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ASTOIM PUBUC UBRARY ASSOCIATION. .'. .ill-- ."! gll" 0 i ASTOKIA, OHEOON, WEDNESDAY. MaY 9, 1900 NO. 281 YrtSY f . The Drain upon our puise will amount to viry llttlo If you havt ui do your repairing" nnt plumbln; of all kind. Wo r lwny reason able In our chaw, prompt and obliging In ervlc, and our work rnnnot bo excelled In plumbing,' kh or iii-nm fitting. How I your old plumbing wearing lt u know, ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. ALL PACKING HOUSES.. Advanced Hams and Lard about i cent per pound esterday. Wc Will Sell Today At the Old Price., Ross, Higgins & Co. Spring (Goods Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Flicn, Hooks, Leaders, Baskets, etc. Everything necessary to complete your outfit. Spauldlng's Base Ball Gocdf The best in the - world. Croquet Sets and Bird Cagef A large assortment to select from. GRIFFIN & REED ..The Empire and.. Mikado Separators NONE BETTER CALL. ON... fOARD K STOKES CO. AGENTS. Aatorla, Ore. and be convinced that when you get , an Empire or a Mikado that you will get the Brst Separator manufactured. Investigate before you buy eUewhere. nit CLATSOP MILL CO.: ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber Boxes Sash ontl Doors, Shingles and Mouldings W. F. SCHEIBE, Manufacturer of the Always Nallabl A lull Una ol Plpaa, Tobacco, and imoker.' Article. 41 A Commercial fit. PHONIC NO. iqHi, "La Belle Astoria" Cigar Scheme's Opera Star Schetbe's Special And Ottiar Brand. C. J. TRENCHARD, Commission. Brokerage. Insurance and Shipping. Custom House Broker. ASTORIA, .OREGO. 4 tent W. F. AGO tad Pacific- KipreM Co I. MEN IN MAFEKING STARVING AND SICK Roberts Rapid Advance Docs Not Seem to Promise Relief. BRITISH TROOPS MILES AWAY Bravery of the Utile (iarrtnoo Detail of the lUlllc. of Ibe Pil Few Da)i Boer Rclreailnf Without Olfcr( Aay Kclilaa. LONDON, May 9.-Four thousand III l!Uli (iivulry watered their hoisc Mt Zand river Monday, 25 mil.' be. yimK . fiuiuld. el, where Lord Robert continue tu dole hi (llMputt'lu-a. Hc-utiia who have t..-i searching the country for m II. n along the stream have found r.o Hoet south of the i Iv or. Th' enemy are laagered In an unknown r ! on tlr-1 north bunk. Thus. th Hrlllnh advance guard U within i3 mlU of Kroonitlad. The Knr Htutirn. In expectation that Krootistad will speedily become un tenable, are. according to Information frtirn Louremo Marque, preparing to tn.nf..r their government to Ueith brn, n little more than llfty nillea nortlunt. Every farm I found de serted, except ly wom.-n and chlldnn All the in are away fighting. Home cXiuH'ratlon In rxprcuHcd at the pu' with which the llm-m (neap ed frcm HmiuUIiI with their tranxporta before the very eyva of the Uritlh. Tl(lliit from .Muf.'klnR are groom IfP than ever. Everybody tht-re haa an emiity timnch and a pinched face. The nutlvc ure no on"r given por rllc and the whlt now have nothing but a quart of I tin t nubeiance i nd a pound of hort meat dally. Every thing flu.' eatable haa gone. Inauftl dent foil, wet treni'hea and told night ar deadly to the health of the gurrliion . li.NDON, May 8.-The following din patch frwnt Ird Hobrta haa been re ceived at the war office: "Hmaldevl, May 8. The railway from Mrandfort to thla place bua been con- nidi rubly damaged, urtd the bi ldge over the Vet river haa Ix-en hopdetwly wrecked. Every few yurda, charge of rnrakrK'k hav been luJd. but fortu nately were discovered by tlu Went Australian Infiuttry men. Wlnburg ha Inrn occupied by the lllghlund brig ade." In eplte of thino wrecks of the rati roads, the Iiritlxh advance goes on steadily. Lord Itobvrta' outHta are appanntly about 12 miles north of Smaldeel. General Inibant has Joined General Ilundle at Thalmnchil, whence they are tho moving forward, A reconnaissance made by General ftundle of the Iloers' recent positions at Thabanchu, result ed In their being pnnounccd Impreg nable, and their evacuation la report ed to have been due to the receipt of an urgent message from President Steyn, The Hoera are wild to be mov ing northward, but their Immediate destination Is not known. A dispatch from Cape Town, dated today, says: "Lord Itoberts' phenotnlnal advance Is not only utterly demoralizing the Hoera but Is striking terror to rebel colonists. The relief of Mafeklng Is expected at any moment." Tho Cape Town correspondent Is slightly optimistic as regards Mafeklng, Judging from the direct dispatches, the Wrltlsh forces south of Mafeklng being still nearly 200 miles from their ob jective, while the latest advices from Mafeklng Itself, dated April 29. show little change In the conditions there. The dispatch says: "With the exception of a little rifle fire from the outlying trenches, every thing la quiet. The slight epidemic of typhoid Is abating. The enemy's ar tillery, with the exception of two rive pounders, has apparently been .with drawn. It was teamed on April 24 that the enemy Intended to attack it, and the entire garrison stood to arms. When day broke, Colonel Baden-Powell took up a position In the lookout, and the heavy rattle of musketry and boom of four guns convinced us that an atack was about to occur. "But It became apparent that the II.m r officer could not purxuade thulr men to advance. Through glnss'-s, w- w.w officer vulnfy urging the Infantry forward. Tho enemy reformed and re tired, our men firing hot In the hope of Indui Ing the enemy to ctme to :lof: quarter. After the bombardment of April 21, all was comiaratlvely qnte.t PltlrolUA. May .-The official closing of the ltJ Volksraud, which broke up unollh (ally In H pteinl r liil. look Dlaee today. The vacant seats of (icneral Joub"rt and Oener ii I iJeciM.k arid others were filled wi!h Hower. President Kruger said he wn pleas ed to say that the relation of the Transvaal with foreign states, with the exception of Oreat lirllaln, were good. President Krugcr said: "W have Proved by legislation and by our dealing with Cireat Britain lait year that U was our desire It Reserve peace, and now that war has broken out we will do everything to restore pence. I tin gla 1 to say that our finance wH! enable us to bear nurttt of the expense of the war and that the mines lre flourishing." LONION, May; 8. The war office has Issu the following dispatch from Iord Itoberts, dated Bmaldcel, May sth: "(ieneral Hunter, with the mounted Infuntry. nconnoltered yesterday to Zand river and found the enemy In considerable foree. General Broad wood's brigade of cavalry, with Gen- end Ian Hamilton fore performed the same operation with much the same result "General Hunter reports that e oc cupied Fourteen Streams yesterday without opposition on the left bank of the Vaal river at Warrenton. where his artillery fire rendered the enemy's Hsltlon practically untenable. "A six-inch gun was found most useful. As the Sixth and half of the Fifth brigades of Infantry advanced under cover of the artillery, the ene my retired precipitately, abandoning their clothing, ammunition and per sonal effects." . M'ABTHL'U'S CASUALTIES. WASHINGTON, May 8.-Coneral MacArthur has cabled the following list of casualties among the troops: Manila, May 7. Deaths: Pyamaie, April 2, Nineteenth Infantry, John C Howard. - ' -- . . - -. Malarial fever. May 1. Ninth Infant ry, George. C. O. Wlncke; April 2S. Thirteenth Infantry. Burton C. Cottrll. Typhoid April 2S.Thlrty-Nlnth In fantry. Henry J. Adamson; April 29, Forty-Second Infantry, O. 8. Weede. Insolation May S, Victor J. Sene chend; April 27. Twenty-Eighth Infunt ry. Thomas Hill. Cholecystls- April 23 .Twenty-Sixth Infantry, Thomas J. Welch. Variola May .4, Twelfth Infantry, Thomas Osborn. Bright' Disease May 4, Forty-Second Infantry, James Jackson. Meningitis May 1. Thirty-Fifth In funtry, Corporal James B. Tyson. Died from wounds received In action. April 13. Forty-Seventh Infantry, Ser geant Wiley J. Brlckley. Perinephric abscess May 1, Forty Seventh Infantry. Joseph E. Rhodes. Dysentery May 3. Eleventh cavalry, George W. Howe: Semon H. Sexton. Tuberculosis May 4. Forty-Fourth Infantry, Courtney Smith. Killed by unknown parties, Manila, knife wounds of thorax. April 2S, Signal Corps, U. S. A., Sergeant Alexander C. Blair. M'ABTHUR." THE INCREASED CADETS. Next to the Increased Artillery, the Large Class Allowed at West Point Pleases Army Officers NEW YORK, May 28. A special to the Tribune from Washington, says: An Important Becond to that of the increase of artillery is attached by the secretary of war to the clause In the pending army bill, providing for the appointment by the president of 100 cadets at large to the military acad emy at West point. This year's class at the academy only graduates 64 to supply 130 vacancies In the regular es tablishment, and after the enlisted men are found to Increase the available worthy material perhaps to eighty, there will still remain at least 50 va cancies In the grade of second lieuten ant The next class at the academy Is now only about 75 strong and will graduate about 60. The vacancies will probably exceed 150 and four years from now the vacancies will amount to 175, with no Increase In the properly qualified graduates to fill them. KE AKE SOLE AGENTS FOR WBLD'S INLAID ISFMEUf.. Thoro is nothing better in tho market for floors. Colors run clear through to the back. We also handle an extensive- lino of plain and printed linoleum. We call special attention to our lino of All Wool Ingrain Carpets ranging In price from 50c to $1.00 CHARLES HEILBORN & SON MIDDLE OF THE ROAD POPULISTS Meet in National Convention at Cincinnati. WILL NOT NOMINATE BRYAN Vlriinla Republicans Hold Tbelr Convention The Admlnislrslloa Indorsed ..Stroiif Spttcb Made by Governor Atkla tos, t Cailraun. CINCINNATI. May 8.-AI a pro tracted meeting tonight of the nation al committee of the middle-of-the-road populists, plan were perfected for the routine buinc of the national con vcntlon, which will be called to order at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. For mer Congressman Howard, of Alaba ma, will be recommended to the con vention for temporary chairman. After the appointment of the creden tial committee, the convention will re solve Itself Into an "experience meet ing." This will be for the benefit of the members of the committee on resolutions. It will be the endeavor of the lead ers to hear expression of opinion on the part of every state represented before the resolutions committee gees to work. Thuisday morning the resolutions committee will report and nominations will then be taken up. Tonight It was asserted that lgna tus Donnelly had made a definite an nouncement of hi j cant'ldacy for the presidential nomination. Another surprise was the presenta tion of the names of former Congress man M. W. Howard, of Alabama, for president, and D. C. Deaver, of Ne braska, for vice-president. Nearly 700 delegates have already arrrived iu the city. Every state in the Union, with the exception of Ari xona. New Mexico. North and South Carolina and Vermont will be repre sented. " Secretary Parker's' report InTtW mat ter of expenses showed that the work of organizing the middle-of-the-road convention, which has been carried on since the split at Lincoln, February 19. hus cost less than S0O. This sum includes all the expense of the convention in this city and shows the smallest outlay f any national convention of its size in the history of the country. CINCINNATI. May 8.-Members of the National Reform Press Aisocia tlon. editors and proprietors for the most part of weekly populist papers throughout the south and west, met here today, and after a lengthy debate adopted the following resolutions, which will be presented to the national committee of the mlddle-of-the-roai?-era. 1. Initiative .ind referendum. 2. Honest money, which is govern ment paper money. 3. Nationalization of our railroads. 4. Public ownership of public fran chises. 5. Abolition of private trusts. 6. Elective Judiciary of short tenure of ofHce. ".Compulsory arbitration of labor disputes. 8. Principle of graduated income taxation. The ninth article was submitted in the original report of the resolutions committee, which contained these words and nothing more: ''Philippine independence." FAIRMONTH. W, Va., May 8 The republican state convention as sembled at noon. Governor Atkinson was announced as temporary chair man. After a few preliminary remarks. Governor Atkinson took up the Puerto Rlcan question, defending the tariff policy adopted by the administration as the best method of raising revenues for the island. He said 95 per cent of the population was poor and had noth ing to export, while the other five per cent were well to do and amply able to pay. Said he: "It Is claimed by our democrat ic friends that this plan for raising revenue was dictated by the tobacco and sugar trusts. This is not true. Common sense Itself brands the charge as fallacious and false. The trusts naturally wish to buy as cheaply as they can. They buy raw materials In large quantities and no doubt plan to save, so far as possible, all expense for middlemen. They would naturally, therefore, buy their raw materials as directly as possible from the producers themselves. "It Is probable, therefore, that most of the raw sugar and tobacco now In Puerto Rico warehouses belong to the trusts or their brokers. But they have already bought the sugar and tobacco now In the warehouses of Puerto Rico, and it would be manifestly to their interest to have these products admit ted to the United States free of duty. In no way that I can see could it be profitable to them to have a tariff on these products. Reason dictates, there fore, thnt If thew trusts have any In terest In the matter at all, they would naturally be in favor of Immediate free trade." lie denl.d the claim that the consti tution extended automatically over th newly acquired po"slon. He ald: "That dortilne was repudiated Id 1st; nnd we repudiate it now. A re publican we proposed to stand with Duni'-I Wc.bster arid axalnsit John C. Calhoun, and with Abraham Lincoln and RKiiiriRt Jefferson Davis. The con stitution of the t'nltde States extends oi ly so far as It I carried by con stitutional enactment and not by its inherent force. This question Is one of the many great problems that wo forever settled at Appommattox and It cannot be galvan ized into life auin by the democratic narty In the coming campaign." LE'.VHTON, Id., May 8. The re publican convention for the election of delegates to the national convention was held her today. There was a large number of former silver republicans among the delegate. The disposition appeared to be to treat them a though there had been no tplit. One of them was permanent chairman of the con vention and another Is one of the dele gates to the national convention. The temporary chairman was Judge W. V. Heyburn and permanent chairman ex Attorney General George H. Parsons. The delegates elected are Senator Geo. L. Shoup, Judge W. B. Heyburn. J. E. Allshle, L. L. Ormsby, State Senator Frank R. Gooding and Gea. A. Robe than. The resolutions commend the administration of President McKinley. PEORIA, III., May 8.-The republican state convention met today and effect ed a temporary organization, appointed committees and adjourned until to morrow. Senator Cullom and his fol lowers, by electing Charles C. Dawes temporary chairman,' defeated the Tanner-Haucey faction In the Initial contest There is much speculation tonight as to the effect of the unexpected result of today's fight for temporary organi zation as affactlng the chances of the various candidates for nomination for governor. BRYAN POPVLISTS. They Meet in South Dakota and Talk Only of the Vice-Presidency. SIOCX FALLS. S. D.. May 8.-The Increase of delegates and the approach to the time of calling the national populist convention to order, served to accentuate th-3 differences of opinion among the delegates as to the policy to be pursued with reference to the nomi nation of a candidate for the vice- presidency. As the time goes on It becomes more and more evident that this Is practic ally the only question which the con vention will have to decide, and it is occupying the attention alike of the delegates and visitors so exclusively as to render the situation quite monot onous on that account. Thore is occasional reference to a platform, and it is understood a few of the long-headed leaders have been drawing up plans and suggesting propositions for Incorporating in the declaration of principles, but while this Is true, the great majority of per sons in attendance are discussing the vice-presidential problem. The populist national commtitee mt tonight and decided that P. L. KIngdell, of Minnesota, should act as temporary chairman of the convention The committee then went over the lists of state delegates, which had been submitted to Secretary Edgerton of the national committee, and raised, in sev eral instances, the number of delegates allowed. The total number of delegates in the convention was raised from 960 to 1,000. REIIEiL LEADER CAPTURED. Force of Insurgents Attack a Com pany of American Troops, Kill ing Three and Wound ing Seven. WASHINGTON. May 8. The war department has received the following cablegram: "Manila, May 8. General Pantaleon Garcia, a prominent insurgent officer of the Northern provinces, was cap tured yesterday, with some valuable documents, by Funston's troops. Re gard the capture as an Important one. "Mae ARTHUR." MANILA, May 8. A force of rebels on May 2, attacked twenty men of Company I, of the Forty-senenth reg iment, stationed at Barotac, Ilo Ilo province. Island of Panay. Three of the Americans were killed and seven wounded. STRIKERS SHOT DOWN IN ST. LOUIS Police Powerless in the Face of a Mob of Thousand. TROLLEY TRAFFIC STOPPED GOVERNOR LEARY'S SUCCESSOR. SAN FRANCISCO, May 8. Com mander Schroeder, the new governor of Guam, will sail from here on the steamer Coptic, In a few days. He will go to Manila and from there proceed to the Ladrones, possibly on a man of war. WIDOW KELLY DEAD. NE WYORK, May 8.-Mrs. Mary M. Kelly, of Chicago, widow of Asa P. Kelly, a former well-known Chlcagoan, Is dead, at the Waldorf-Astoria. She was one of the oldest settlers of Chicago. Old Queitioo of liiioa and Non-Union if the Bottom ol the TroubleMea Dragged Frsm Cars and Beaten-A Pasua jer Shoots Into ibe Mob. ST. LOUIS. May 8.-Bloodahed has resulted Ironi the strike of the employe f the St.' Louis 'Transit Company. A boy was shot today by a non-union conductor who was trying to push his car through the crowd. In a fra cas further down the street the motor man was seriously Injured by a brick thrown by some one In the crowd. A man was shot at Grand and Franklin avenues tonight and another near the crossing of the suburban tracks on Taylor avenue. As a suburban car was crossing Tay lor avenue, a big crowd gathered. Some one in it pulled the trolly from the wire and this action so enraged a passenger, at present unknown, that he drew his revolver and fired threa shot into the crowd. He hurt a man named Gilbert, a bar-keeper, who re.-elved a bullet in his lung. His wound is pronounced mortal. The police were powerless today hi the face of the mob. About 3,600 men are out and street car traffic is completely paralyzed. ST. LOUIS. May 8. One of the great est strikes in the history of St. Louis was inaugurated today, when about 2.600 employes of the St. Louis Transit Company went out to compel the ac ceptance of their demands formulat ed several days ago. The salient fea tures of the men's demands were: "That all conductors, motormen, grip men and all men employed in the sheds shall be compelled to" Be members of the union. "That ot'leers of the union, together with officers of the company, shall have full power to adjust all differ ences that may arise and that in event of their failing to agree, shall, If mu tually agreed to, place the case be fore three arbitrators. "That any member suspended by the union will be suspended by the com pany without pay until such time aa the union requests Ms reinstatement. "That any man elected to an office in the union requiring his absence for not more than a year, shall, upon his re tirement from such office, have his old pluce with the company." Practically every car in St. Louis is tied up. A number of cars were run out on the Lindell lines. This led to frequjnt riots. John Ketchlng. a 18-year-old boy in a crowd on Park ave nue, was shot and seriously wounded by Conductor George McClellan, In charge of a car on the Park-avenue division. On each tne of the lines converging in Washington avenue, cars were run out. Four cars got out down town as far as Sixth street, but only one went around the loop. All were attacked by a "mob on Washington street, who threw stones. A riot call was turned in from Broad way and Washington and a wagon load of police turned out, 'but their efforts were in valu. At this point a motor man was hit on the head with a club, which cut a gash In his scalp. A brickbat struck him in the mouth, lac erating his lip and his nose was mashed by a stone. He ran into a sa loon for protection. One passenger, a man about 50 years of age, was struck In the head by a stone that crashed through the window and was badly injured. Finally the motorman return ed, and' lu a shower of stones and mud succeeded in getting his car away from the crowd. On the Olive-street line at Compton avenue a crowd took the grlpman and conductor off the cars and ran the cars back into the sheds. Six United States postal cars were tied up today. Each makes seven trips dally and covers 15 miles. They bring the malls froir- all sections of the city. Forty substations receive delivery. Postmaster Eaumhoff, said: "I see no need for acting hastily, but the mails will be delivered on time or some one will hear from us." The day and night forces are now on duty. SPECIAL INSPECTOR DETAILED. Many Chinese Merchants Returning to China Who Will Be Provided With Papers. SAN FRANCISCO, May 8. The sec retary of the treasury has directed Col lector Jackson to detail an inspector from the Chinese bureau to attend to the making out of papers for Chinese merchants domiciled in this country who are on the eve of depart"? foe China with the Intention of returning. They will have these papers on their their landing.