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ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION II J K"no,'ic',,s' Magazines, ike., Li'"'uno do laken From The b liable to prosecutiW VOL. L. ASTOUIA, OKKGON, iUKSOAY. MAY tf, 1900 NO. 28(i L4 The Drain uvnn your purse will amount to very Itulo If you hv tii do your r pul rinrf nnl plumbing of ml kind. Wo are always renson ulil In our ehnw, prompt andl ohllulng In service, and our work raruiot be excelled In plumbing, gas or steam fitting. How U your old plumbing wearing let ni know. , ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. ALL PACKING MOUSES.. Advanced Mams and Lard about i cent per pound yesterday. k Will Sell Today At the Old Price.. Ross, Higgins & Co. j Spring tods Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Flien, Hooks, Leaders, Haskets, etc. Everything necessary to complete your outfit. Spauldlng's Base Hall Ooodf The best in tlic world. Croquet Sets and Bird Cage A large assortment to select from. GRIFFIN U REED ..The Empire and.. Mikado Separators NONE BETTOR CALL. ON... rOARD & STOKES CO, MJI.NTS, Astoria, Ore. nl he convlneod that when you got V ? nn Empire or a Mikado that you will get the Itmt Separator manufactured. Investigate before you buy elsewhere. CLATSOP MILL CO.: ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber Boxes, Sash and Doors, Shingles and Mouldings W. F. SCHEIBE, s Manufacturer of o Always lellublot A full lint ol Pin., Tobacco, nd 5mokri' Article 47 A Commercliil Ht. pi IONIC NO. iqNi. "La Belle Astoria" Cigar Schelbe's Opera Star Schelbe's Special And Othr Brands C. Jf. TRENCHARD, Commission, Brokerage, Custom House Broker. ASTORIA. .0REG0F Insurance and Shipping. A Kent W. P. A Co., and Paclflo Kxurcsa Co I. TRANSVAAL TROOPS IN FULL RETREAT They Will Not Offer Battle Until Kroonstad Hills Arc Reached. WAY TO MAIEKINQ IS OPEN The (Urrt9 la Good Caadllcon, I'acepl lor l ever, ad Will Sooi Be Bcllc-ed-Hab-erls Hill Mill lor While lo ".'Jt Arrival ai Supplk. WWiDN, Way .QV- Itiri-N an; everywhere tvitHiiig bufor.) Hit- lirltUa rxrotd on be Nutul frontier ami at Matching, tu rue Iniirr clrcl of th.ilr J. l -iiwa. Thcjr ui'r I"t nnliird o, to'lliht untU the KrooiiMad hill r rtu'hil. .'Lord Kol rit In xpt-ftcd to do nil- 'her 19 tu 1M mil ani tb-n wall fur time, In oiilrr In brlnit up hi imllfs n 'I lo repair tlii mllnnid. There me nn nr t sluts In i hi' ilW(tchr from ihc front ilmt he may nut for few days ut HmulilwlL General Fremiti h 10,001 cavalry have not b -f nicnlliaiM In ah dUHelrhcx for four &uy. It la by wo means Wee. ly tluil tn- lit Id If ami the conjecture Id tlui I be la nlther dctouring toward Kroonotad nr midline Ijidybrimd dls ui i. i trtri'ii tnouauiu uriusTa are now operating m the western fronUi-r of the Vtff Hutu. A It' deadlock ut Warri-nlan has bi"ii lin-ki n mid the B-urn an- t -treat tntt. IrhT l jiuIIiIiik funnldablf now vxi opt tlii:um Ix iwr. n warrcnton and MafckliiK. Th .auml hytoful gd vice frm .Mafi'kliifr on April 22 were til it tlx aniilnon Wutild be tiurrly able to hi'ld out fur a nMiith. At that time Iho f iwr vm arvalltiir. Ari'i.nlriK to advIrM from llrscru, lluautcilunil. -Ver:U tliuuxand Free HUtent ar nurth of Ladybraiul. where they have i-uUm-ted Krvat herds. This dlittiicl rlk In fixl for mm and horeti and ihr ltuern nwined resolved tint to mov nur.hunril but t lie pre pare to rmlHl Jiere lUjf are. .Lird lUdx'rla and X.ord Kiti:hent'r Ptrannnlly dlrxicd the iirllllery lit the Vit river vliKiiltfilteilt. tlx thouiuiiid four 'hundred and II ft y rUt'it trm.pa are now at a, -a on Uii way to t;outh Africa. No ii(U-rri arc. Wider ord'T to k. fxoj'jtt on recruit to Hill up Die Iohh-b of the regiment at the front. CROSSING THE TET. Lord Ubei'tM' niapau h Di.'ufXibes Uti a Dashing Affair. LONDON. May 7. JI A. M.-Loru RobertH rijiurtH to the war utBcc in a iblatch (U'ted Snmlil.il, May d, afler- Daoii. nn Mlowg: "We Horn'! the Vet rlvrr thin niorn Iiik.'UhI are now encamped ftt SmoJdoel June Ion. The enemy 1h lu full rt-Uviit Uuvard Zand rl,ver and Kiooactal. The lurninif nnviMiu nt was made by the mounted lufuntry JUHt before dark yt-tei'day. It wua a very , hushing affair. The I'dliudlaiiK, New So.uth Wales, New Ztuluud JtliU'8 and (Vueetmland mount ed Infantry vie with each other In the determination to clone with the enemy. Captain A nicy, of the Kshpx reglnient, oiumunJIiiK the Third Infantry baltnl- n. b'-haved In a very (talUnt manner. 'The naval un and the artillery tnnde excellent practice, particularly two five. Inch guns uved for the first time with this force. "We copeured a Maxim anil 25 prison ers. Our casuultlct are very few only 15 wounded, one killed and three missing." coiiruKtlng nA only IMs city with Long iMland, but with Jersey City, and! perhupa a tunnel conr.-i Unit th (J rani Central atailon wlih the Lonit Ilaril system. ni IVimsylvunlu railroad di-alrt-a It to cinn!l lla own termlrml In Jersey City lth th New York Central A Huilrm River railroad system, and the UniK Island railroad system with that of the IVnnsylvaiilu, by mennsj of a IIik; t derp tunnel routes. The Import ance of lh? Pennsylvania Uullroad Cniripariy'a present plan for tunnHs and eriniiw'tlnar or rontinuous trains may e readily understood. In the r.rst plaee the company haa askod the harbor line commission for permission to extend lu trtsent tunnel facilities In Jersey city by fllilrnc In a,out 2.0 fe t of the flat lands. IJe twM-n the Ni-w York and the Perm ylvunla system there Is a close rtia tlonshlp. A person In authority said last rifc-ht that while he coulil wl Ko Into details th! terminal fatlllthn In New York city ere to be bettered beyond compre hension and that under the present plrm all the railroads would be eonnc-t ed by dtep tunnel r'Hitest, ami that pos sibly a war would found tto tliat p:ss'.-nt;era wver the New York Central could rcaca the balU-ry by eness train. THE BOERS HAVE BEEN MALIGNED PKWEY AT MEMPHIS. Attend a Jteptlon given by Cxilored JVopbf anl Then Cio-s to White People's Rail. M KM PUIS, May ".After the tarau In honor nf Admiral iK-wey this aftur mun he wns escorted to the auditor ium where the rcx-epUon tendi-red him by the rijpreaentatlve ne(rroe of filn clip va Jield. A ball was given tin honor of .Admiral and Mrs. Dewey a nlKhL j SCOri ELD MINE VICTIilS. FALT LAKE, May T.-W, G. Shfcrp, sujHTiutendcnt of the Pleasant VaJley Coal Company, has made a report to the treasurer of the i.-oinpany in e Kard to the mine disaster at Scolltld, In uhlcb he aays: "Toial number killed. ia; bJdle re covered to (Lite, 185; lajured, 7. Kf thone in the mint, 103 esA-itpvd alive axJ uninjured. There are 105 widows and f9 orphans. ...... t HCIEDINO COLLAPSED. KANSAS CITY, May 7-The three- brick building. ai 10S Gran! avenue, I the business center, collapo,ed this af ternooiv, burylnR seven perrons In the ruins. Jfjhn V. Jdoore, aKwl years, formerly mayor nf Kansas City, was most seriously hurt and wl probably die. The buiMIng hd been condemned several munlhs ogv. Their Vindication Comes From an Unexpected Source. A BRITISH OFFICER'S VIEWS Cbarjci ol Cruelty tad Treackery Wlib tin While Fl Proved to Bt Utterly In lounded Miny Act ol Humaolty la Britlih Wounded, NEW YORK TERMINALS. Purchase of Long Island Road by Pennsylvania Foreshadows a Gigantic System of Tunnels. NEW YORK, May 7.-The Herald say a: Rehlnd the purchase of the Long Island railroad by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company there Is, It Is be lieved, a stupendous plan for the de velopment of terminal facilities that Includes the construction of tunnels I.AEOR DIFFERENCES ADJUSTED. HELENA. Mont,, May 7.-Ti.? dlf ferences between the Montana Build lug Company, which Is construcltjig th new slate caWtol, and the Journey men Stone Cutters .Association of North America were adjusted satisfactorily toduy. C.SION CLAUSE KNOCKED Ot'X CUICAGO, May ". Judse TuthiU granted an Injunction today restrain Ing thj board of county conunlssloners from .lusertlng In contracts the clause stating that only union labor shall be employed In carrying out work when It Js to b paid for with public funds, HAWAIIAN APPOINTMENTS. WASHINGTON, May 7. It is under stood that the president has practl cally decided upon John C. Blair of Wyoming as Knltd States attorney for Hawaii, and Danl. A. Rey of Illinois as United States marshall. SENATE CANAL COMMITTEE. WASHINGTON. May 7.-The senate committee on the Interoceanlo canal held a meeting today and discussed the Nicaragua!! canal bill, which pass ed the house last week. No action was taken and the committee will meet again Wednesday. AGAINST FOREST RESERVES. WASHINGTON. May 7. Represent ative Jones of Washington today In troduced a bill providing that no new forest reservations shall be created and that additions to existing reserves shall be made hereafter only by act of congress. vC AKE SOLE AGENT? FOR WILD'S INLAID LINOLEUM Thcro is nothing better in the market for floors. Colors run clear through to the hack. We also hnmllo an extensive line of plain and printed linoleum. Wo call special attention to our line of All Wool Ingrain Carpets ranging: In price from 50c to $1.00 CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON tCorrespundencc tt AssojU'Kd Press.) IJNDON, April 2S.-"Tday" prints an article from Uh caustic British mil lury jf!lccr rwrrespondit In. Bouth Afri' belittling the charges of treach ery made aKainst the Kn-rs. "Ever slnou the war Commenced there has been a erles of allegations of cru elty, prfldy, and biwachea of the cus toms of oivillied war on the larl nf tfie lioera "Not only does my position in life -as a subject and a aenunt of Her MaJty naturally Inspire rav to iJde with the popular view against the. eemles of my curiury but my previous service In Sooih Atri would scarcely ar rant r.iy being more partbtl to the Boers than to fiy own countrjraien. We idlers, bnwever, by yuan of training have Jwo-n-id to keep our4ieads ck4 -Ard our oyt-s clear in what are, to the rest of .the world, aioments of escciuvnent. "As we haie nothing to xln ex-ai.-jiVTa.tion and no public to cater for, our words ahiuld nave auore weight than those cteiiian writers who see war for the rvl time, those who never set- .it at close iuarters and those who reoetve all hut the barest official In formation from the Tommies who eith er exaggerate for playfulness, or who are" nut accual-omed lo wIgh their words carefutlr- I have nothing to gain one-w ay or the other, and that be ing Mi I may jaely tell the plain, un- varaithed truth, which Js lutely ,to be as. unpopular oa this subject as.oa all others. "It 1 not my wish to morally -white--wnsh (the Bo.-rs with mere words of .praise, but I Lh'tik I aia In a position to accvunt for a good many lhings in a way A hlch. when I hare given sclen- Jjlic retsons, mv satisfy my jtaders. "The .first of .these braches of tile castoius of war occurred, or was sup insred .to have occurred, at the battle .if Gk-ncce. the first struggle of the Bur. Tb? allegation was mat wnn TiUma Illll was taptured by the Dub llu Fusiliers, the Boers retired, carry ir.g white flags over their hou!ders and thus .wved theniselves from .da strui'ibin .by our rlHas and guns. have made ,c reful jmiulrles from ffi cers sriilor olflcers who were present and whom 1 knew to Je cool soldier likely to observe correctly. "One of these assures me, and the others tell a sittAJnr story, that he was one of the first to reach tfc top of the hill, and was well placed for observa Uon. He found the bulk of the Boer army In futl retreat at a dVtance of about 1500 yards, but a smaller number of nan who had been left to Md the hill to the last and cover the retreat were much closer and also in full re treat. They had left behind thenj In their hurried Might a field hospital and to this rod a Boer, coming from toe main body and holding a white tlag. He carried a letter to the English general asking for an armistice to ena ble them to bury the dead and carry oit the wounded. No doubt the stage of the fight at which such a request could be granted had not yet arrived, but by no stretch of prejudice could it be termed treacherous, or a misuse of the white flag, nor should it In way have prevented our guns firing on the retreating army. "That they did not fire is true, but that was due to a false view of human ity on the part of the officer In com mand. I have been assured by all of whom I have Inquired that no other flag was raised, and that It waa prac tically impossible for pne to be put up unnoticed by them. "It was repeatedly stated after the battle after Colenso that the Boer ar tillery had flred on our ambulances, and that one of them had been over turned by a shell. It Is undoubtedly ue that a number of shells went close to the ambulances, and I believe that one was really struck, but there Is no reason to believe that they were ellberately aimed at. 1 had myself occasion to go to the ambulances dur ing the fight, and found them placed directly In front of a hill on which was naval gun: the' field batteries were at that time in action a short distance In advance so that the ambulances ere between the two, and not very far from either. Is It reasonable to uppose that the Boer artillery should submit without replying to our shell firs because, we choose to select so Im proper a place for the wounded? "They certainly could not have fired at the guns without any shots falling very close to the ambulances. I have heard since but I cannot vouch for Its accuracy that the position In front of the naval gun was selected by a staff officer contrary to the opinion of the medical ofilcer In charR". 'After the Irish brigade had been or- doicl to retire, tha ambulances ad vanced over the ground on which It had been fought and was covered with dead and wound.-d men. A considera ble body of men had, however, not heard the order to retire, and, flghtlng doifK'-'dly on, held the ground for three hours after the general retirement, In spite of belnn nearly surrounded by the Boers. ''The ambulances came quite clore to thes men and a tain received some of the fire meant ror others. The Boers protested anartly at this time to some of the oftlcers who had been made prl' oners asalnxt the firing being kept up w hen the ambulances were on the field, and th wounded were being collected, "The brave men w ho had so stubborn ly n-ttHtrd had nothing to do with the ambulances and were not even aware trmt they had come up behind them, so that on this occasion it was Impossible l blame either sld.'. I may add that his Is the only foundation for the f.aternent which once appeared that men of an Irish regiment had taken refiiRe behind an ambulance. "Af'.er the attack on Vraal Krantz much the same statements were made on that occasion. I was a personal witness to the occurrence. A narrow defile led down ;he hill towards Pot gieter's Drift, and along this the am bulances Incautiously advanced. Oice started. In the stream of wagons, no re' turn was possible and they had to move on and take their chances In an Inextricable Jumble below. A Brigade of Infantry was bivouacking In a fold of the ground between the two hills on the ligM; a corp. of mounted Colonials and a cavalry regiment were on the left ami half the transport of the col uum was gathered together In front. "Such a position invited shell fire and the presence of the ambulances so far from guaillng against It, might reason ably be complained of as contrary to the csages of war. Ambulances have no rijrht to come within the field of fire, I believe, but I am not certain that thrr mil-n la the limit. The enemy, fortunately couIJ not see the bulk of our troops and had no Idea of the damage that It waa In their power to inflict, and only a few shells were thrown; the wagons and mounted men crowding up then under the lee of the hiil escaped observation, and the shell ing oeased. "Had a number of guns been trained on this spot it Is Impossible to esti mate t2ie loss that might have Inflcied on us: the wagons could not have re treated through the crowded defile; ! the ambulances wuuld have been brok en up and I suppose there would have been loud denunciation of the barbar ous Bovr. THE POPULISTS ARE GATHERING Sioux Falls Convention Will Com mence Tomorrow Morning. ATTENDANCE WILL BE LARGE Governor Robert Tendered the Temporary Chairmanship, But Will Not Be Prev efltQueitios ol Nominating a Vke Ueallal Candidate la Doubt. SIOUX FALLS. S. D., May 7.-Th delegates to the people's party con vention who hive already arrived, siient the afternoon In Informal con ferences and In visiting the tent In which the convention Is to be held. It was at first Intended to utilize tha city's auditorium building for the con vention, but the prospective attendance grew so rapidly that It was found nec essary to secure larger quarters. Ac cordingly an enormous tent under which 8,000 or 10.000 people can ba seated, was secured and It Is rapidly being put In shape for the convention. The convention will be called to or der Wednesday at 2 o'clock by Nation al Chairman Butler. For temporary chairman Governor Rogers of Wash ington was chosen, but he announced today that he was unable to attend. Senator Heltfleld, of Idaho, Is expect ed tomorrow. The principal talk today has been about the policy to be pursued In tha selection of a vice presidential candi date. By those already present there is manifested quite a noticeable friend ship for Charles A. Towne, the silver republican leader of Minnesota, but there are some who contend that tha honor should go to a populist. Senator Butler la among those who are believed to favor Towne. In art Interview he said: "We are going to be liberal with the other parties who are co-operating with us on general lines. Those whom I have seen are perfectly united upon the proposition that all must be done that It Is possible to do to secure absolute) harmony among populists, democrats and silver republicans In support of Bryan, and 1 believe the party will be found equal to the surrender of both nominees in order to secure this para mount desideratum. , ,' The senator refused to give any ex" pression cf opinion concerning the Th- nV,v hefor. th artaek on Snion boU,n PtS who are to hold their Kop two Boers advanced along the P"111 Cincinnati, further than top of that hill waving a large white r rc"I" nooouy nut tlag. I watched them till they arrived ' ' n6eU 66 med near the southermost point, where they " un releren 'e 10 tnem- .hulled for a few momeotf. holding the , " l"r """" me Platform to be tlag high in Jhe air to attract the at- , p "y lne conven"on, the opinion tentlon of our troops. I concluded that 7 st:m"" lnal me ei. i-ouis uec- they wished to make some communl- ' . " 1 "nnclples wm e recreated, catioa to the general, but at this mo- .." 'ttr""'n ana aa-Jitions. ment, one of our field guns dropped a I c exPress our opinions In no hell o the very spot on which they ttl" "By on tne questions of stood. auu ""iK-Tiaiism, said tt united It was a remarkably good shot and , tes 8enalor wn" a delegate. "We the men immediately disappeared. ' e a position on the Three more shells were fired In rapid , nt pf attemPnsr to govern any peo- succwslon and they were not seenT t,,elr consent, as to the I triiora k.,tl i again. There was no qjiestlon as to , 7 c B"u" no' conlen" ourselves whether they were aimed at, as that "enouncing tnem, but shall offer part of the hill bad never been shelled - remeuy is to control before and never again; but, Indeed, the lnstrum'-'nti of commerce, money, there was no attempt at concealment 'ransP0Un and transmission of In- well DONNELLY FOR PRESIDENT. and the gunners were rather pleased at their good shot. "It was an extremely foolish action and could not have possibly served I Convention of the Middle Roaders Pro- any purpose; there was no fighting of poses to Nominate Its Own any sort iu that neighborhood or on Candidates on the National that Hank of the army and for several Ticket. days there had been nothing but In termittent shelling by our guns, to CINCINNATI, May 7. Two nresl- which the Boers had never replied, it I ential candidates are talked of by tho could not b to prevent the enemy ob- leaan? populists gathering In.Clncln- scrvlng our position, as the place had natl tonlSht for the national conven- ahvays been held by their pickets and tlon of tne middle of the roaders. They they continued on it until driven off are snatus Donnelly, of Minnesota, by our infantry next day. ttna "narton ffaKer, of Pennsylvania. 'The Boer may not always be very '"'erything Is In readiness for the con- clean, but he Is not all bad or nearly vcntlon Wednesday afternoon. i. . 1 Itmattia lnnn.d .. I as Dine as ne naa oeen painted. In "iy umvea mis even . . . ... I lit Knm at hln - Daianring accounts also we should w"'"""is vi a sensation was bear In mind the kindness and consld- "P"? shortly afterward. It becarna eratlon which the Boers have invar- known that a definite movement was iably extended to our wounded men; on t0 Place Dnielly before the conven- they have given us every possible facil- 08 a Presidential nominee, ln ity for removing them from the field steaJ of SlvlnS him the second poel and when thev have fallen Into their "on 011 the lcket. headed by Wharton hands they have given them all the Ba.rker of Pennsylvania. Donnelly had heln that their means, allow. omv tms say: "On the battlefield Itself and while "You know tnat 1 neyer have been the heat of combat was still In their accusea 01 Pushing myself. I am In veins, thev have Derformed manv small favor of the sreatest good for the acts of gentle courtesy such as giving ast number of people. Whatever water from their own water bottles. lne convention sees fit to do in any Under these circumstances unworthy matter wl" be Perfectly satisfactory recrimination of a gallant enemy Is to me' lnsse Blue lssues have wreck- I ,1 U .... neither wise nor honorable. tu l"e vle,i Ol many Dright POlit - The instances I hava Quoted, and clans- or Instance, the silver ques- many more from both sides have been tlon' wnlch- wlthout doubt, Is of vital due to misunderstandings; but there ",llle8t lo every per80n ln their world, are other cases, however, which I hnvo has been cleverly sidetracked and Bry- not referred to, and these, unfortunate- un na8 Deen 8nu"teu on into the issues lv so far. will not enm within thl Mt. "l l"c "ttr opain. egory, as they are due to Individual follies or habits or perhaps even to de liberate treachery, On the fusion question Donnelly waa extremely emphatic, declaring that fu sion was a thing that he hated beyond "But they are not fairly to be charged "1" he declareU 0,111 thera nui uki lusiuu wim me social tuuor party If h can do anything to prevent It. (Continued on Fourth Page.)