The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, May 24, 1900, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textrj o v ( v ! Cooks, hjncMlicals, Mnr.azincs, &c, Are Not to bo Taken From The Library without permission. Any ,n L .ml imlty of such offense, will bo liable to prosecution. f 9 v 'A' Vol. L. ASTOUIA. 011KU0N, THURSDAY. MAY 24, 10(. NO. W ' 6 Mil .v iv ivivo ivy V ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. We m Continue to tiio.sk fancy HAMS AND BACON At old juin-N for few day longer. Kvcrylliing else tlmt is hcnioiinlili) iiikI pHul in the line ot FliKSlI MKAT8 mi.l Fit HIS or (JKO-CKKIl-.S mIwhvm on hand at riiiHonnbk' piieen. Ross, Higgins & Co. Soring tods Fishiny Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Flies, Hooks, Leaders, Baskets, etc. Everything necessary to complete your outfit. Spauldlng's Uase Hall Gocd. The best in the world. Croquet Sets and Bird Cage.' A large assortment to select from. GRIFFIN 0 REED mm TOD WANT Good Tea CALL FOARD & STOKES COMPANY TICKETS CLATSOP MILL CO.: ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber Boxes, Sash and Doors, Shingles and Mouldings W. F. SCHEIBE, SX7SSX1S& A lull IIm ol Plpt, Ttb.cc, 4 3uokrt' Artlclti. 474 Commercial Ml. PHONIC NO, iVMi. C. J. TRENCH ARD, Commission, Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. Atniw.F.coMDdracidcKiprtucot. Investigate Hen tlmt. it in nil rilit, In-fore tin; WlU'lil HMIMill w-l.i in. We will Jix cvcrytliinn rilit for. ymi, at it irnnonnblo (Mint. Sell and Coffee ON GIVEN. able "La Belle Astoria" Cigar Schelbe's Opera Star Sctielte's Special And Oth.r Brands Cu.lom Hom. Broker. ASTORIA. .OREGON SPOONER AND HALE IN WARM DEBATE Cuban frauds Cause Controversy and Tillman Helps Out. BLIND CHAPLAIN'S PRAYER General SJie S) Philippine laurjtnn Arc Holding Out fur DcmiKr.lIc Success Tbi Till - S.y Brv.n Will OK. Tbcia the Islsnds II tlccltd. WASHINGTON, May 23. Thin was a duy nf ruiplng pohthMl controversy mil oratory In the kenute. With the. controversy those on tin !.-iii-rtti Ic shlu of the chamber, unauiulous us It may - in, lui'l MUlc to What, ty far seeing senators, I. re garded u Ilk. ly to be the paramount Isstu of the approaching campaign, was the subject of wu nutublc speeches, oii by Plait r-p.) of Con necticut., and Hi" other by SNUir (rl.) f Vim-onsln. Tli fiuni.'i. In answer to u speech lU-llveied a few days uo by Haeon (Ot-in.l of Ueorglu, in IiIn rtsolutlon, ih-muiitiinif Oh fxuiill.atli.il of the (liiiir- liil comtliloim In Cuba: I'lutt fnv.inJ the adoption of the resolution, but deprecated what ht calliMl u rlii-up I ffurt to tnuku polltlcnl iniiltul out of the kluiimful i'lullton of nff.ilm wlilcli th riubllan party mcdid no imxMinK to liuluc it to pro! to th biittont. The .pewit of Hpom-r nut roiitluu Htlon of Ills uildnii of yHtorduy on the riilllpplnf qucKtlon. In It. couriw he bcrunie Involvi-d In a ht-utcd and fi'tmatlonal colloquy with llule (rep.) of Maine, over thr itovernnifnt's con duct of (Tulrn In our ''Itmulur ponsc lon." It was a rcmitikublc conirovemy be- IWfcn two of the b'-Ht ciulppcd m-na-tor. In th .eniUe. IUIb Interrupted Ppooncr to .ay thut. In view of what had happened In Cubn. It would have been better had vve abandoned" It. ' I think." s.tld Halt, "we would have been better off If wc had not tauiclit the Cubtma the lewun that luut been tauitht In the liu-t few months." flpooner "What lehHon?" Halo "The leasrin of fraud, specula tion, cheatlnir, a proprlatlon of reve nues, stealing, carnival In every direc tion of corruption and fraud." Hpooner, warmly "It Is a little tire some for me to be called upon, on this itde of the chamber, to reply to a democratic speech." Tillman (dem.) of South Carolina, declared that our agents on the Island were carpet Ixirkits und the sooner they got out the better. "Oh," replied Spooner, "If the sena tor from South Carolina Amis a carpet butiger In Heaven when he gets there, he will prefer to go to the other place." "I certainly will." replied Tillman. The blind chaplain. In his Invoca tion In the house Unlay, rather startl ed the house today by referring to the Cuban frauds which, he said, brought a blush of shame to the cheeks of every true American. "We pray," he continued, "that the culprit will be brouKht to a speedy Justice, that we may give an object lesson to the world In dealing with perfidy and fraud." The house adopted a resolution to empower the ways and means commit tee to sit during recess to consider a reduction and revision of the war revenue taxes. The senate bill to provide a collector of customs at Honolulu at a salary ot 6,000 a year and deputies was passed. The house today posed the Noely extradition bill. The democrats ob jected to the language of the bill, which covered "any foreign country or ter ritory, or part thereof, occupied by the United States." The democrats wanted the bill to ap ply specifically to Cuba, contending that the broader language assumed the possibilities of farther acquisitions by the United States of a character similar to that ot Cuba. Mr. Plseher, dne of the Boer en voys, spoke freely to a representative of the Associated Press today, of their general plans for the future- Ha said It was their purpose to visit ten or KB ARE SOLE WILD'S INLAID LINOLEUM Tliero is nothing better in the market for floors. Colore run clear through to the back. We also handle an extensive lino of plain and printed linoleum. Ve call special attention to our line of All Wool Ingrain Carpets ranging in price from 50c to $1-00 CHARLES HEILBORN & SON twelve of the principal cltlc. of the J Htnlc and explain to the p'-o-il whatever th-y tiiIkM wish to know of llnlr (liljw, lie WUIlte'l It dix'lnct ly tiiiderHt'tfid that he, and his frletiils, parll'-ulurly wished to avoid any pur tlxllll iletniilintrallo I '.hut might be construed lu lin. an I feat tin li' 'in pa'hy wlih one jmlitical party In th I'nii-'i Kiaiex was sirori)("-r than with .tiMllnr. This uftetn I they dined wild hici'itaty liny The war department has reieived an lH-r "SHU report frm lirlgadK-r-fieneial Theodore Kchwan, U. H. volun teers, !utd Slnrh 12. (ieiieral Hcbwan muds thut the sole hon entertained by (lit- Insurgent for a revival of the HifUirc' Hon, lliH In the supposition that the I'lillul State troops will be obliM-d ( ahundon many of their pres ent poMtmns ut the opening of the wet m-,iii(iii, and also "the possibility of a victory fir the democratic or uriti-ex-puiislon party In the coming presiden tial election." (ieiieral Kchwan says Uie Insurgent think suth a victory will iihuii the withdrawing of all the mili tary force now In the Mauds. Th? .enute committee on appropria tions today ror eluded Us work on the kundry civil bill appropriation bill and repotted the bill to the senate as ai.u-n led by the committee. A net In crease of $l,ni6.C0." Is made over the amount curried by the bill as It pars ed the house. An Increase of $25,000 U made on luroun. of Improvements In the Colum bia river. Tre other Important ad ditions are as follows; Itillef light v.shel for the Twelfth and Thirteenth llht-hcuse dint lilts (TacUic c-nsst) $m.iwo; light houe and fog slKnal sta tions in Alaskan waters, $1.Vi,0o0. WASHINGTON. May 23. Secretary of the Treasury Gage has n-nt to tin; national hank deMmltorl-s the follow ing letter of instructions as to with drauul of deposits: "You are hereby dlrt;ted to detsislt, on or before June 5, proximo, with an ukkIhuhiI tn-asurtr of the United States to the credit of the treanurer of the United States, as a transfer of funds from your bunk, the am of .... dol lars. 'This direction is one of a series, this Jay Issued, which will operate to tmnsfer to the suo-trvasury $5,000,000 of the surplus public moneys tempo rarily placed with depository banks, and the actl n Is taken in anticipation of disbursements from She treasury In the redemption of the $25,264,500 out standing bonds of the funded loan of 1801. continued at '.w-o per cent, which ver called by tho department circular of the lSih Instant. "It being the Intention of the depart ment to utilise temporary balances. In depository, banks, for the payment of said bonds, further transfers will be or dered from time to time to keep pace. In a genera! way. with the demand for bond redemption. Public notice has been given to the holders of the bonds in (iiestlon, that they nay present said bonds for payment at any time before August 19th next, at which time the interest will cease." WASHINGTON. May 23.-Booker T. Washington, of Tuskegee, last night delivered an address on "The Future of The Negro" at the Metropolitan A. M. E. church. In part he said: "In these latter days we hear much of r' moving from our fundamental law, the precious magna charta of our cltlxen ship, the fiftieth amendment. Whether wisely or unwisely, this guarantee of our rights was placed In the constltu tloii by the ripest thought of the nation at the time It was enacted and was put there. In my mind, st the behest of the conservative and patriotic opinion of both the north and south. It will stands. "What the negro asks, la equality of opportunity. Close the door against the negro now and within a few years the temptation will be to close It against a class of white men. The minute you recognize a law which tax es a negro for support of government, and denies him the opportunity to moke his wishes felt at the ballot-box, that minute you begin to undermine our whole theory of government and throw to the winds the principles for which the revolutionary war wag fought." - LABOR COMPROMISE EFFECTED. NEW YORK, May 23. The arbitra tinn enmmittM of tho International ITniinilrvman'B Association Of EmDloV- ers and th Iron moulders Union of North America, have reached a settie mnt nf their waie controversy. It v., unnmlneAd lAAt ntirht that the agreement was entirely satisfactory but the details were wunnem. AGENTS TOR TERRIBLE STORM SWEEPS THE RIVER Four Fishermen Reported to Pe Drowned. MANY IJOATMHN MISSING Southwest (isle Suddenly Sweeps I. From the Set intf Tikes the Bo.tnea cm the River Unawares - Life Stvers' Oresl Work. Four men drowned and thirty fish ing boats capsized and upturned on the bench along the river, Is the rec ord up to midnight of yesterday', ter rible storm. That the roll of those drowmv) will lie Increased today Is almost certain. The names of thiwe known to be di owned are: Mike I'ellomaa. Albert Johnson. John Varanxang. Kakrl Korpcll. l!ut two of the four bodies were re covered. The mol violent storm that ever swept aeros,: the lower Columbia rag ed (rom sunrise until almost sunset yesterday and left In Us wake death and disaster, the full extent of which cannot now be stated. Tuesday was an ideal day ushore an duflout- The sky was cloudless, the sun shown warm ind bright, und there was Just breeze enough to tem per the heat. The weatjjer forecast Tuesday night predicted "light show ers" for Astoria. Man proposes, God disposes. Is an old saying but a true one. The fishermen finished their midnight catch on Tueslay and again set their wis for the morning coach of Wed nesday, most of the boats being an chored close to the spread nets, or lying Inshore, but a short distance away. As the eun rose the wind fresh ened and suddenly, without a second's warning, there came from the south west a gale that was little short of a typhoon, at times. The fishermen, and men In boats on the river, were totally unprepared for such a stprm and a few of the wiser, or more timid ones, ran at the first Indication of a "squall for shelter. Events proved that, whatever the cause of their abandoning the river, those who fled at the approach of the storm were wise. From a stiff breeze the wind Increas ed Into a gale and then Into a verita ble typhoon, blowing at times almjst seventy miles an hour. The fisherman who had elected to stay by their nets and weather the storm, now made fran tic haste to raise sail anl run to the nearest port To" attempt to row a boat against a wind would have been the height of folly. To remain anchored was equally dangerous, for the wind drove the water Into waves that swept across the boats, filling them with wa ter faster than they could be balled. There was but one thing to do. raise sail and try Mid run before the wind to shelter. Just how many of the boats that fled from the storm reached shore with a living crew, Is not known. Certain it Is that on the Chinook and other beaches, over thirty boats had been found up to midnight that had drifted ashore upturned. What became of their crews Is yet to be learned. The suddeness of the storm, and es pecially at this time cf the year, when It was least expected, was what caused the terrible disaster to the fishing fleet, for the man who works a fish ing boat Is a sailor capable ot weath ering an ordinary storm, and the boats they sail are the staunchest and best made. No small voat could Jive In the open water In such a storm as that of yes terday and but few boats could run before the wind and keep afloat The highest praise must be .given the life-saving crews at Fort Stevens, Sape Disappointment and Point Adams. But for their brave and prompt assistance the death roll would be doubled now. The crews launched their life boats in the midst of the storm and went to the rescue of men they could see clinging to upturned boats. Not only did they rescue the living but, when possible, recovered, recov ered the bodies of the dead. Time and again they changed their course to cross the river to boats In distress. The life savers did magnificent work and deserve unstinted praise. The details of the storm, as far as learned are as follews: The first man reported to have been drowned was Albert Johnson, whose boat capsized at a point nearly abreast the Fort Columbia dock. One of the ojcers at Fort Columbia chanced to see the boat upturn and the life-saving crew at Cape Disap pointment was immediately notified. Owing to the distance of the station from the point where the accident oc curred over an hour elapsed before the' lifosnvinfr ci';w could reach the point, and It was then only after hnrd .pull ing t!itoui,'h a treacherous s a.. John Peterson, the b'-at-puller, was found hanKlriK to the up-turned boat. In a half-in. wnc I condition, and wm Im-fii'-'iait-ly pl' ki up. All.- rt Johnson, eapiuln of the boat, could not bj found, and U Is UII-vH that his body has drift"'! out to sea. tmioediniely afii-r the rce ue of P-t -r.-i.--n. the cannery Un der HiI"ii SoU, a frail ilule launch, W'-iit to tie; ajwiHiance of the crew and towed the boat to town. The members of the life-saving cr.-.v have nothing but the high-.-st pnUe for the .-ap'.aln and crew f the Helen Sott. One of them said lust night: It not b-en for the plucky lit tle Helen Heott it Is doubtful If we coiili have reached shore. We never couloi have pulled to town with oar. The water was so rourfh that, at tlm-s. it wa impossible to see more than 100 yards away. Th'-re were a number of tugs and launches In the neighborhood at the lima but the Helen Hcott wa,s the jr.ly 'one to take the risk In order to save the lives of trn.M; who were be ing ti.rH.ii alx.'jt on the naves. Petersen had been in the water for fullv two hours when we reached him and he vus growing black in the face lie was more dead than alive when we lifted him into th boat and it was only through the hard work of m-'mbers of the crew that he was resuscitated before we readied the Elmore cannery, where he was landed and taken to his home." The m mb-r of this crew were Cap tain Stewart. Lyman Nutter, Nels Ad ams, n, Alf. ftoberton, Alf Anderson, Chaeles Thompson, Lawrence Klllsaon, f'larenc-e Uolce, Myron McGulre and Cerporal Larson, of Fort Canby. Mike Peltomaa was another of the unfortunates who lost his life in the storm. Paltoniaa and his companion had cai-t their net In the lower end of the bay and were about to take it up when the gale broke out in its greatest fury. They had decided to abandon the net and get to the shoro, but no sooner had the sail been spread than the boat capsized. The boat puller, whose name could not be learn ed, saved himself by clinging to the strn of the boat. Shortly after the accident the Fort Stevens life-saving crew, which had been notified by the lookout, arrived on the spot and the struggling boat-puller was rescued. A search was made for the captain of the boat and upon suggestion of the res cued boU-puller a search was made In the vicinity of the net. It was soon discovered that Pal-omaa had become entangled In the net and was drowned while struggling In the meshes. Immediately after the crew had ar rived in this city with the unfortunate boat-puller and his dead comrade, a couple of fishermen were seen clinging tc a boat In the middle of the stream. The party at once went to' the rescue, bringing the men ashore little worse for their experience. The third victim reported was John Varanzang, and no report of his i-ody having been recovered was recrfved before the hour of going to press. Varanzang s companion was rescuid. The missing man had been fishing on the lower Columbia for the past ten years. He was an active member of the local lodge of Knights of Pythias and the United Workmen. He was about 55 years of age and leaves a wife and several children. Late !ast night it was reported that Sakrl Korp-?la and his boat -puller, whose name Is not known, had been drowned during th? storm. No fur ther particulars were reported. TRYING TO STOP INJUNCTIONS- Members of Labor Unions Are Making A Strong Fight to Overturn Decisions. NEW YORK. May 23. The matter of the injunctions that have recently beer. Issued against the Cigarmakers' Union, forbidding It to picket the fac tories of manufacturers whose em ployes have struck, and forbidding it, also, to pay strike benefits to the strikers, has been taken up by the Social Reform Club, which last even ing listened to a report made by its committee on Injunctions. The report contained the following tvcommendaUons: 'That an attempt be made to ob tain concerted action throughout the country In favor of urging upon the national and state legislatures the pas sage of acts providing that injunc tions shall not be Issued against any but parties to the action, their agents or servants and attorneys. That when an injunction, however valid in part, prohibits the lawful use of the highway, or the right of fre3 speech, or lawful combination to ad vance Joint Interests, It shall be void in toto. That all persons who are charged with disobedience of an Injunction, In respect to the matter which might be the subject of an Indictment, shall have the right to demand a trial by Jury upon issues of fact to be prop erly framed. In regard to the injunction of Jus tice Freedman against the Cigarmak ers Union, the committee was of the opinion that the justice had not care fully read the papers In the case and believed that It would be set aside. DEATH ON THE RAIL. SPOKANE, May 23. A freight train on the Northern Pacific collided with a handcar on a high trestle, three miles east of Cheney, and Fred Mohr, a sec tion hand, was thrown nearly 130 feet to the bottom of the deep gulch and killed. The other men on the hand car escaped by hanging to the cross timbers of the trestle- A special to the Chronicle from Leav enworth, Wash., says an eaBtbound Great Northern-freight train ran into a boulder on the track this morning, The engine and five cars rolled Into the Wenatchee river. Engineer Norks will killed. .. SIEGE OF PRETORIA IS DRAWING NEAR Roberts Forcing His Army For ward Many Miles Eatli Day. DOLR FORCE RETREATS Report From V.rieu Sections .1 the Brit ish Army Show t Succession of V It lo ries Free Slatcri Surrendcrin -Arms tad Horses Captured. . LONDON, May 2I.-The war office late hm evening published the follow ing from Lord Roberts: "South Bank of Rhenoster Rlvef, lfay 2!, 1:30 p. m. We found on arrival here this morning that the enemy had (led during the night- "They had occupied a strong posi tion on tie north bank of the river which had been carefully entrenched, bat they did not think it advisable to defend it when they heard that Ian Hamilton's force was at Heilbron, and that our cavalry, which had crossed the Rhenoster some miles lower down stream, were t'oreatt nmg their right and rear. "The bridge over .the Rhenoster, sev eral "Ulverts and some mile, of rail way were destroyed. Ian Hamilton's fore drove the Boers, under Ret Dew et, before them from Lindley to Heil bron. The passage of the Rhenoster was strongly disputed. Our loss might have been heavy but for a well conceived- plan which brought Smlth-Dor-ren's brigade on the enemy's (lank Just at the right moment. "The ofllcer commanding at Boshof reports that upward of 350 Free Stat-', era have surrendered during the last few days and that they have given up 30 rifles. 100 horses and a large amount of ammunition. "Kelly-Kenny reports that three companlts of Yeomanry, who were sent to repair the telegraph line and to clear the country between Bloemfon telrt an3 Boshof, have returned to Bloemfontein, having performed : the duty excedingly well." Lord Roberts is drawing near to the frontier of the Transvaal. His Infan try ma-ises nre 73 mllea north of Kroonstad, at Rhenoster river. Some thousands of cavalry are already across the river. The Boers are re tiring towards the Vaal, with their heavy baggage. They are reported from Pretoria as already across that river. Twelve thousand men and four guns compose the retreating army. Trains continue to run from Verron nigipg, at the Vaal to Pretoria. For-. elgn englnears assert that Pretoria Is able ot stand a year's selge. Acord ing to advices from Lourenco irarques, ' Pretoria fortifications ure described a. complete, but Johannesburg 1-as not yet been placed entirely In a state of defense. Th? Transvnal government papers and war chest have been re moved to Lldnburg. Foreigners con tinue to leave the repuuil;. The Dutch cruiser Frlesland is at Delgoa bay, so It Is reported, to fur nish an asylum to fleeing Hollander, and a passage to Europe. The Boer forces continue to dwindle. Some of the correspondents assert that proba bly only about 21,000 of the Nirditst fighters yet remain, although there are detached parties In various parts of the Transvaal. SULTAN MUST SETTLE. United States Makes a Second De mand on Turkey's Ruler for Im mediate Settlement. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 22.-The United States legation, having vainly waited four weeks for a reply to the note of April 24 regarding the Ameri can Indemnity claims, Mr. Lloyd P. Griscom, United States charge d'Af fatrs. yesterday handed to Tewflk Pas ha, minister of foreign affairs, a new note couched in more precise terms, and insisting upon a prompt settle ment. The note produced a great Impres sion, as the Ports thought the matter postponed. If not abandoned. It Is be lieved that the United States will not wait so long this time for an answer, America's Indulgence thus far not hav ing made a satisfactory Impression up on the Porte. MINERS ELECT OFFICERS. DENVER, May 23.-The Western Federation of Miners today elected the following officers: Pr?uldent, Edward Boyce. Wallace, Idaho; vice-president Daniel McDonald, Virginia City, Nev ada; secretary-treasurer. James Ma- hcr, Butte, Montana, Members execu tive committee: John C. Williams Grass Valley, California; William d' Haywoo.l, Silver City. Idaho. IRISH PEER PROMOTED. LONDON. l!ij. .-3;..r.; one of the Irinh recipients of tlTe lun-ii i uuuiuay nonors, wno was toe. ated a life peer In 1-S3. was vesterd.n- made a hereditary peer.