The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, May 20, 1900, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextC 3 From The , yttOu permission. Any biul' of chofTonso JltaJ i i j IP VOI, L. , ANTOKIA, OKKGON, SUNDAY. MAY 20, 19(M. NO. 2U7 "II ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. ALL PACKING HOUSES.. Advanced Hams anj Lard about i cent per pound yesterday. k Will Sell Today At (lie Old Price. Ross, Higgins & Co. Spring teds Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Flies, Hooks, Leaders, Baskets, etc. Everything necessary to complete your outfit. Spauldlng's Base Ball Good.' The best in the vorld. Croquet Sets and Bird Cage.' A large assortment to select from. GRIFFIN & REED Vlien the City Dads Put Out the Lights KEMI2MBEK LANTERNS TO SUIT ALL FOARD & Astoria, CLATSOP MILL CO.: ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber Boxes, SohIi ofid Doors, Shingles ciiid Mouldings W. F. SCHEIBE, zxrxxzuJL A lull lint ol Pirn, Tobacco, tad 3inukr' Aiticl... Commercial Hi, I-'HONIC NO. iijHi. C. J. TRENCHARD, Commission, Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. Agent W. P. A Go,, and Pacini) Kxpn-ia Co I. Investigate Your Plumbing.. bVo lluil it iH all rilit, before tlio warm hciihoii win in. Wo will fix every tiling right for you, at a reuHonablo C08t. J WE HAVE ' STOKES Oregon. able "La Belle Astoria" Clear Schelfce's Opera Star Schelbe's Special And Othar Brandt Custom House Broker. ... ASTORIA, .OREGON THOUSANDS STILL THRONG STREETS England Vet Rejoicing Over the Relief ol Mafeking. KRIGER WILL SIC FOR PEACE Boer Covo) May Be Olllclilly Received il Wiibiniloa-ll Will All Drpcad I'poa Tkelr Credentials -Fuller Telli el Hit Advaace From UdyimltB. LONDON. May 19. Ixndon tonight la In a state of carnival, so far aa the leading thoroughfares are concerned. Colonel Baden-Powell's house was all day the renler of scenes which must have been extremely gratifying to hie family, who constantly tpcared on the balcony to bow their acknowledge ments. In addition there waa a con tinuous l nam of carriages, bringing visitor, leaving cards of congratula tion. Tonight. although 'be excitement In eieusc In Inicnslty and crowd are hourly thickening, until It la almost Impossible to pan through the street and the scones of the Queen' Jubilee aro quite eclipsed, the ilcmi'tiHlratom ate inali'.ty composed of the loving or der, who nre Indulging freely In liq uor. Thy found amusement In hat smashing and varloint kind of horse p'.iy. making ihe street hideous with the noise of thi-lr trumpets, concer tln.tK and other musical lntruintiit. and In creating ugly rush-- along the thoronnhfari-a. LOUIIENCO MARQUES. May 19 Mufcklng was relieved Wednesday, May l. LONON. May 19. -The whole British empire haa bien carried off lt feet by the effect of the relief of Mart-king. The demonstration of the relief of Ladyamlth pale bifore the apontuh n)U transport of didlrlum recorded In the nibli'Krntin from all urta of the world wln-re lll.-a the Union Jack. The empire la In fete, and moat peo ple, In the United Kingdom are tak ing a holiday In honor of the dcfi-iul-era of the little prairie outpoat. There hiw been no Interruption of London'a celehrallon which waa brought to a climax yeatcrdny, but which Incn-naed lm cntliuslunni today, Omnibus.' contain men and women waving lluga, carta and carrlugca and nearly every hnuae Ih . decorated. Traffic la practically aurKndid and great crowda aurrounded the Manalon hoime and all public building, shout ing and cheering. The wur oftlee haa received the fol lowing dispatch from General Duller, dated Newcastle, May 19: "General C'lcry moved lo Ingogo today and Gen eral Dumlonuld to Lalng'a Nek. We almost caught up with the tall-end of the etu'iny'a column and have cap tured a few prlaonera nnd wagona. "Men have marched very well Indeed. I left Ladyamlth on May 10 and by the road uod am now 13S miles from there. The telegraph aectlon haa been Indefatlgnble and the army service him kept ua full of rations all the time. The fifth division also has done gerat service." It la reported that the Tretorla gov caimicnt baa decided to aue Lord Rob erta for peace. While no confirmation of this rumor Is at hand It Is gener ally credited. WASHINUTON. May 19. The Hoer delegates devoted most of their time today to receiving visitors. It was made evident to. Colonel O'HIrne that the Btate department is disposed to treat the Boor delegates with absolute fairness and that their credentials, consequently, are to be considered on their merits. It Is by no means a fore gone conclusion that the delegates are to be denied official recognition, but It la suld that much depends upon tho character of their credentials and also upon the attitude of the delegates themselves. KROONSTAD. Friday May lS.-Gen- ernl Hutton, with his mounted Infan try today made a dash upon Botha ants nnd captured three command- WE AKE SOLE WILD'S INLAID LINOLEl There is nothing bettor in tlio market for floors. Colors run clear through to tho baek. We also liamllo an extensive lino of plain and printed linoleum. "We call special attention to our line of All Wool Ingrain Carpets rargirg in price from;50cto$1.00 . CHARLES HEILBORN & SON ftfil and 19 other prisoners, mostly JCurpn. The (olt machine gun section, commanded by Attorney haa arrived here. Owing to the derailing of two trains at l he Vet rlvi r, progrecs toward the completion of the railway deviation will b delayed for ome days, HEJOICINO IN CANADA. IieiniiiiMlrallona Throughout the Do minion In Honor of ll.ifcklng's Belief. NEW YOBK. May 19.-Accordlng to the specials received by New York papers from various points throughout Canada, there la general rejoicing among the ICnglish residents of the Dominion, over the relief of Mafeklng. Montreal waa alive last night with )oy over the news. A bonfire waa built In front of ti'ieen Victoria's atatue, on Victoria square, and the city echoed with "Rule Itritannla" and "God Have the Queen." The newt came too late for any large organised demonstration, but more will come thla week. will not Interpose. Uocr 'Teace" Delegates Will Not Be Able to Force Tlla Country Into a War With England. NEW YORK. May 19.-The general conclusion was reached at the cabinet nx-eiing yesterday,' according to the Washington correspondent tf the Her ald, to adhere to the former decliilon airalnst Intervention unless mediation should bo requested by both side. The London Standard, says a special to the Herald from Lor don, comment ing upon the result of the cabinet meeting at Washington, aya: "A a final blow to the hope of the enemy comes this new from Wash ington If the lloers want peace they must sue for It from the linerlal gov ernment." ! BIG WHEAT rOOL FORMING. United States and 'Russia to Form a Combine and Dictate Trlcea to the World. CHICAGO, May 19. The Record anys: "There Is before the state department at Washington a plan submitted by the Russlon government, whereby Russia and the United Slates could dictate wheat prices to the world," said J. M. Ftynn, ol Ban Francisco, at the Auditorium hoUI. Mr. Flynn la an' agent of the Rum-alun- American Company, recently formed with . cupUsl of K.000.000. and has been In consultation with the Rus sian embassy In Washington for sev eral weeks on matters pertaining to the company he represents. Continu ing. Mr. Flynn said: "This plan was submitted during Cleveland's second term, but It has rested without action until the present time. I know that the Russian govern ment Is ahxious that It overture be met by this country. The trans-Siberian railway develops a territory, the principal products of w hlch are wheat and cotton. Russia believed that with the co-operation of this country her wheat and cotton, the principal Items of exports also of the United Stales, could bring much better prices. "Kussia's proposition was the result of the Investigations made some time IW bv M. 1X Wltte, minister of flo unce to discover the cause of the low price of wheat and cotton. They showed to the satisfaction of the gov ernment that this low price was not due to Increased acreage nor lessened consumption , but waa the direct re sult of American competition." ANOTHER RUNNING MATE. Son of General McClcllan' Believes He Can Pull Bryan Through Be cause He Don't Believe in the Chicago Platform. . NEW YORK. May 19.-A special to the Herald from Washington, says that a meeting of the friends of Con gressman George H. McClellan, son of "Little Mac," the former federal gen eral, who was the democratic candi date for president In 1S64, waa held at Washington last night for the purpose of urging the nomination of Congress man George B. McClellan for second place on the ticket with Bryan. It was urged that Mr. McClellan Is the best man to strengthen the dom-m-ratls ticket In those sections of the country where Mr. Bryan Is weak, for the reason that he commands the con fidence of the conservative New York democracy Inasmuch aa during his campaign for congress In 1S96 and 1S9S, when a candidate for congress, he did not go on record either for or against the Chicago platform. GASOLINE SCHOONER WRECKED. Crew Escapee Death After a Terrible Struggle In the Breakers. MARSHF1ELD, Or., May 19.-The gasoline schooner which went on the spit this morning was towed here thla afternoon In a waterlogged condition. The crew escaped without Injury, but they h.id a hard struggle for their lives among the breakers. AGENTS POK COMMISSION WILL ACT SLOW AND SURE Not lo Be Hurried Into Making Mistakes by Bogies. FACTS AND FIGURES ASKED Couacil Will Be Qlvei aa Auwer it the Earliest Passible Maeat.-Buildla( el PhMU Piaal Believed to Be CerUla. The people who want to mah the water commission Into hasty action by the cry of dark streets and other equal ly senseless bogles, will find themselves fooled. The water commission la composed of business men and while they have been slow too alow, many think. In acting upon the public lighting ques tion In the past they do not propose, now that they have taken It up, to be hurried Into making mistakes. That eventually the water commis sion will discharge the- duties for which It was created and give the city Its own lighting; plan?. If they go no far ther, I almost certain, but It Is not going to be driven Into hasty action In doing It. The question of dark streets in As toria Is one that will be easily and quickly settled. Just as soon as the water commission notifies the council that It haa decided to conform to the state law and give the city an elec tric lighting plant of lta own, the council will provide the ways and means of lighting the streets until euch time as the city's plant la In opera tion. Just what plan will be adopted la not known but some one of the many substitutes for the West Shore Mills Company's "glimmers" will be found, and without much cost at that. So far aa dark streets are concern ed, have the people of Astoria forgot ten the time when they paid a price per month for arc lights on the streets d mble that now asked and the lights were under what Is known as the "moonlight schedule"? Then, when the almanac said there would be a full moon, the street lamps were extin guished. If the full moon showed up, all well and good. If it did not, on account of clouds or storm, the streets were left In darkness. On some of the stormiest nights, when light was most needed, the streets were in dark ness, and yet Astoria lived and thrived and Its citizens were neither sandbag ged by footDads nor did they fall off the wharves Into the river on account of the darkness. The bogie cry of dark streets Is the sole and only argument the agents of the West Share Mills Company have to advance against the city building Its own lighting plant. As to the water commission. It has already, it Is understood, started an Inquiry aa to the cost of building, op erating and maintaining electric plants by other cities. It has also, it is un derstood, inquired into the cost of the latest Improved electrical machinery of machines of varied capacity, from those only capable of furnishing pub lie lighting, to those of a capacity to meet the provisions of the state law and enable the city to not only sup ply Its own lights but "furnish the in habitants thereof with electricity for any and every use whatsoever. As to the city water power the com mission haa no fear. Electrical ex perts have told them that the power is sufficient . to run an electric plant to supply a town of 50.000 inhabitants with light and power. The lowest es timate made, so far- as is known. Is that the power is ample to furnish 100 arc lights and 1.000 incandescent lights with a plant for public lighting only. So far as the profits of the city. In case It Invests in an electrical plant are concerned, they are certain. The plant Is certain to pay an interest of at least 20 per cent on the Investment Inside of five years and' at the same time .give the city and citizens lights at less than One-third the price they are now paying. Seattle, under public' lighting, fur nishes Incandescent lamps for 33 1-3 cents per month, as against 1.2a In Astoria. Forest Grove, Ore., furnishes by public lighting incandescent lamps for 25 cents per month, as against $1.23 per month In Astoria. These are examples right here at home and the Astorlan has furnished facts and fig ures, as to the saving to cities and private consumers by public lighting, aafagalnst private lighting:. in more than tlfty Eastern cities and towns where the taxpayers refused to longer submit to1 extortion by private corpor ations and emancipated themselves. Not only will the taxpayers of As toria have better public and private lights at one-third the cost If the city owns its own electric light plant, but the plant, when completed, will In It self -b a valuuble asset to the city's wealth. If the water commission has any doubt about a public electric lighting plant being a paying proposition, let them issue the bonds' for the build ing of such a plunt in small denomina tions and offer them for sale to the citizens here at home. This has been done frequently in the East and in every case the people have taken the bonds hs soon as offered. The people are not fools and they know a safe paying investment when It Is offered. As said yesterday the water commis sion and the city council have promised to move In themntterof public lighting as rapidly as they can. The citizens will not have long to wait for a final answer. , A few 'nights of dark streets, and ,1 . , , .1, a. ...ft . t U ... j .i tiia,, in iiiraii Mir: saving of thousand) of dollar to the iwoini: oi siniona, 11 me water com mission (jiien us uuiy. THE SURVEY QUESTION. Effort of the Navy to Hold on the Work Ha Resulted In the Husi-enslon of an Officer NEW YORK, May 19.-A special to the Herald from Washington, says: Becratary Long has relieved Com- mMnftl.f. i f Tm.I.I from ltiu a. r..f- drographer of the navy and placed him ujmer .suspension. This action Is the direct result of effort flf thA crinjit nnti awostarlo aur. vey. supported by Mr Cannon, and inner representatives, lo take the worn oi ocean ana lane surveys from the navy. It I ronftrlenr inllv 0njwfl Kv Commander Todd and hi frlenda that wnen tne racta receive further con sideration he will be restored to duty and proper steps taken to relieve his record of the stigma now resting upon Commander Todd has been zealously laboring to keen the mirvev wnrlt unriur the navy, because he believes with his uruwier oincers mat ine navy ana the merchant marine can obtain better charts and be more efficiently served than If the coast and geodetic survey had the work In charge. Arugmenta advanced by the navy un doubtedly had much to do with the ac tion of the senate In restoring the pro vision appropriating 1100,000 for carry ing on the surveys under the navy. This action was extremely distasteful to the coast and geodetic aurvey. Representative Cannon wrote to Secretary Long asking him if the hy drographer had sent any letters to "individuals, corporations, boards of trade or chambers of commerce," In relation to the action of the house In connection with the ocean and lake surveys, Commander Todd replying that he had not. Then Mr. Cannon asked for a copy of a letter sent the hydrographlc office. Commander Todd sent the communica tion but It waa shown to be addressed to the "Branch Hydrographlc Office, New York," "Branch Hydrographlc Office, Chicago," and so on. and Com mander Todd's friends Insist that he was entirely correct In stating that no letters had been sent to "Individuals, corporations, boards of trade or cham bers of commerce." Secertary Long decided to relieve Commander Todd aa hydrographer pending a thorough consideration of the matter. PHILIPPINE TELEGRAPH LINE. Entire Visayan Group Will Soon Be Connected by Wire-Work of Signal Corps. WASHINGTON, May 19.-A new progress map of signal corps telegraph lines and cables In the Philippines, just prepared under the direction of Gen eral Greey. Is of especial Interest at this time. It shows not only the sys tem as It existed on March 31. but also projected military telegraph lines and cables now In process of construction. Telegraphic communication between .Manila and the south has ben entirely dependent upon the English cable to the Visayan islands of Panay, Negros and Cebu. This cable, which was bro ken by an earthquake on April 14, has not yet been repaired, and the long interruption emphasizes the great mil itary importance of the alternate tel egraph route to the southern islands irom .iimiiia, wnicn is now oeing con structed by the signal corps. It Is expected that the entire Visayan group will be connoted by military lines before July, and that th southern system of cables and land lines will be In operation by the end of the rainy season. The extent and magnitude of the telegraph and cable operations of tne signal corps In the Philippines is hardly realized or known. There are 160 tirst-closs telegraph offices, manned by nearly 200 telegraph operators, who handled by telegraph on the island of Luzon alone about 300.00) words each day. In addition there are about 150 long distance tele phone stations In operation In various parts of the archipelago. The work of the signal corps, when completed will stretch through nearly 14 degres of latitude. Six signal corps cables are now In operation, and In all prooaoility the cabl-es and land lines, which were nearly 200 miles in length on March 81, will aggregate at present 2.100 miles. BLOW AT THE BOYCOTT. Injunctions Issued In Missouri and Montana Against Its Employ ment. St. Louis. May 19. Judge Adams of the United States district court today Issued an Injunction restraining strike leaders and others from Interfering witii tne running or man cars in St. Louis. The injunction la very sweep ing. BUTTE, Mont.. May 19. Judge Knowles handed down a decision In the United States court today perpetu ally enjoining labor unions now boy cotting the Chinese. The injunction is very sweeping. It restrains all people from combining or conspiring to injure or destroy the buslnec - of Chinamen or from threatening, coei- ng or injur ing those patronizing Chinamen. The defendants are forbidden to carry or hold transparencies or banners through the streets intended to Injure the Chi namen. It is said that the Butte Chinese will ask damages for the loss of business already sustanied. SENATOR CLARK'S DAUGHTER. Soon to Be Married at a Cost of One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Dollars. NEW YORK, May 19. It is now an nounced that Senator Clark will give his daughter. Miss Katherine Clark, Jewels valued at $S3,000 upon the occa soin of her ' marriage to Dr. Lewis Kntherford Morris. fiix thousand wedding Invitations will be issued, and it Is said that the total cost of the wedding will be at least J125.000. BUBONIC PLAGUE IN SAN FRANCISCO Chinese Resist Innovation by Board of Health Officers. NO NEW CASES REPORTED Six Dealbs From the Dread Disease Admlt tcd, Bat ANtborlflet Claim It La Stamped . Out PorU Are Qua raatloloi Ailflt (be Sltemers, SAN FRANCISCO, May 19 Whether there are cases of the bubonic plague now existing In San Francisco or not Is a question. The authorities, while admitting there have been at leant six deaths from the plagu In the city within the past week, claim the disease haa been stamped out. Maritime authorities have been noti fied of quarantine against vessels from' this city from nearly all coast points ' and railroad centers may follow. The board of health haa adopttd a resolution declaring that, bubonic plague exists In San Francisco. The health officers say. that while there are no living cases here, there have been six deaths, and" they have decid ed to take precaution against the de velopment and spread of the disease. This morning a force of physician went through Chinatown to treat the Chinese with haffkine propylactic, aa a prevention against the plague. The condition of affairs in Chinatown today, as a result of the attempt to innoculate the inhabitants of the quarter ugainct the spread of the plague Is critical. All the large stores and many of the smaller ones are closed and no business is being done. Merchants look upon the attempt to Innoculate them as an outrage and will not submit to It They assert that five Chinese bound for the Interior were lnnoculated a few days ago and and that two have since died from the effects. When It became known In Chinatown that the board of health, had deter mined to Innoculate the residents in, the Chinese quarter, many tried to leava the city, but were stopped by the police. PORT TOWNSEND. May 19. Under orders from the department,' Quaran tine Officer Foster made a thorough in spection of the steanuhlp Queen ar riving from San Francisco today for Indications of bubonic plague. He has also received Instructions to Inspect all vessels arriving from that port. DISGRUNTLED DEMOCRATS. , t- Washington and Idaho Unterrlfled Hold Conventions and Quarrel WALLACE. Ida., May 19. The dem ocratic county convention split today. The fight came on the question as to who should vote for temporary chairman, there being a contest In six precincts. County chairman Murphy decided that contestants should file credentials with him and he decide who waa entitled to vote. Over half of the delegates walked out. The bolters formed a separate con vention, elected delegates and adopted a resolution commending Governor Sleunenherg for hia course In the Coeur d'Alenes. SPOKANE, May 19.-The democrat, ic state convention met at 10 o'clock this morning and spent all day over the contest from King county. The cmtest ended tonight In the seating of the Goodwin delegation and the turning down of the Hart forces from King county.. The platform reaffirms the Chicago platform in Its entirety, denounces the present republican national adminis tration in its attitude towards trusts and opposes Imperialism. . Continuing, the platform says- "We extend our sympathy to the he roic Boers now struggling . for life, laml and liberty. The delegates weV Instructed to vote (?Ln,yanT t0r, PreslJent Ml James Hamilton Lewis for vice-president. - TRIBUTE TO GENERAL GRANT. Unveiling of a Statue at Washlngtoa by the Hero'a Comrades. W ASHINGTONMay la.-The stat ue of General Grant, presented by the Grand Army of the Republic to the atlon1 which was unveiled in the great rotunda of the capltol today, represents the contributions of thous ands of his comrades, none of whom was allowed to subscribe more than fifteen cents, and Is the result of a movement started shortly after General Grart s death, In July, 18S5. CONTEST GROWS . INTERESTING. Dr. Berry Leads In the Vote for Bishop at Methodist Conference. CHICAGO. May 19.-The result' of the ninth ballot for bishop n the Methodist conference was announced this morning. J. F. Berry was in tb.j lead. - with Spellmeyer in second pluce. Much surprise was caused at the full iner off of Siiellmeyer's vote. On the 10th ballot, Km a..n. n.-,yer were in tne lead. " but "on" the lilh ballot Spellmeyer dropped to fourth place, with Berry, Hamilton and More leading In the order nam.-d.