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k - l ,; rr'0(r:, AST0K1A PU1IUC JJBHART ASSOOUKUI. s i VOL. L. ASTOllIA, OKEOON, FK1DAY. JUNE 1, 19CK. NO. W7 cou Orr 'VrT rTSY fill f-w e i p i ti t i if iiis i t r A 111 " I W Vrfr W-U i. V K v ta f M A & PI1 JJO i I r l '"in .Oi jjr,&': rw 'tJ,l" ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. Fine Hood River and Mount Tabor Strawberries Dally Prices cheap enough now to please ever) body. POWDERED FLAVORING EXTRACTS Mmlo from the fruit and munlultenitrtl. Indorsed by National Unitril of Health. Knmuiiiicnl, healthful nml imtUfuctory. Ross, Higgins & Co. j Soring (Eoqus Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Flies, Hooks, Leaders, Baskets, etc. Everything necessary to complete your outfit. Spauldlng's Base Ball Good The test in the world. Croquet Sets and Bird Cage. A large assortment to 6clect from. GRIFFIN 8 REED fflflEN TOU WAN Good Tea aiid Coffee CALL FOARD fc STOKES COMPANY TICKETS CLATSOP ftlILL CO; ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber Boxes, Sash end Doors, Shingles and Mouldings W. F. SCHEIBE, srass: A full Una ol Pip.., Tobacco, end 5mokrt' Artlcloo. 41 A Commercial Mi. FHONIC NO. jq8i. C. J. TRENCHARD, Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. Aient Investigate Your Plumbing.. bVo Unit it is all rif;lit, before the warm m iihou hcIh in. Wo will fix everything right for you, nt a reasonable j COHt. ON GIVEN. rer of "La Belle Astoria" Cigar Schelte's Opera Star Schelbe's Special - And Othor Brando Custom Houie Broker. AS UnlA. .UritUUN W. F. ACc, tod Paclfle HxpreM Co l KRUGER HAS NOT BEEN CAPTURED All Reports to That Effect Are Denied by London War Office. ROBERTS NOT IN PRETORIA No Doubt Bui Wbal Ml Troop An Occu- pylni Ibi Capital, Bui He Hat Nul OKI clally So Stated' - Details ol Uil Dr'i rifhllng WirNol Over. LONDON. Juno 1 There l no truth In the reported capture of Presldeut Krugcr. The' war ofHc say It has ririlvivl no such advices from any aource. delated messages from Pretoria con firm th reports of the departure of I'ufIiI'IiI Krugcr, with hi cabinet uiiT HinrT ottliial. on Tuesday nirin ami tin- m -taction at meeting of clil er.e of a committee to ii'linlnlnt.-r tin city provisionally. Hlme these tele gram U-ft on WViliii-etilay nothing ap parently has renihed Lourenco Mar 'linn liy telegraph from I'n-torla. 1'onnlMy the wires have been cut. Possibly tin Iloer censorship at mint intermediate olnt Intercepts the tele iiiuik. AlthotiKh the war office ha not re ceived a word nbout It, no one In Lon don harbors the Idea that the Uoer capital la not olready In the hands of llio Itrltlxh or about to be there. The ponscanlon of Johumicitburg, at all evenla, a Lord Roberts hu tile- raih.d. In a fact. State Attorney h'mutl did not depart with President KruK'T. but remained In I'retoiia. The preaent K-at of the Hocr novern mint. accordlnK to a dispatch from Lourenro Marquca, dated yeHterday, 18 MlddUwburK. but It will probably be Hhlfted further eaat. LONDON. May Jl.-The war ofllce received the foil UnH dlnpatch from Lord KoIktIh, und.-r date of Germla ton May 30: "In answer of a tlaa; of truce I aent to Johanncuburg thin morr.lnfr the com inandnnt came to ace me. He begged nu! to defer entering the town for twenty-four hnum, ait there were many n lined burKhem atlll lnalde. I uifred to thlit, u I ant moxt unxloua to avert the posKlblllty of anything; like distur bance lnlile the town and as bodies of the enemy are atlll holding the hills In the linmedliiti iielKhhorhood from which they will have to be cleared off beforehand. "Kundlo reports that he attacked a Iiiirw purty of Hiktb near Seiiekal on May 2$. He said Ms casualties were not heavy. "Brabant reports that on May 28 two of his pa troli), romtlatlng of two olllrera and forty men, were cut off by the enemy and taken prisoners." The war ollloa has received from Lord Huberts a dispatch dated Ger inlHton, May 3d, 9 p. m., saying: 'The brunt of the fighting yesterday fell upon Ian Hamilton's column. I have sent him, as already mentioned, to work around to the west of Johan nesburg in support of French's caval ry, which was directed to go north near the roud loading to Tretorla. I have not heard from French yet, but Ham ilton, In a report which has Just reach ed me, states that at about 1 o'clock In the afternoon, he found his way blocked by the enemy strongly posted on some kopjes and ridges three miles south of the Hand. They had two heavy guns and several field guns and PnnvPoma. Hamilton forthwith at tacked. "The right was led by the Gordons who, after capturing one extremity of the ridge, wheeled around and worked along It until after dark, clearing It of the enemy, who fought most obsti nately. "The One Hundred and Fourth led on the other flank and would not bo denied. The chief share In the action fell to the Gordons, whose gallant ad vance excited the admiration of all. "Hamilton is now at Florida, due west of Johannesburg and French Is a few miles further to the northeast. The Gordons, the cavalry, the mounted in WE ARE SOLE AGENT? TOR WILD'S INLAID UmiBtt Tlicro is nothing better in tho market for floors. Colors run clear through to the back. We also handle an extensive line of plain and printed linoleum. AVe call special attention to our line of All Wool ingrain Carpets ranging In price from 50c to $1.00 CHARLES HE1LB0RN & SON fantry and the seventh division are holding the heights of the town. The Kleventh division, wl'.h batteries "II" and "(" and the heavy artillery, are south of Johanriexburg. 'Hamilton sihhIik In high terms of praise of the rnmwr In which Uruce ilutnlHon and Colonel ftpf-ns. of the Hliro'hlre Light Infufltry, bundled their men, under Smith-Dorrlen's di rection." VICTORIA CKLKRRATKH. VICTORIA, U. C, May Jl.-Vlctorla lust night was a bluze of light, all clt l&en turning out to celebrate the evac uation of Pretoria. There were bon fires every 10 yards on the main atreets and millions of firecrackers, and bands to proclaim the glad news. Toduy has tx-t'n proclaimed a general holiduy by the mayor and a geticrul celebration la being held. HT. LOt'IH WOTS INCREASING- Tw Thousand Five Hundred Extra lVIIe Appilnted Another Murder More Trouble Ilrvwlng. 8T. LOCI8. May JI.-Albert KoeMg. a union man emptied the contents, of a shot gun Into the b'Mly of Police man Crane, and was himself Imme diately killed by a bullet from the re volver of OllU'er Muhon. late tonight Ko'-nlg wus ualklng back and forth In front ut the power house with, a shot gun on his shoulder, declining that h'.' was a union man, and defying the Transit, Company and Its non-union employes. Ol'lcer Crane approach ttd In in and asked him to take his shot gun home. Koenlg replied In vehement terms that he wuld do nothing of the sort and when the oflker grappled with him In an effort to disarm him. the man fired. The officer sank to the ground un conscious. Muher was nearby, and running up t,o Koenlg. demanded his surrender. Koenlg made a threatening movement and Maher shot him, killing him Instantly. Crane is In a dying condition. Public Interest centers for the time In yesterday's order of the police com missioners on the sheriff of St. Louis county to swear In 1000 special depu-tl-s and. In their order of today, or dering the swearing In of 1,500 addition al men, making 2, 00 In all, for the purpose of aiding the police depart ment In preserving peace and order. Sheriff Polhman reported thai the work cf recruiting the first thousand deputies called for was progressing rauldly. The police board decided today to arm a posse with riot-guns. The wea pon is short barreled repeating shot gun about 3V4 feet long. The maga slne hits a capacity of six shells, which may be leaded with buckshot or small shot. A committee of South St. Loulslans, appointed to repres-nt a mass meet fiiK held today, called on the chief of police and President Whittaker of the Transit company, and presented a magnltlcant ultimatum. It. was said that unless the police or company dis arm Its employes In the power-house and car sheds, the committee would take the work of doing so In Its own hnnds. They said they proposed to protect their wives and children, what ever the result. HAD TO RETURN THE MONET. Supreme Court Decides That Mexico Tald an Unjust Claim Other Similar Caies. NEW YORK, May 31.-A special to the Herald from Washington says: Consideration Is being given by the stKti department to the extent of the liability of the United States for 240. 6S3, the amount of the award against Mexico, disbursed to L'Abra Silver Mining Company. As a result of the decision of the United States supreme court, In which that tribunal decided the award was obtained by fraud, and setting it aside, Secretary Hay has returned to Mexico $403,000 which had not been dis bursed. A bill has been Introduced In the senate appropriating and authoris ing the return of I240.6SS to the Mex ican government. A case identical w ith that of L'Abra Company, now pending In the court of claims, is that of Benjamin W. Well, who received a judgment of $479,975. The Mexican government charges that this award was also obtained by fraud. The United States before holding up the disbursements turned $171,999 over to Well. The remainder Is In the treas ury pending a final disposition. REPUBLICANS ATTACK TRUSTS Resolution to Amend the Consti tion Adopted by the House. DEMOCRATS FIGHT MEASURE Suite Pmcf Sundry Civil Approprislloi Bill-Tie War Bctwcci (be Appointed Soaton Froaj Mootaoa Still Waged Ai to Some Appropriation. WASHINGTON, May 31. The house today, under a special order, adopted after an exceedingly hot debate, In which leaders on both sides charged each other with playing to the politi cal galleries, entered upon the con sideration of a resolution reported from the Judiciary committee proposing a constitutional amendment to lodge In congress th) power to "define, regu late, control, prohibit or dissolve trusts, monopolies or combinations." Under the terms of the order, today, wlih a night session tonight, wai de voted to debate on the amendment and tomorro' at S o'clock a vste Is to be taken without an oppcrtunlty. o amend. The democrats charged that the pro posed constitutional amendment was obJe-:tlonable In every way, so that It was a mere political pretext; that It was unnecessary and was proposed at the end of the session for election pur poses In the coming campaign. The republicans repudiated the charge of bad faith. The constitutional amendment; requires a two-thirds vote to adopt It, or 236 votes with the pres ent membership of the house. The re publicans have only 1S6 votes, or 50 less than the requisite two-thirds. At the conclusion of a session lasting eight hours, the senate this evening passed the sundry civil appropriation bill, which has been under considera tion for nearly a week. An amend ment providing for an appropriation of Jj.000,000 for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held In St. Louis In 1903 was contained in the bill. An effort was made to reduce the amount to be appropriated, but It was unsuccessful. An amendment was In corporated provided for the beginning of work on the memorial bridge be Washlngton and Arlington cemeteries, to be erected In memory of the dead of both Union and Confederate armies. While the bill carries only $200,000 for th project, it Is expected ultimately to cost about $5,000,000. An amendment was also added to the measure providing for an adjust ment of certain claims of the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Delaware, California, Oregon and South Carolina. The passage of the sundry civil bill leaves only two general appropriation bills to be acted upon by the senate, namely, the military academy and gen eral deficiency measure. It Is expect ed they will be passed by Saturday night. The senate committee on privileges and elections reached an agreement with the friends of Senator Clark, of Montana, to allow the senator's case to rest where It is with the understand ing that no further steps shall be tak en to have either the Clark or Ma glnnls credentials referred to the com mittee, and that no further action shall be taken on the resolution of ihe committee concerning Senator Clark's election. CHINESE ARE HELPING OUT.; Their Attorneys Say They Will Not Fight the Quarantine in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. May 31.-Referring to the quarantine of Chinatown, tho attorneys for the Chinese Six Com panies have made the following state ment: "We shall do nothing preclpltantly In the way of litigation, and therefore, we do not contemplate making an ap plication to the courts at this time for any order to modify or hinder he operations of the hoard of health. "A cause of considerable uneasiness among the Inhabitants of Chinatown is the lack of quarantine regulations thus far observed within the quarantined district. The general quarantine order keeps 20,000 people within a prescribed district and that a comparatively small district. In this district It is not claimed that there are or ever have been more than nine or ten cases. "The contention made by the people, who are subject to the quarantine, is that if it Is necessary to quarantine this numerously populated district, it la the duty of the board' of health to further and V'.arantlno or Isolatf the houses and persons who are raid to be Infected. "We shall nU3 request the board of health to proceel vigorously with the sanitation of the quarantined district. Th question of erpens Is a secondary matter. If g'nu'.u biiboHc plague ex Ints there, the city should stop at nothing to ntjirnp It out. A million dol lars would be a mere trifle to expend in doing this work quickly and well." Chinese Consul Ho Yow tak.s the position that thj municipal govern ment of Fan Franrlscv Is bound to fur nish nt-cessarles for the support of I I.e. 'I i.irAMiii- I Cliir.tje. The fed- ral authorities refused to ls-sui- dean t;N of health to the steamers City of Peking and Australia hl :i l.avc si.l!ed for the Orin-; und Honolulu. y will have to untergo quarantine anri fumigation on r acMng r'avui!. ai i i CHICAGO, May 31. The bubonic plague, which has been epidemic In Sylney, Australia, Is said to be unier control and dying out. In a private cablegram received by Charles Oliver, head of the commission in charge of the railways of New South Wales, who Is visiting Chicago, he says the plague has been stamped out. BRYAN HAS CAPTURED TAM MANY. Instruction of New York Del-gates In His Support Equivalent to His Nomination. NEW YORK. May Sl.-The Herald says: William J. Bryan will be prac tically nominated for president when the democratic convention of this state meets In this city next Tuesday. There will be no opposition, worth the nane, to overriding ail precedents of the organization and placing the na tional delegates who aie to be chosen under Instructions to support the Ne braska candidate In Kansas City. All plans for oppwing Bryan in the national convention were founded upon the hostility of the New York delega tion, and with this removed, the con vention wilt be assured to him In ad vance. Conferences held by the oppo nents of the plan to lns'.ruct the dele gates showed that a majority of the state convention was against them, and they gave up. With the Tammany vote and the delegates from the interior of the state who have been lnstucted for Bryan, his friends claimed 275 of the 123 delegates In favor of Instruc tions. Brookly n, which has held out against instructions, and which, through its representatives In congress, has de clared for sound money, capitulated when a revtaw of the situation showed the futility of further resistance. It was said last night that David B. Hill, who had formed elaborate plans to prevent the national delegates from being pledged, had had a talk with Hugh McLaughlin, in which McLaugh lin informed him that King.s county could not help him. Mr. Hill drove away from the Hoffman house alone early in the af:ernjon, and was absent until after dinner time. Upon his re turn he was asked whether he had seen Mr. McLaughlin, and he refused to say. In Brooklyn the statement was made unequivocally by machine leaders that the democrats of that borough would Join with Tammany in voting for instructions for Bryan. They pointed out that a fight would certainly end in defeat, and that Kings county could not afford to antagonize Tammany unless for good cause, be cause of the control of the Manhattan organization over city patronage. BURIED BENEATH FLOWERS. Grant's Tomb the Mecca of Thousands of People on Memorial Day No Exercises Held. NEW YORK. May 31. Within Gen eral Grant's tomb the great sarcopha gus is burled under a wealth of bloom. At the head of the bier is the large wreath of lilies and roses sent by President McKlnley. The Loyal Le gion sent a pillow of flowers; Phil delphta a wreath of roses; Grant post a large floral piece, showing the Stars and Stripes outlined on a bed of oak leaves; the Army of the Potomac a wreath of violets; the National Society of New BIngland Women a wreath of oak leaves; George G. Meade post, of Philadelphia, a pillow of flowers, and the Chinese minister at Washington an Immense floral emblem bearing the In scription "China's Tribute to General Grant." More than 25,000 people vis ited the tomb during Memorial day. NEEDS STRONGER ARMOR. America's New Invention, the Soft Nosed Shell. Renders All Armor Now In Use Worthless. NEW YORK, May 31. A special to the Herald from Washington, says: Consideration Is being given by naval ordnance experts to the Invention of some armor device which will overcome the superiority Imparted to an armor piercing projectile by a soft steel cap. As the United States has led all other nations In the adoption of the soft nosed cap. there Is no crying need for haste In providing American men-of-war with additional protection. The authorities understand, however, that tfcs success cf American experiments with the cap, will lead other nations to adopt the Invention and It is there fore desirable that some plan should be determined upon to overcome the superiority of the shell. AMERICAN TROOPS MARCH INTO PEKIN Ministers of Foreign Powers No Longer Trust the Emperor. SITUATION GROWING GRAVE Americas Mlatlonariei Are la Ihe Majority li ibe Country Infested by the Boxen Meo From Ihe Warships Go Armed Wild Rapid Fire Guos. PEKING, June 1. The situation hero is becoming more strained every day. The ministers of foreign governments are satisfied that the Empress Dow ager is controlling the situation and rather encouraging than discouraging the extermination of foreigners by the "Boxers.". In view of the situation the ministers will take no chanc3 of farther outrages but by landing a force in Peking, try and convince the Chinese that foreign governments will no longer tolerate delay in suppressing the Insurrection. TIEN TSIN. May 31. A special train ttarted for Pejting this afternoon with the following forces: Americans, seven officers and thirty nine men; French three officers and seventy-two men; British, three offi cers and seventy-two men; Italians, three officers and thirty-nine men; Russian, four officers and seventy-one men; Japanese, two officers and twenty-four men. The foreign contingent also took with them five quick-firing guns. WASHINGTON, May 31.-The fol lowing cablegram has been received at the navy department from the senior squadron commander. Admiral Kempff: "Tung Ku, May 30. One hundred men were landed and sent to Tlen-Tsin yesterday. Fifty of these go to Peking today. Other nations landed men." NEW YORK. May 31. In American mission circle?. It Is said that the In terests chiefly concerned In the dis turbed districts of China are American. It is pointed out that several Import ant American mission stations, with women among the members of their staffs, are at Pao-TIng-Fu, where the missionaries are reported to be cut off. The Presbyterian board of foreign missions has a mission at Paotlng-Fu, which it occupied In 1393. Nearly 14,000 visits were made by natives to the dispensaries of this mission in one year. The 'mission also maintains a chureh at 'Man Cheng, 13 miles from Paoting-Fu. The American board of commission ers for foreign missions also has a mission at Paotlng-Fu. MORE NEW GENERALS. Vacancies Caused by Retirement Exist In the Service and Must Be Filled at Once The President Puzld. NEW YORK. May 31. A special to the Herald from Washington says: President McKlnley and Secretary Root are confronted with the problem of selecting from half a dozen equally deserving officers two to fill vacancies In the grades of major-general of volunteers and brlgadli.'-general in the regular service. In anticipation of the vacancy which will be caused by the retirement of Major-General Mer rltt, the President has nominated Ma-lor-General Otis, who holds volunteer rank, to be a major-general In the reg ular establishment. The resignation by General OtU of his volunteer com mission will make a vacancy In the grade of Brigadier-general la the reg ular army. The president's choice for the volun teer officer will probably fall upon Brigadier-General R. P. Hughes, who commands the department of the Vls ayas, unless he should be selected for brigadier-general in the regular ser vice. These are the six ifflcers under con sideration for the appointment of brigadier-general: Brigadier-General E. . G. Davis, commanding troops, station ed In Puerto Rico; Major -General J. C. Bates, commanding the depart ment of Southern Luzon; Major-General L. Lloyd Wheaton, commanding the department of Northern Luzon; Brigadier-General R. P. Hughes, com manding the department of the Visa yas; Brigadier-General A. R. Chaffee, recently relieved as chief of staff, di vision of Cuba, and Brigadier-Genera! Theodore Sohwan, who Is now return In? to the United States frcrr. th.-. Philippines. The present Indications point to tho promotion of General Davis who has done exceptionally good work In Puer to Rico.