The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, April 21, 1900, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextrioTicmi , . I ij i . l ' J 1 " ' . n , . , ., - -u:'. .U''On. An 4 j UiKAM ASSGC1A1 Xm. will lie I' Mc VOL. L. AHTOUIA, OREGON, BVIUKDAY. APIUL 21, 1900 NO. 275 IP 1 i M il rK" nrfT'i ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. 5PKINU LAMIJ ami every variety of choice frrsh meats. Mew Oregon Asparagus Hot-house Lettuce and l-irge variety of choice vegetables. Ross, Higgins & Co. Spring (Goods Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Flien, Hooks, Leaders, Baskets, etc. Everything necessary to complete your outfit. Spa ij Ming's Base Ball Goods The best in the world. Croquet Sets and Bird Cage A lare assortment to select from. GRIFFIN & REED ..The Empire and.. Mikado Separators NONE BETTER CALL ON... fOARD & STOKES CO. Atil'.NTS, Astoria. Ore. und he convinced that when you got an Empire or a Mikado that you wtll K't the Hint Separator manufactured. Investigate lirfore you buy elsewhere. CLATSOP MILL CO.: ASTORIA, OPE. Fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber Boxes, Sash and Doors, Shingles and Mouldings W. F. SCHEIBE, A lull lino of Plpoo, Tobacco, nd 3mok.ro' Artlcit.. 41 Commorclnl Ml. C. J. TRENCH ARD, Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. The Drain ii (Mm your pur will amount to very little If you have tin da your repairing anil plumbing of til KIikIm. Wo are always reason uliln hi our charge, prompt and obliging in service, and our work cannot hv oxiolli'd In plumbing, gas or steam fitting. How U ymir out plumbing wearing lot u know. STRAWBERRIES BANANAS and SWEl T JUICY 0R4NCCS Complete line of STAPLE AND TANCY CRocFpirs m I Manufacturer of the Always Hcliablo "La Belle Astoria" Cigar Scheme's Opera Star Scheme's Special And Otttr Dranda Cumtoin Houmo Urokor. ASTORIA, .OREGON Agent W. H. 40o.,u(l Pacific Riprett Co . DULLER MAY NOT HAVE TO RET URN Disclaimer of Such Purpose in Publishing Roberts' Dispatch. DALGETTY STILL PENNED IP Out the March I poo Wcpcncr Still Continue Over the Sodden IfiisdiKoberU Will D Ltll I rce lo Work Out till I'liM. LONDON. April 21, 4.20 a. m.Gcn cial Ciitrriudde and Ccm-rat Bundle mo moving our tin- sudden rouds. The rain wax Kill fulling whin they went Into inn, ii Thursday afternoon, 1$ ..i ,., p. ,ney n.u th rallwuy and Mouihcrii fromler of the fret HtdCo with iO.WH) men. Mow ninny are Ruing with 'ho ten rraia who Mill eiiKK thu lioerii at Vi m ner In not nii'iiiiniu-d In the Intent ill. -p:j tch fruin (Arl (ii p(iri, iliere the lill loll blvouui'kid Wrdnilduy liltilit Tho field IcIcKiuiih end there. Tliuia'iay the mill had Col.,n-l rnlajt'l'.y. ilimrly p mifd up. TIio Ki'Vciiinieut'a riunon for publUh- liiK Lord Kil rtn' Hpioni.op lilMpauhea in t;xpl:tfn l lait ewnliiK ut lhe Hull by Waller Munie Umg, prenident of the board of aKrh ulture, who mild that the country wan rum led to receive all Uii infot nidllon the government could give. "ill government I told, contin ued Unig. "tnat iiuvltig puullhlicd tne ulKputcuca II la bound lo deal luime- Uluicly with the gcnviula aKeoicd. but, in following fuih a ciiiimc, the got em inent imgiii liuve lo dliiinlita every gen eral Hie moment lie made a mistake llud vucli a policy hern ptimued In the I iial, Mi'iiiy of the niont Kloilous ilcv la Woul I Hot have been pt-rformed. r ini the b uini'lni; of the cam paign Utr Slu,.ty mliilhteia hawe ml awerved from the rule of leaving the conduct of operation to the dia rreti-m ond Ju lgmcnt of the coimnan- der-in-ihtef. WOUK lUMTISll CArTirilED. Two OfluiTM of lirabant'a Horae and a I'oor Newnpaer Correnpor.dent 8cnt to Pretoria. ALIWAL NORTH. April 20,-Oaptaln I.litlc, of Urubiinl'a Horae, Lieutenant llolhrook and Mr. Milne, a Iteuter l'orrcpoinlent, fell Into the handa of the eniiiiy while trying to reach Wep iier a week ago. Everything Has taken from the prlaonera and they were ent to I'rotorlft. Their nutlve aervanta. who eacaped from the Itoer luagi-r near Wepener, iny that there Mere four guna dia- utile,) and tlte itoera had lout 100 killed alone. It la bIho iincertnined that the Boers mmle a nix lit aUuck April 11, but were UtM'ovcied by the Cape Mounted Killca with Maxima, who tired Into them, with thu rcHUlt that the Boera out five wogiin loads of kille.1 and wounded. A Hlinultuueourf at tuck in other uuar- era Hiia rcpulxed by the British, who uaed their bayoneta. UOTHA S1TCEEDS JOl'RKRT. And for Trumivanl Government Pchulk- burger Una Uoen tJaietted Vlce-Presldeni. I'KTTOKIA, April .. -Mit,.u Ooneral Fchnlliburgcr hits been guxetted for Ice-prenlctent (In Biiccci,lon to the late ieni rnl Jmihi'i t) and ileneral Loula Itnllitt hua b"en Kuxciteil an active com- iiitindtint gcncrnl, ucceciiln!! UcneiMl Jiiiibcrt In command u". the TimiHVi.al forcca. MAS hOUERTS ADVANCED? """ a Reported Firing at Karee Siding Con strued to Mean That He Haa. LONDON.' April 20. The report of the lighting nt Karee Siding, six miles north of Olenn, contained In a special dlBpatch from Rlocrnfonteln today, mny be the first news of the progress of the Rrltish advance nn Pretoria, but even If this were only un unimportant skirmish, there are many oth-.T Indi cations that Lord Roberts. Is cither tnrtlng or has already started for the northern goal. A dispatch from Cape Town, under today's date, saya: The rcnxorshlp reittrlctluna have been greatly Increased, owing to the movements of troops." All the dis- Special fr s IRON BEDSTEADS, $3.15 Oak Cobbler Seat Arm Rockers, $1.75 CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON 591-593 COiWMERCIAL STREET patche bear trace of the strenuous efforts of tho correspondent to give th"lr paper fin Inkling of what In afoot. The Poer iu'.h of Hloc-mfonu-ln are reported to b) retreating. Large com mit ml were seen April 18 near Tra bunn'.hu, moving l the north. Their progress wim alow, nowever, owing to th terrible condition i.t tho country. By way of Pretoria cnrari the report that fever Is declmlnatlng the Mafek Inn KiirrlHon, hihI a IHti r frum the mayor of Miifcklnrf, ay I,or1 Kotmrt lint iiikrj Colonel IJulen Powell to hold out until May 20. Cecil Ithoil'H ri'lurna to Capa Town t'lmoirow. Th( announcement (if hid dpiu'ltirv v.aa uni'Xp"ci:il, It In learn ni thin ',h -.-ult'i-J "empire tnaktr" camu to Kiuliimt purely on bunln C'iriiifcti'd with the Hrltlih t'hart-rcd Hotith African t.'oinpiiny, anl the I I'c ix Mine Company. Lady latnrr will hi! a fellow f oa cnBT "f Mr. ItliodcH. fh-i la Kilng ax fur aa Mod -Ira to m- t her 1 un hand, the Hrltlnh Kcn'-ral, who haa bi'cn K-'iit buck lo Knglund. ALIWCUT HAS ftETI.'KNED. MnlK a Onut D:monm ration Over Ilia KMcape From the A (Man ning iiullet. i MiXION, April JM.-The I'rlnie of NVuiri, arilicl ut Dover thla evenlnR, ,,u r frlim ..M ,,. ,.. IIUII.'ll. Tin! r!'.urn of 'he ,'rlnce was made the occasion for spontaneous demon strHtlons of enthusiasm by thou'ands of pa nuns uht thronged the elation, to siiow llu'lr gladn-sa at the heir up parent a twiipe Irorn death FIRING AT KAREE SIDING. LONDON, April 20.-A special dis patch from lilocmfontein under yea let. Iny a date, saya firing is report'.- to be In progress gnulh of Karee H 1 lug, six miles north of Glenn. The "irensth of tho Ilorrs is not known, The British infantry hold a strong po sition on the large dam. THE COTTON STATISTICS. An Expert Kpectal Agent Will Be Ap pointed for the Work of the Twelfth Census. NEW yOKK. April 20.-A special to the Tribune from Washington says: The present method of ascertaining the magnitude of the cotton crop are considered unsatisfactory by the mana ger of the twelfth census. Two estl males made by equally good observers, but baaed on ocular observation of i few eotton fields In each country re. riucrd to an avtrag. may be hundreds of thousands of bales apart. And It Is Inevitable, where there is local con sumption of cotton, that a considerable part of the crop wtll not be reported under any system however thorough, of counting the bales as they pass over transportation lines. Thero Is a preferable method of as- rirlaining the amount of the crop exactly, for there Is one process that of ginning lo which all cotton for any commercial or industrial use whatever must be subjected. If one could ob tain from all the cotton gins of the country reports of the staple they have turned out, the precise aggregate of tho whole crop would be known. It Is proposed to apply this process In taking the twelfth census, the Held work of which is to begin on June 1. An eXierl special ugent haa been ap pointed, whose sole duty will be to obtain returns from all the ginning and baling establishments In the cotton growing region. PENALTIES TO BE ENFORCED. New Japanese Exclusion Law Applied In British Columbia. VICTORIA. U. C, April 20. The tramp steamship Miles, which arrived Wednesday with 900 Japanese imml grams for the United Slates, will to morrow be required to puy the maxi mum penalties for carrying more pus sengers than allowed by law. Tlinng Far Wong, the latest Chinese arrested, confesses that he helped to bury the body of Chief of I'oilce Main, of bteventon, but says his two com panions committed the murder and then forced him to assist in the burial GOVERNOR TAYLOR INDICTED. Democrats in Kentucky Paving the Way for Necessary Federal Interference. FRANKFORT. Ky April 20.-Pollt teal circles were much disturbed thla afternoon over conlllctlng rumors re garding the grand Jury action In the Uoenel murder case and It was gen erally reported that, despite all de nials, an Indictment had been returned against Governor Taylor. FOUND A LEDGE' OF KAOLIN. TACOMA, April 20. Three farmers living in the Nesqually valley report ed last night they had found a well defined ledge of Knalln or China clay nine miles from Eatonvllie. There Is only one other deposit on the coast Week Only THE CANAL BILL SURE TO PASS Both Sides Have Agreed on Com promise Amendment. WILL BE VOTED ON MAY McKlnlcy Will Be Suntaioci fa Hi Firm Slifld for Ibe Hay-Pauncctole Truly Tot Fortlficstloa CIjuk Has Beta Strkkci Out. WASHINGTON. April iO.-After the announcement that the Nicaragua can al bill would be taken up In the house May 1st, In thj amended form, Hep burn state 1 that the pauHge of tho hill Is iiniiicstlonable. The main dissent to the change in the bill came from Adamson, of Geor gia, who desire! to have the words "forUfy" and "defend" retained aa against any doub'.ful or compromising plirase. Barhain, upon whose motion in the ioiiunl:te the chungk were, effected paid "the changes are designed to oveiconie the objections which have been raised and I have reason to be lieve they will ucci-mpllsh that enl nnd make the bill generally accepta ble. "The words 'fortify' and 'defend' ap peared to Invite a controversy and di ploinallf complications, and In view of the action of the administration In negotiating the Hay-Paunctfote treaty it appears entirely needless to raise any diplomullc issue ailh Englam sln'ply on ths use of the words, "ill the amended form, ample author ity Is given to ,olice and to protect the canal against destruction by ev doers and by the time the canal la completed, six or eight years hence, thue will be a full opportunity to de termine v.hr;her it should be perma nentiy protected oy lonincauons or by our navy." CANNED ROAST BEEF. It Will He Served as a RaUon to Part of the Troop In the Philippine... wAoiu.uiTj., April zo. rne war department oflh-lals have been com polled to resort to the use of canned roast beef for the subsistence of the army In the Philippines. This Is due to the fact that ll is ab solutely essential that the soldiers shall be served with fresh meat, and because of the Impossibility of pro viding refrigerator beef or catUe on the hoof under existing conditions, the army being scattered among 160 points In various parts of the archipelago at considerable distance from the nvarest shipping point. I here are no cattle available and the .refrigerated beef which has here lofore formed the principal baia of subsistence for the troops cannot be preserved In good condition long enough to reach many of the Inland posts. HOPE FOR THE CANAL. The Fortification Clauses Wit! Be Stricken Out of the Nicaragua Kill and It Will Be Passed. WASHINGTON, April 20. The house committee on Interstate and foreign commerce today made an Important change In the Hepburn Nicaraguan canal bill, striking out the provision for fortification and thus providing what Is expected to become a compro mise, which will aid in bringing the measure to an early consideration. Representative Hepsurn, in -charge of the bill, announced that a definite arrangement had been reached by which the bill will be considered by the house on May 1 and 2 and will be passed. MORE INSPECTORS REQUIRED. The Rush of Japanese Immigration Too Great for Present Force to Manage. WASHINGTON. April 20.-Assistant Secretary Taylor of the treasury de partment has wired the immigration Inspector at Port Townsend authority to employ three emergency assistants to aid in handling the Japanese im migrants. One thousand arrived yesterday nnd 2.;W are expected tomorrow. FLOODS AT NEW ORLEANS. The Situation Much Worse Than at First Reported. NEW ORLEANS, April 20. New Or leans has ceased to regard the Hood situation as a temporary inconvenience. As time haa passed and as the full scope of the disaster which visited this section of the country in the excessive rains which began In the" early days of the week, and still continue, has be-?n learned, the conviction has been Irresistibly brought home that a calam ity of appalling magnitude has been xperienced and that instead of the worst being over the evil has Just be gun. There are now within the gates of the city no less than 500 water-bound travelers, who are not only unable to return to their homes now, but who do not know when they will be able to leave. Partial reports of the dam- flKe lm ui ri-d In tho storm belt have run the figures up Into the millions and tailing into consideration the lses, real and resultant, the amount runs up to an enormous figure. The IlllnoM Central railroad system haa Incurred damage which will amount to hundreds of thousands of dolliits, figuring the loss of business, an I the end I not yet. Not only is that road tied up today, but there Is no telling when the trains will be able to run. Trie streams are still rising and mint) continue to fall today. Tne tie-up Is comple te, both on the Illinois Cent r.il and the Yazoo and Mississippi valley roads. The train whlcn depart ed for Chicago Mon lay morning was only returned to New Orleans Wednes day nit; Ik and with the delayed as sengers came back two carloals of mail wtvh had to be taken In cnarge by the posu.1 authorl'lcs and routed out as expediency demanded. The New Orleans and Northeastern Is in just as bad a tlx. It ha been unable to move any trains out of this city since Monday and does not know when it will be enabled to resume oper ati ins and th Mobile & Ohio, be.ween Meridian and Enterprise, Miss., la par alysed. Business is practically at a standstill, owing to the lack of malls anlcn have been stopped over the uf ferlrg roads since Monday. Belated news is just now beginning to arrive regarding the loss of life. Four K(,)le were drowned near Meri dian and two ne.tr Hattl'-sburg, Miss. In the vicinity of Enterprise, Miss., the waters of the hlcakahaay are raging. The water Is five feet deep in the main str'-ets and throughout last night cries for assistance tilled the air. The loss of life, if an-, could not be ascertained. The three bridges between the East and Enterprise have been swept away. The Enterprise Academy, a build nhlch was the pride of the town, is swept away. A number of buildings w-.-re also demolished. Hhunuta and Desoto, Miss., are com pletely Inundated. The rise of the Chlc akahuay haa so far been In the neighborhood of thirty feet and the torrent Is still rising. The Pascagoula river, too, I on the rampage and much damage may be expected from the lands adjacent to It banks. The floods have been worse than ever has been known and today's advices mny bring additional news of disaster and loss of life. TWO TICKETS WILL HE NAMED. rfo Many Republicans in Tennessee That They Can't All Meet In One Convention. NA.SHVILLE, April 20,-Tennesset; will have two republican ticket in the held in the coming election. Like wise two sets of delegates will go to the national convention at Philadel phia The slate convention split here to day, the Evans' contingent walking cut and holding a convention of their own. W. F. Poston, of Crockett county, is its gubnatorial selection, while John E. McCall Is at the head of the state ticket named by the con vention over which Congressman Hrownlow presided. Pension Commissioner h-vans will lead one delegation to the national con vention, while the other will be di rected by Congressman Brownlow. Both delegations are Instructed for McKintry. CARNEGIE'S BID ACCEPTED. His Company Will Furnish the Steel for the New York City Rapid Transit Road. NEW YORK. April 20. The Carne gie Steel Company, it is stated, will build the viaduct and elevated struc tures of the rapid transit system. John B. MoLonahl. the contractor for the underground road, haa not yet an nounced this sub-contract but he will probably do so in a few days. There will be five miles of elevated structure In the Bronx. Mr. McDonald has already awarded the contract for t.V structural Iron and steel, which will be used In the construction of the underground road, to the Carnegie Company. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. Three Men Torn to Fragments Small Enough to Occupy a Bushel Basket. BAY CITY, Mich.. April 20. The packing house of :he AJax dynamite works, near the village of Hawkaw lin, was blown up this afternoon, kill ing three men. The dead are Wm. Wever, Edward Haltlgan, Wm. Van Vlassar. All left young wives and children, Their bodies were torn to shrewds, only enough being found to till a buhi-el basket. ALL BUSTED UP. McGovern's Puget Sound Combine Has Gone "Fluey." SEATTLE. April 20. The proposed consolidation of the fish canners of the Northwest is said to have finally fallen through. FATAL DAKOTA FIRE. GRAND FORKS. N. Da.. April 20. The business portion of Edinburg in the northern part of Walsh county was destroyed by fire this afternoon. The loss was $400,000 and the insurance JtOO.000. Mrs. Llndahl and Mrs. J. B. Orson perished in the flames. CHIEF FACKLER'S ORDER. TACOMA. April 20. The first order by Chief of Police Fackler was Issued last night and was a notification that no sure-thing men would be permitted in the city and that young girls would not be allowed to visit back room in saloons. NEW YORK CONVENTION. NEW YORK. Aphil 20.-The New ork state democratic convention has been called to meet in this city on June S. WENT BACK ON THE AGREEMENT Democrats Prevent Purchase of Armor for Naval Vessels. THEIR COMPLETION DELAYED Secretary of Nary Cannot Bar Best Armor Plate l Price Authorized and Terms ol Appropriation Permit toe Ik of No Other. WASHINGTON, April 20.-A a re suit of a protracted struggle In tho house today, the provision of the naval appropriation bill to enable the sec retary of the navy to contract for armor for the battleship Maine, Ohio and Missouri, now awaiting their ar mor equipment, at $."45 per ton, the price asked for Krupp armor. Is out of the bill, aa I also the provlsl n to re peal the $300 limitation placed upon the price of armor by -.he current law. The light came at the end of the consideration of the bill. Although the provision was obnoxious to the rule, all the minority member of the com mittee had agreed to it, but today when the majority declined to allow the discussion of an appropriation for tho establishment of an armor plate fac tory, they retaliated by raising a point of order against the two provision above referred to and they were ruled out. lie exact effect of tho action of the house today is disputed. An appro priation of $t,uvo,uoo, under the head of "armor and armament." remains lu lite bill, a.-) well as the language of the provision authorising toe secretary of .lie navy to contract for armor of tho l.-it iiuality for the Maine, Ohio and Missouri, the words stricken out be ing "at a cost nut to exceed $545 per ton, including royalties." It is con tended by some that this empower the secretary to contract for armor plat without regard to cost. By oth er it is claimed that the provision will be ineffective unless the senate In serts a price. So much bad feeling was aroused by this wrangle over tne armor plate provision that Underwood idem.), of Atuuaina, began to thioustcr after the bill .van reported to the house and finally forced an adjournment without nii.ii action on ihd bill. Two amendments to modify the pro vision for the increase of the navy wi.ii n authorizes two. battleships and six cruisers were defeated. One pro posed to add a provision for tlx gun boats and the other to strike out the provlMon for battleships. POvVEh OF THE SULTAN. If Pushed Too Hard He May Encour age an Uprising In the Phil ippines. NEW YOKK. April 20. A special to the Tribune from Washington, say: If All Ferrouh Bey communicated with his government today the hultan must now be fully aware of the gravity with the United States regards the ex isting state of affairs. It is inconceiv able that th- minister has not warned his sovereign of the American atti tude after officially learning at the state department today that the mat ter had not been magnified by the press, that the patience of the presi dent and the people bad been exhaust ed and that the prompt redemption of the sultan's rtieated promises might have to be peremptorily demanded. A special to the World from Wash ington, says: It is intimated tonight by diplomat familiar with the situation that the sultan of Turkey diK-s not care partie laiiy whether an ultimatum Is issued oy the United States because of the neglect to pay the 1100.000 which the United States is now demanding after years of promises, as he has means of reprisal at hand. There are In the Phil ippines more than 3.500,0'K) Mohamme dans in thu Sulu Islands, whose devo tion to their caliph Is fanatic. The sul tan would have but to lift his finger and these Malays and Moros would join farces with tV. Tngales. The war in Luzon woulr be extended In every direction throughout the Island and tho American forces wou'.d nec-ujrily have to be greatly tnereaiiod. LUNATIC AFTER ROGERS. Wanted Him to Drive the Capitalists Out of Seattle. OLYMPIA, Wash., April 20.-Consld-erable excitement was caused around the state building today by the ap pearance in the governor's olllce of a man who demanded redress from the governor for a list of personal wrongs which he claimed had been inflicted up on mm by Seattle capitalists. The man was placed under arrest and found to be armed with a pistol. He gave the name of John L. Blylea and stated that he had juxt arrived from Seattle. .MORE JAPANESE COMING. Over Two Thousand Will Be Landed on Puget Sound Within the Next Week. TACOMA, April 20. An officer of the teamahlp Goodwin, In from Japan, says that the steamer Bramere and Tacnma are bringing 2,200 more Japa nese to be landed at Seattle and T- coma within the next weeK or so. Most of the Japanese Drought by the Goodwin are under 25 years or ae and all are of Biignt pnysique.