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ASi'CJiiA PUBLIC MHABf ASSOCIATE, '" tu "I ... VOL. L. ASTORIA, 1 OliKGON, WEDNESDAY. MAY 23, 1900. NO. L"J9 ii'mi'iwiiiniPJ1 iiiiiili);ptmffmywy ll?L ...mIS ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. We Will Continue to Sell TIIOSK FANCY , HAMS AND BACON At ol.l prices for fi-w tiny longer. Everything flsi that is m ufonal'K' and good in tlio lino oi FKKSII MKATS and KlU'ITS or (JKO. CKKII..S always on hnud at reasonable priecw. Ross, Higgins & Co. Spring (Goods Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Flics, Hooks, Leaders, Haskets, etc. Everything necessary to complete your outfit. Spauldlng's Bxse Ball Gocdi The best in the world. Croquet Sets and Bird Cage A large assortment to select from. GRIFFIN & REED When the City Dads Put Out the Lights KEM EMBER LANTERNS TO SUIT ALL FOARD & AHtona, CLATSOP MILL CO.: ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber. Boxes, Sosh and Doors, Shingles otid Mouldings W. F. SCHEIBE, Krzzvz'zj A full lint ol Pipe, Tbicc, nd 5mokn' Article. 41 Commorclnl (. IHONI5 NC), njHi. C. J. Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. A Cnt Investigate Your Plumbing..' Hco tlint it in all rljlit, beforo tlio warm wiihoii wta in. Wo will fix everything right for you, t a reasonable cost. WE HAVE STOKES OregoMi. of labia "Lb Belle Astoria" Clear Scheme's Opera Star Scheme's Special And Othr Brand CHARD, Custom House Broker. ASTORIA. .OREGON W. F. 4 Co., sod Pclflc Kiwru Co'l. BOERS PREPARING FOR A LAST STAND Will Be Made at Pretoria, Which Is Being Deserted by Women. 00M PAUL SAVES MILLIONS Turn All Hit Property Over la Pcrsaasl friends la Escape CoaflKalloi ay Great BrlUla-Reparlco' Offers la Surrender LONDON, Muy 23.-The Tranvaal Xovcrntmrt ha Informed the corres pondent at Pretoria that It has not considered unit doe not IntenJ to ciiiihliln unconditional surrende, but will iWlit to flnlMi. Foreign consul have Im'-ii Informed t hut Johannesburg will be defend.! and the gov.-rnnv.-nt annoumc that It will not hold Itself n spoiinlblo for Injury to property re suiting from dcfcime mciwure. I'ctoilii dlspatchc tfllrm that Pre- li'elil Kriiger. rr.-ald.-nt Htcyn and all the iiwut romlni-nt h-adi-m of both republic a, after a prolonged Interi-hingc of viewy, iv determined to continue reslaiuwV. hut that a minority of the li'iid'-ia Hdvo.-u'.n sunvnd-r without tl'MIlM Mm. Kelt, wife of Ihe Transvaal state secretary, arid her family, with the funillii- of other olllci;ils, have gone to I.un-ni o Murqui-s. JnhaniHf'iurg and l'rtorla aro being cleared of non-combatants. The Boer chiefs, who now recognise the posul blllty ili.it th-y will have to ik-leml lln t-ll t.-it are preparing with lite ut nom huMe. Tlie tcr spirit han Ixn-n rUInK from a low ebb und i now rady for teadfiiitt rt-alatani-c. Neverlht-U, according to th- pally Chronicle, long iiIihuukvh In Dutch have bfen received by the Hritliih governimnt, by the way of Anmierdum, In which I'n-Hldent Krutfer aeeka peace. According lo one account hrurfi-r aurivndcra uncondi- th.nnll). According lo another he axka ft-r term. A l)ui-nco Manjum eorreiipond-nt of the Tim. my he ha It on tin- qui'Ktlonable authority that within the lx week President Kruger has rnnfi-rred the bulk of his property In the TiuiihvuuI to ptmonal frlcnda In order to avoid It conflm-ution by Great Ili-linlu. LONW)N, May 22.-A dlxpntch lo the Dully Mull duted Mufcklng. May 13. nay: "Among the priaonera captured with Commandant Purvl Kloff are Count Do Ilremnnt. a Frenchman, and Count Von Welaa, a German. It la found that the Hoera were Kulded by two denert- era named Hay and Holion. At the enemy'a rtqueat we have handed over their dead. 'Today one of our men wag nuked o aurrender and replied: 'Never.' The Mom at once shot him through the head. LONDON, May ?2. Lord Roberts reports to the war otllce In a dispatch dated Kroonstad, May 21, aa follows: 'Muhon reiKirta that the Hying col umn entered Mufeklng at 4 a. m May 17. He was stubbornly opposed by .500 men on Muy 7, nine miles from M.ifoklng, but the Boers were driven from their strong positions after Ave hours fighting, tlmnks.'he says, to the mngnltU-ent qualities of his troops. A uciacnment or Canadian artillery by a series of forced marches, reached him the morning of the fighting and ren dered valuable assistance. "Million's casualties were about SO. The P.oers losses were heavy." FATHER SHKRMAN'S DENIAL. Says Bishop Whipple's Criticism on the Catholic Priesthood of Puer to Rico Is I'ntrue. "ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE, Chicago, 111., May 21. In a recent article on Puerto Rico signed by H. B. Whipple, tho Protestant Episcopal bishop of Minnesota, the following paragraph oc curs: " 'Of the moral condition of the isl and I need not speak at length. Father Sherman and others have told me stories of tho Immorality of the WE ARE SOLE WILD'S Tlicro is nothing better in the market for floors. Colors run clonr through to tlio back. We also liniullo an extensive line , of plain and printed linoleum. Wc call special attention to our lino of AH Wool Ingrain Csrpets ranging price from 50c to$1.00 HARLES HEILB0RN & SON prb-Hthood and people. The marriage exai.ted by the Koman Catholic prleata have prftVented multltud"-!) from Chrlntlnn marriagea and ttiU hu l'-d lo much lit th'i awful d'-morallratlon which exlBl on the Inland.' "In HiIm (.onnectlon, I would like to remark that a I have never met the ItlKlit IU-vcr-fid g'Titicrmm, a far as I remember, It la lo my the leant, mlii leading to atate thai I have told Mm any nuih atorle about anything. A f,r the clergy of Puerto Hlcq, not a few if them are o i-nlhUMlantic and o A-aloUH, uch dear friend of mln-, that I hunt'-n to repudiate any auch Inxlnu atlon In their regard. Father of Are elbo, Fr. Z;rbla, of I'tuado, Fr. Panaa lague, nf Coamo, may M mentioned tmong mod'-rn pantor and men of hlamelea Integrity. All of the father of th- congregation of St. Vincent of Paul, all the Aeiculapaln prleat and the canon of the cathedral are men of holy life and fervent teal, to say nothing of olherii scattered about the. Inland. "If 1 rrltlclded some of the ftpanlah clergy who have departed. It was be cause I thought religion and politics wre too cl'meljl connected In their mim'a ard becaue I felt that they left their posts of duty when their prew-nce was most needed. This make th conduct of thomt who remained in spile of the hrss of their salaries, the political revolution, the war and other dlfl'cultles. doubly rredttuble and' hon orable. "These are the men who now consti tute the cl-riy of Puerto Hico, and of whom I have never spoken except Ir. praixe. In this connection I repu diate a part of a newspaper Interview publlnhed on my return to the I'nlted Stute from which the contrary might be Inferred. The reporter told me af terwards he wished to reuse the mlii lHtr and ne srare lines: he was not aiming to tell wlmt I had said to hi in. As for the charge II at I he marriage ft exacted by priests have prevented marriage. I knovr this lo me calumny and i am surpriMd that Bishop Whip ple could voice so false a charge. : "I am convinced that he must have been mislead,, as ho would not Inlen tlonitlly make a statement capable of such eay refutation. The poor are married free everywhere, In Puerto hlci. as In the rest of the Catholic world. "The want of religious fervor in Pueilo Iiico Is quite sufficiently ex plulned by rltmalic and racial condi tiona fully dlscimsed by the blvhop In his Artie K-. "It Is of course possible that I have met the bishop and forgotten the fact, but the paragrniib Is none the less misleading and is substantially Incor red. The clergy of Puerto Kico of 1900, and Rlshop Whipple writes from San Juan In 10, are a zealous, pious, est! muble body of men, many of them lovej and revered with the utmost Je- votlon by their people, and I am sure they nre well able to withstand the attacks of the sects and maintain the cause of truth among all who are will ing to henr and heed. Protestant mis sionaries In Puerto Rico will waste their time and money. "THOMAS EWIN'G SHERMAN, S. J.' AUSTRALIAN RATES ADVANCED, Agreement Between London and New York Steamship Companies Which Will Operate Separately. NEW YORK. May 22.-There has within the last few weeks been an -ad vance of something like 25 per cent in the ocean steamship freight rates to Australia. This Is a development that hns accompanied the formation of an arrangement between the London steamship combination and New York pnriles. who are backing the United States and Australian Steamship Com- puny. The steamship, and to a large ex tent the sailing vessel business with Australia, will now be carried on by the three lines acting Independently. These lines are the Tyser line, which has maintained Its Independence through out the recent contest. The United States and Australian Steamship Company, representing the New York parties, and the London steamship peo ple, Including the Bucknall Brothers, Houlder Bros. & Co., and the Federal Steamship Navigation Company. PROMINENT COAL MAN DEAD. NEW YORK, May 22.-Frederle A, Bell, who made a' vast fortune In the bituminous coal business In Philadel phia and who was subsequently presi dent of the Buffalo Elevating Com pany, is dead at his home In Madison, N. J., aged 65. He leaves an estate valued at $25,000,000. AGENTS TOR nlaid immn M'KINLEV WILL STAND NO NONSENSE Propaganda of Boer Delegates Will Be Stopped Unless AH Right THEY WERE NOT DIPLOMATS Hs4 N Official Credeitlali la Show to Ea title Tbeai la Official Recoialllcs Olbtr Wsiblnjtoa Newt af Imports ace. WASHINGTON, May 22.-The Boer epvoya visited the White House this morning, according to a previous ar rangement, to pay their respects to the president. McKli.ky received them, but no official standing was given to the visitor. WASHINGTON. May 21-Thc state department does not exteet tn have any furthrr communication wllh th Uoer delegates. If the Boer delegate! had any credentials giving them official status they fulled to present them, o even to refer to them in the course of their talk with the officials. The only sign of possession by them of diplo matlc powers was an Inscription on the cards presented by them Indicating that each one of the delegates had been sent out as minister plenipotentiary by the Boer republics. It Is surmised that If they have ere dentials conferring diplomatic powers upon them the delegates have purpose ly refrained from presenting them, In order to avoid dislocation of their plans for the future. Having had reason to anticipate the declinution of the Unit ed States government to Intervene tn behalf of the republics. It is surmised that the delegates refrained from en deavoring to -stabllsh diplomatic char acter in order to reduce liability to In terrupiion in the propaganda they are about to conduct In this country at large. Although the United States government beyend doubt has power to stop this propaganda at any point, and dismiss the delegates from the United Stales It can be stated that there Is no llklihood of any such action being taken so long as the agitation is conducted by private Individuals. An agreement was reached today be tween the friends of Senator Clark, of Montana, and the senate committee on privileges ana elections, to postpone any action upon the senator's creden lials Until ednesday, the 30 Inst. In the meantime the credentials of Ma- gtnnls will be presented and the pa pers tn both cases will be considered together. WHY IT WAS COSTLY. ihe Cuban Railroad, Built by the Government Was Completed Un der Circumstances of Extreme Emergency. WASHINGTON. May 22.-In answer to criticism of Its action In construct ing the short line of railroad from Triscornia, In the harbor cf Havana, to connect with the Inland railways of Cuba, the war department has made public a report showing the basis for Its action. The officials direct partlcu lar attention to the high character of the ofilcers who recommended the construction of this railway, and to their reasons for building it. The report Is dated In Havana, Octo ber 14, 1S98, and is signed by J. G. C. Lee, assistant quartermaster general Frank J. Hecker. colonel and quarter master; W. R. Liv-ermore, lieutenant colonel of enginers; R. M. O'Reilly, lieutenant-colonel and chief surgeon; Tasker H. Bliss, lieutenant-colonel and chief comrolssajf, and Lieutenant Colonel John T. Thompson. The board of oftloers assembled In Havana on October 12, 1S98, and after an investigation expressed the opinion that the cities and villages of Cuba were Infected to a greater or less ex tent with yellow fever, and that ma larial fevers of various degrees of in tensity prevailed throughout the whole Island. The board also reached the conclu sion that the occupancy of any of the old buildings for barracks, storehouses, or hospitals was dangerous, as all of them were believed to be infected more or less, and therefore strongly recommended the construction at once of suitable hospitals and storehouses on the eaM side of Havana bay, which location Is believed to be the most ex cellent one available. It further recommended, "In order that provision might be made for all troops to be stationed in the vicinity and a base created for supply of other points: that the completed supply sta- lon shall be connected by rail as soon as possible with the other railway systems Inland." The board especially warned the war department that any stores landed in Havana harbor before the completion of tho wharves and warehouses would be subject to a risk from yellow fever Infection. It also earnestly recom mended that ample time be allowed for the construction of the new buildings bi fore troop were Sf-nt to Havana (as otherwise they and their stores would be unnecessarily exposed to Infection) or be sent to sny other point on the Island until its freedom from infec tlous disease was ascertained and as sured. NATIONAL DKMOCRATfC CLUB. its Jf?u'Juart(:rH Transferred to Washington in Order to Be in Touch With Bryan Committee. NEW YORK, May 22.-Wllllam R Hearst, who was recently elected president of the National Association of Democratic Clubs, In response to numerous Inquiries ba to his policy and the programme of the association gives out an Interview in part as follows: "The national Association of Dtrno cratic Clubs will transfer its headquar f-rs from Washington to New York, but branch offices will be maintained In Washington and Chicago, so that th machli-ery of the organization will be In close and constant touch with the national committee and with the con gresslonal campaign committee. "Every democratic club, society or association in the United States is ex petted to unite In the political battle this year. And the democratic organ izatlon in every city, town or village, will be aaked to assemble on the night of the fourth of July to celebrate the declaration of independence and to re ceive news from the democratic na tlor.al convention. This ought to be made a memorable display of old fash ioned American patriotism. In some cities and towns there will be banquets, in others there will be mass meetings, "The clubs of each locality will de termine for themselves the form of their celebration. The national asso ciation desires to recall to the whole country the fact that this year the peo pie of the United Slates must defend the declaration of independence or abandon it. No man who has a drop of democratic blood in his veins can fail to assist in this great national pro test against the establishment of sub' Ject colonies under the American flag. The great question to be decided at the polls this year is whether this country is to continue to be a repub lic controlled by the people, or an em plre controlled by trusts. All minor questljr.3 disappear in tho presence of this giant issue. The national association of demo cratic clubs enters on the work of as sisting the national committee and the regular party organizations in the var ious states with a determined heart and reports from all parts of the country indicate that - the principal work of the democratic clubs next spring will be the inauguration of Mr, Bryan at Washington." M' ARTHUR'S CASUALTIES. WASHINGTON. May 22. General McArthur's latest casualty list is as follows: Manila, May 21. The deaths: May 6. band. Thirty-fourth infantry. Ray G. Perkins; Thirty-seventh infan try, Howard McCall: May 7, Forty- sixth infantry, Edward Flood; May 10, Thirty-seventh Infantry. James T. Hackett: May 12. Fourth infantry, Sergeant Thomas Ryan; May 14, Fourth cavalry, Hugh H. Thompson Thirty-ninth infantry, Gustav A. Kru- gvr; May 15, Thirty-ninth infanlry Artificer Isaac N. Wise; Thirty-sev enth infantry, William M. Farnham; May 16, Thirteenth infantry, William W. Crowell; Thirty-ninth Infantry, George Roddin. Typhoid fever, April 29, Forty-seventh Infantry, Howard Templln; May 12, Thirty-ninth infan try. Scott I. Larson. Drowned accidentally. May 15, Fourth infantry, Frederick W. Franx; Fourth Infantry. Harrison Dirks. Suicide, May 15, Third regiment, cav airy, Farrier Edward Watson. Appendlcltus, May 13, Forty-eighth infantry, Isac H. Hoskins. Malrial fever. May 13, Forty-first infantry, Edward Bastlan. Peritonitis, May 11, Thirteenth in fantry, Lee Shepherd. Septicalmla, May 6, Twenty-ninth Infantry, Robert T. Floyd- Pneumonia, May 12, Twenty-sixth Infantry, James W. Moran. Accidentally shot. May S, Fortieth Infantry, Corporal Fisklne H. Dorman. Tettanus, May 17, Battery E, Sixth artillery. Corporal Charles Sweeney. CLAIM TURNED DOWN. Loss on Failure to Deliver Arms Bought By Government According to Contract Cannot Be Re covered. WASHINGTON, May 22. The controt- ler of the treasury has decided adverse ly to the claimants In the case of Dud ley and Ichenor against the government for equituble compensation of account of an alleged breach of an alleged con tract for the purchase from them In 189S, of 20,000 Mauser rifles, and three million cartridges. The only evidence of a contract in this case, says the controller, Is found In a quoted letter to them from General Alger, secretary of war, directing them to deliver the arms and ammunition Ithin five weeks from that date. On August IS, the goods not having been delivered, the order was countermanded- PRESBYTERIANS GIVEN A SURPRISE Charges of Heresy Against Rev. Dr. McGiffcrt Withdrawn. HIS ENEMIES AFRAIDTO GO ON SUrtUsf Cbaojet Rccommcadeo' la Ibe FandstntoUl Doctrines af tbe Church A Day of Sappreiseo' Eiclttmeal la tbe PrtibytcrY. ST. LOUIS, May 22.-Anticlpat!ng that thj judicial committee would make Its report on the McGlffert case at the afternoon session of the general as sembly, commissioners and denomina tional friends crowded the church to Its utmost capacity. In addition to this feature the committees on bills and overtures sprung a surprise, on the as sembly by submitting its report on the revision of the creed of the Presbyter ian church. For this the asaembiy was not prepared and the matter caused intense suppressed excitement. The matter was postponed until Wednesday afternoon.. The bringing up of the McGlffert case and the result cf the action of the judicial committee In the matter, were the greatest surprise yet sprung upon the assembly. The final action Is in the nature of a compromise. It will be remembered that Dr. George W. E. Burch, D. D., of New York, charged that Rev. A. C. McGlf fert, Ph. D., minister of the Presby terian church and member of the Pres bytery of New York, had publicly de nied the fundamental doctrine of the immediate inspiration by God and the truthfulness and authority of the Holy Scripture, as set forth in the confes sion of faith and the Scripture itself,. in a book which he published, entitled 'A History of Christianity In the Apostolic Age." This charge was dismissed by the Presbytery of New York, before which body it was tried. Dr. Burch took an appeal to the general assembly. The appellant was given leave this after noon to withdraw his appeal. In Janu ary, 1900, Dr. Burch was warned by the Presbytery of New Yofk that If he failed to show probable cause for the charge, he must be censured for dis turbing the peace of the church by insti tuting a trial for heresy, which was not Justified by the higher courts of the church. The assembly did not Justify his action and Dr. Burch chose to re move his liability to censure by with drawing his appeal- After today the proposed revision of the Westminster confession of faith promises to be the principal topic of discussion- , TAYLOR WILL FACE THE MUSIC. Says if There Is an Indictment Against Him He Will Tell the Whole Story. INDIANAPOLIS. May 22. W. s'. Taylor of Kentucky, who Is In this city, said today: 'If there Is an Indictment against me. then I shall make a statement in which I shall give my opinion of the entire situation. "I went into the courts of Franklin county and tried to find out if there was an indictment against me, but they would not tell me. 'Now I will await developments. I expect to remain here, of go to some quiet resort In Indiana, and remain there until the national convention of the republicans." PLAGUE STAMPED OUT. San Francisco Free of the Disease- Six Companies Aid Board of Health. SAN FRANCISCO, May 22. At a meeting of the board of health and the attorneys of the Chinese Six Compan ies this afternoon, a letter was drawn up. for posting In Chinatown, to tha effect that the board of health will not forcibly compel Chinese to submit to inoculation, and that only those vol unteering to undergo the operation would be treated by physicians. It was also decided that the house to house canvass of Chinatown would be prosecuted to discover, if possible', any hidden cases of the disease. No new cases have been reported and tha board of health believe the plague has been completely stamped out. CONDEMN THE PRESIDENT. Denver, May 22. The Western Fed eration of Miners, and the Western Labor Union, have both derided old their conventions next year in Denver. Resolutions condemning President McKlnley, General Miriam and Ciov crnor Stcuncr.'... rg, ..f T-Td', ajj u,iV. ernor Smith, of Montana, fur tlulr course I nregard to the Coeur d'Ah-ne miners' trouble, were adopted.