to
the committee tomorrow. It Is an ap
peal for the abolition of the stamp tax
on express shipments, railroad and
steamboat shipments and telegrams.
It is stated that the charges exacted
by the express companies are ruinous
to certain classes of mercantile busi
ness and that to this the express com
panies add a stamp tax, placing It on
the shipper with the sanction of the
supreme court.
THE CUBAN CENSUS.
a a i i
Total Population of 1,672.797 the Na
tive Whites Far Outnumber
the Blacks.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-The result
of the Cuban census was made public
today. ' -
The flijuos, in the opinion of war de
partment officials, fully Justify the de
termination of the ad ml ulnt rat Ion to
allow municipal suffrage In Cuba at an
early date. . -
Tho officials are gratified to And- that
the native Cubans constitute so large
i portion of the population; that the
vhlteg so greatly outnumber the
black and that so large a proportion
f the native population read and write.
In thslr "opinion there seem to be no
room for the objection that the pro
posed basis of suffrage would result
In turning the island over to the con
trol of Spain.
The total population of Cuba la
l.C;2,W. There are 447,372 whites male
and 4(2,926 female . of native birth.
There are 111,899 male negroc and
122,744 female negroes. The popula
tion of Havana City is 235,981.
FOUND IT NO JOKE.
Turkish Minister Smelling Around the
Slate Department Learns Noth
' Ing to HI Comfort.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-Among
the caller on Acting Secretary Hill
today waa All Ferrouh Bey, the Turk
ish minister to Washington.
It is understood that while aware
there haa been nothing so far In the
nature of an ultimatum, the minister
was Impressed with the fact that the
situation la actually one of great grav
ity and it la presumed he will so in
form his government.
THE PHILIPPINE DUTIES.
War Department Considering an Ap
peal for Their Reduction.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-The war
debarLment haa taken tin th nuHilnn
of reducing the tariff on American
u.nii:u gooua, preserves, etc., going to
the Philippines.
The reduction of duties is being urg
ed by the Pacific coast members.
M KINLEY IN PATTERSON.
He and Mrs. McKlnley Will Be the
Guests of Mrs. Hobart.
PATTERSON. N. J April 19.-Preal-dent
and Mrs. McKlnley and Mrs. Ho
bart. widow of the late vlce-uresl-
dent. arrived here thla afternoon.
The president and hla wife will be
the guccta of Mrs. Hobart until Satur-
A3l Hl-W itm U3U.M 'auilUOUI iVjf
for New York.
CHANCE FOR GOMEZ. '
. WASHINGTON. April 1.-The- Cu
ban elections will be held on June 11
CKOTON DAM STRIKE.
Contractors Have Made on Offer of
Compromise to the Men.
NEW YORK, April 19.-The con
tracting firm of Coleman, Breuchaud
A Coleman, may after all end the
strike at the Cornell dam and its quar
rels by adding $16 a day or less to its
pay roll, as It haa made known its
willingness to give the lobarer class
ed as hand drilling $1.50 a day of ten
hours, the compromise rate asked by
the strikers.
The firm insists that this la not a
"concession," because had the men not
struck this would have been paid.
The strikers had not last evening ar
rived at any decision in regard to the
offer.
GERMANY'S DOUBLE DEALING.
After Fomenting the Boer Uprising,
She Insults Their Peace
Emissaries.
BERLIN, April 19.-The Berliner
Tageblatt. in an Inspired article says:
"If the Boer peace delegation really
expects European Interference It will
not be spared the same disappointment
that M. Theirs met with in 1S70, when
on a similar mission."
Baron Reltxensteln, a major on the
general staff, and Lieutenant Thlssen,
who were sent to the Boer side to gath
er military impressions have now re
turned here.
REDUCED THEIR SENTENCES.
Otis Cuts Off Part of the Sentence of
Three Philippine Guerillas.
MANILA, April 19. The military
commission which tried the three Phll
Iplnos at Locallamba for guerilla war
fare has found all three guilty and
sentenced two of them to life impris
onment and one to 30 years imprison
ment. ' General Otis has approved the find
ings, but has reduced the sentences
to 13 years. Two Ladrones convict
ed of murder have been sentenced to
be hanged at O'Donnell.
v GOOD LORD DELIVER US!
NEW YORK, April 19. The baseball
season was opened today.
CRIPPLE CREEK NEXT TIME.
HOUSTON. Tex., April 19.- The
Trans-Mlsslsslppl Congress today de
cided to hold the next annual, conven
tion at Cripple Creek, Colo.
CONSUMPTIVES BARRED.
ALAMEDA, Cal., April 19.-The
board of education of this city has
adopted a rule forbidding the employ
ment as teachers in the public schools
of any persona who are afttlcted with
tuberculosis.
POOR DEWEY ON
THE RACK AGAIN
Made to Recant His Famous
Definition of a Democrat.
HE TAKES IT ALL BACK
Swear. He Never Said Tbey Wert Trailer,
la War and Fools la Peace-Was Per
Maally Acqlirted Witb TkMMa'di
Who Fbt la tke War.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-In reply
to a letter from the editor of the Ham
ilton Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, rela
tive to a paragraph which haa been
going the round of the newspapers,
Admiral Dewey today sent the follow
ing communication:
"You aak if I am correctly report
ed aa saying 'well, I'll tell you, what
a democrat Is: In time of war a demo
crat Is a damned traitor; in time of
peace he Is a damned fool.' Thla is one
of the thousand of lies uttered con
cerning me, to attempt to contradict
all of which would require more time
than Is at my command.
"However, I have never said or
thought of such a thing aa the forego
ing statement accredited to me. I have
a very fond remembrance of the
thousand and tcna of thousands of
war democrats whom I knew and who
are some of the best fighters this coun
try -ever saw."
CATTLE THIEVES KILLED.
One of Them IdentiSed as a Union Pa
cific Train Robber.
SALT LAKE, April 19. A pecla to
tb Tribune from Thompsons, Utah,
says:
Mr. Fullerton, manager of the Webs
ter City Cattle Company, yesterday
discovered two men mutilating traoda
on bis cattle. Tbey threatened to
shoot and he retreated.
With the astibtarice of the sheriff and
a poe.se, the thieves were overtaken 71
miles north of ;here and ordered to '
surrended. The -thieves showed fight,
and a battle ensued, one of the out
laws being Instantly killed,
The dead man answers the descrip
tion of "Flat Nose" George, who is
one of the men that robbed a Union
Pacific train about a year ago.
BAD FOR MRS. DEWEY.
Mr. Bryan Still Exhibiting in Teaaa
and "Never F"elt Better in
Hla Life.
ST. LOUIS. April 19.-The following
dispatch waa received this afternoon
from Austin, Texas:
"To the editor of the Post Dispatch:
You may state for roe that the stories
that I am In til health are untrue. I
have never felt better In my life.
"I speak tonight at the University
Auditorium, and next Saturday at
Yeargin's Grove, this county, and on
next Tuesday at Wichita, Kansas. -"W.
J. BRYAN."
LONGSTREET TO BE PENSIONED.
His .Services as Major In the Mexican
War Recognlaed. .
WASHINGTON, April 19. Senator
Gallinger, chairman of the uenate com
mittee on pensions today introduced a
bill in the senate granting a pension
of $",p u month to General Longatreet.
The bill gtves the general's service
as that of major In the Eighth United
States infantry during the Mexican
war and makes no reference to his con
nection with the confederacy.
EIGHTY PER CENT PAID.
Governor Geer Haa Received the Mon
ey for Equipping the Second
Oregon.
SALEM. Or., April 19. The governor
today received thltry thousand dollars
from the war department, being 80
per cent of the amount claimed by the
state for the equipment of the Second
Oregon volunteer Infantry at the time
It was mustered Into the federal ser
vice for duty In the Spanish-American
war.
IMPORTANT FOREIGN CONTRACT.
Westli'ghouse Company Will Equip the
Paris Underground Railway.
PITTSBURG, April 19.-VVord haa
been received from PariB that the
WestlnBhouse Electric Company ban
closed contracts for the equipment of
the metropolitan underground railroad
of Paris, and the suburban lints of the
railroad De L'Ouest of Franco.
The company will also equip a larj.'
power house for supplying all -.hfi eu. .
face railroads of Paris wU;, t-!..'(r;-current
and has equipped the tiwv. . .
sidewalk at the exposition, aa w. a
an electric railway which runs .;.
the exposition ground.
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