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ASTOUIA, OKKGON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1900.
10. 113
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WE ARE SELLING AGENTS
IN ASTORIA FOR
BRIDGE,
BEACH
S CO.'b
COLE Hot Blast Heater for Coal
MFG. Dome Top Heater for Wood
CO.'h Russia Iron Heater tor Wood
Wo also imuiufucluro a Hindu Iron Queen IIcnttT
for WocmI. TIicso compme tho Wt line of stoves in
thu utiito. We null no wcond-cliuw etoves. An in
fection of our line of stove will ny you.
ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO.
CHRISTMAS GOODS
In EndlcMH Variety
Books, Albums, Celluloid Novelties,
Leather Goods, Medallions, Ink
Stands, Gold Pens.-. n
WATERMAN'S FOUNTAIN PENS
GRIFFIN
A FEW SPECIALTIES
Fancy Navel Oranges. Lemons.
Apples, Bananas, Gordon DI1
worth's New York Mince Meat,
Chase & Sanborn's High Grade
Tea and Coffee. Eastern Crab
Apple Sweet Cider, New Nuts and
Raisins of Every Variety.
TRY MALTED MUSH
FOR BREAKFAST-
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO.
JUST RECEIVED...
GENUINE
GEORGE'S
FINDON HADDOCK
Foard 8 Stokes
A LONG ROW
W. J. Scully,
431 BOND STREET,
Bttfctea Ninth aid Tenth Streets
c.
Commission, Brokerage,
Insurance and Shipping.
J. TRENCHAR
Superior Stool Ranges
Sylph Heater
Olio Heater
& REED
Norway Stockfish
Norway Mackerel
Norway Herring '
CODFISH
KIPPERED HERRING
Company...
Of our now and up-to-date Air
tight Heaters are still on hand.
Wo figurod on considerable cold
weather1 and purchased an un
usual quantity; but tho weather
has moderatod, consequently Bales
have been slow. We are over
stocked and must have tho room.
From now on these splendid heat
ing stoves will bo sold at a reduc
tion of 20 per cent FOR CASH.
D,
Custom Mouse Broker
: : ASTOniAj CnE.
Aftat W. P. A Co, and raclllo Kxpress Co I.
FATAL WRECK ON
GREAT NORTHERN
Five Passengers Killed and Many
Injured.
NEAR BROCKTON, MONTANA
While Trail Wn M.klnf Feit Time Truck
Broke li Pisslag Switch sad Four
Can Were Pllcbcel Over
Eabsskacot.
M'TTE, Mont.. Dw. 12.-A special
from Great Falls to th- Miner says:
Great Northern piMH-tiKi-r train No. 3,
wrHttuii(, was wrecked about 4 o'clock
th lit illuming near lirM-klon, thirty-one
mllf east of (iluKtfow. Five passcn
Ken are r-tortt'l killed and many In'
Jured.
1 lie I ruin wag running about 43 mile
un hour, muklnic up it time, when a
Iti'ik broke down while pHitalng
twitch. The nvlrxe- and thrw? cars
iiutcd over In mif'-iy but the next four
cart pitched over an embiinkmrnt.
Tlirvi. ilr H-rn remained on the rolla,
The (li'iid are: Aged woman, name
unknown; her duuKhtcr; Mr. Watson
rinld-iicv unknown, thrown through e
window, kIhm severing Jut Jugular
vrin. liUKHiun child, nonw unknown.
The lio.jU't have Wen taken tu Cilua
kow, where Inquests will be held to
morrow.
TWO HUNDRED DROWNED.
tmiiK-niMf Ia,k$ 4f Uf and l'rorty by
Typhoon at Hong Kong and
Vicinity.
VICTOrtlA. n. C. Dec. 12.-The
itrainiT Kmprvsa of India, which arriv
ed today after a atormy passage,
brought n'wt of a grva-t typhoon which
ravage) Hong Kong on November 10,
causing heavy loss of life and ihlp-
I'lnn.
The nrltlrh nunbofti SundplrH-r foun
drcd and n of her aeaiwn were
lout, The American aiilp Dnjajnln
wull went a'hore and In all aeventy-
aeven tteam launches were wrecked and
out 200 natlvea drowrx-d.
At Kowloon and other MU there
nua alto very heavy Ib.
At duyllKht the powerful dred(fr,
Canton Itlver. altnual without any
warnlnK. Ilnted to l"rt and caimlaed.
Thoe on board at the time numbered
about fifty, all but twelve betnir
drowned.
COMPANY HAS WON.
Santa Fe Has Secured Op-ratora and
It Not Dltturbed hy the Strike.
OAl.VESTON. Dec. U-Cencral Man-
tKr Tolk of the Gulf. Colorado and
Santa Fe railroad tonight announced
that the telegraphers' strike la cloud
a far at the company H concerned.
COMPANY rtETCDlATES O. R. T.
TOrEKA. Dec. 12. The Santa Fe
rullwHy hat repudiated lta relation!
with the Order of Iluilway Telegraph
er. All courttalo prevalent between
the road and operator have been re
voked. We will have nothing further to do
with an organisation that has proved
Ittelf Incompetent, that broke Us con
tract to itlve ut thirty day' notice and
gave u but SO seconds." said General
Malinger Mudge today.
''That la not aylng that recognisance
will be denied the O. R. T. permanently
or under competent management."
STILL SEVEN TEAMS.
Fourteen Hundred Miles Mode by the
Cyclist In Thre Days.
NEW YORK. Dec. 13L With over
1400 miles clicked off In the aix day bl-
tycle race which ends Saturday, seven
team were Kill represented on the
track at midnight.
NEW YORK'S VOTE.
Only Four Counties Gave Bryan
Majority.
NEW YORK. Dec. 12.-The state
board of canvoters met today and can-
SPECIAL FOR
A NEW
Mantel Folding Beds
JUST RECEIVED
Ladles Dressing Table
In Golden Oak, Mahogany and Birds' Eye Maple
IRON BEDSTEADS, FULL BRASS TOP. $6.50
CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON
vanned the state vot. Only four of
the sixty-one counties catt s majority
of vote for Hryan. Th"y were New
York, Queen, rtlchmond and flihoha
lie.
The M. Klntey plurality In the state
It WZ.M.
TO IMPROVE WHITE JIOL'SH.
KxtcriNlve PI, urn Exhibited by Superin
tendent of Public liulldlne.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Colonel
Illngham, V. 8. A., Uier1ntendent of
public building and grounds, today ex
hlblted his model of the proposed en
larirement of the executive mansion and
explained It details.
Of all the record he had been able
to find of K prpted extentlon, that
prepared undr the supervision of the
late Mrs, Harrison came nearest, he
nld, to fulfilling certain guiding prln
clple) contldered as neemary to be
followed.
Mrs. Harrison's plan, he said, con
tltted. In a word, of buildings about the
tlxe of the present house, one on the
eatt side and one on '.he west of the
White Houte grinds, connected to tho
present mantlon by curved wings, the
quudrungle being completed by rebuild
Inc the con?rvatoris at the south end
of the ground. This plan leaves the
preitent murmlon unchaiiKJ.
The ettlmate on the extensions pro
bably will amount to $1,100,000, Includ
ing partial furnlnhlng.
I.AKEVIEW STAGE ROBBERY.
lAine Highwaymen Rlf1d Mull Sacks
and Escaped.
LAKEVIEW. Orv.. Dec, 12. Th?
Ijikvvlew stage was robbed last night
at S o'clock about two miles from this
city. A lone highwayman accomplUlied
the Job.
No pana-tigvrs wyre aboard the stage.
Two mall sacks were rifted and a con-
t'derable m unt of regUterBd mall tak-
en.
Ofllcer are now working on the caae.
WESTERN UNION EARNINGS.
Amounts to One arid a Half Millions
for the Quarter.
NEW YORK. Dec. 12. The Western
Union Tek'graph Company reports that
for the ouarter ending December 31. the
ret earnings will be about I1.&00.000.
The dividend of W per cent, which
was declared today, calls for the pay.
ment of $1,217,000.
GERMAN CONSUL IN CHARGE.
Will Tako Cure at Dutch Consulate at
Lourenco Marques.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 12.-At the re-
(jue-u of the Netherlands, Germany has
telegraphed to the German consul at
Lourenco Marriues to take care of the
Nctl,-rlinds In the absence of the Dutch
consul from that port.
8TEAMER TO BE RETURNED.
Colombian Government Will Give Back
British Steamer Taboga.
COLON, Dec. 12.-Govemor Alban.
who returned to the city of Panama
today, will hand back uninjured to her
owiters the British steamer Taboga,
which was oedxed last month by the
Colombian government.
TUNNEL COMPLETED.
First Train Will Be Run Through on
Sunday Next.
SEATTLE, Dec.12.-The first train will
he run through the new Great Northern
tunnel In the Cascade mountains next
Sunday. The tunnel Is 13,200 feet long
and the thickness of the roof at Us
thickest place Is 6300 feet.
WILL OF SENATOR DAVIS.
Entire Estate, Valued at $$5,00. Goes
to His Wife.
ST. PAUL. Dec. 12.-The will of the
lat Senator Davla, who died Novem
ber 27, was riled for probate today. The
111 leaves all his estate to Mrs. Davis.
The estate Is valued at $25,000 In per
sonal and $40,000 in real property ,
FIGHTERS WILL BE ARRESTED.
CHICAGO. Dec. 12.-Warrants will b
served at the ringside In Tattersails
tomorrow evening on the principals and
promoter of the McGovern-Oans fight.
THIS WEEK
LINE OF
DE WET ELUDES
GENERAL KNOX
Not to Be Captured as Easily as
Kitchener Expected.
PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES WAR
CbsiiMllor of lbs Eickqtier Prom Iks Tba1
Cestltftrsbl Pirt ( Ike Eipeas
Shall Be Pile sy Tixls(
fbe TraiivuL
LONDON, Dec. 12. Lord Kitchener
rabies the war office from Pretoria un
der date of December 12th. thai Gen.
eral Knox reports from Helvetia that
he Is engaged In a running fight with
General De Wet, and that the enemy
moving towards Reddcrsburg, wh' re
there Is a column ready to co-operate
Ith the other British forces.
Lord Kitchener In another dispatch
reports that Boers attacked the post
near Biwberton. The British casualties
ere three killed, five wounded and 13
taken prisoners. The captured men
have since been released.
The Boers raided the Illverton road
station December 11. They are being
followed up.
General Kitchener's mensage Indicates
that De Wet has again evaded Knox.
A'ter the latter had foiled the Boer
general at Coomaasie drift, the Boers
seem to have doubled back, crossed the
Caledon river elsewhere, and turned
thence northwest in the direction of
Reddersburg, the memorable scene of
the British disaster In April, when
Wet captured the British rifles.
BOERS MUST PAT FOR THE WAR.
LONDON, Dec. lt-Csnslderabtfe ir
ritation was aroused during today's de
bate In the house of commons on sup
ply. Sir Robert T. Reld. Q. C. Lib
eral member for Dumfrtesburgh. paint
ed a gloomy picture of the conditions In
South Africa. He said that after four
teen month of war, costing 3,000,000
per month, anarchy was prevailing and
famine threatened, and this may be
followed by a native uprising. An at
tempt to place the colonic under mil
itary rule, he said, would Imperil the
very existence of the omplre. He
thsught the time bad arrived for of
fering the Boers terms not Inconsist
ent with British dominion. All Ideas of
unconditional surrender should be dis
carded. James Bryce. Liberal, followed on
similar lines. Ha suggested granting
general amnesty to the Boers now In
arms as legitimate combatants. The
negotiations, Mr. Bryce also said, should
not be entrusted to Sir Alfred Milner,
who was the object of almost universal
distrust. Including at least half the
Queen's subjects in South Africa.
Mr. Broderlck. the secretary for war.
hotly challenged Mr. Bryce's statements
regarding Sir Alfred Milner. Sir Rob
ert Reid's speech. Mr. Broderlck assert
ed, was Impracticable, unwise and mis
chfevou. The government was perfect
ly willing to offer terms for surrender,
so long as they could not be interpreted
as proof of wjuknees, and thereby cavse
a prolongation of the iruerrllla warfare.
After further recriminations the report
of the supply was agreed to.
During subsequent discussion In the
committee of ways and means, the
chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Mich
ael Hicks-Beach, promised that a con
siderable proportion of the cost of the
war would be obtained from the Trans
vaal. He admitted that a treasury
committee was about to proceed to the
Transvaal to ascertain Its assets and
their taxable capacity. Sir David Bar
bour, continued the chancellor of the
exchequer, had been selected for this
task. The resolution was then agreed
to and the house adjourned.
Sir David Miller Barbour. K. C. M. G.,
who has been named as a treasury com
missioner to proceed to the Transvaal
to ascertain the taxable value of prop
erty there, was a member of the coun
cil of the governor-general of India,
1877-1S9S, was royal commissioner to In
quire Into the conditions and prospects
of sugar-growing colonies, ISM, and lat
terly commissioner to Inquire into the
finances of Jamaica.
DIED IN A SWAMP.
Pathetic Career and End of a Confed
erate Brigadier-General.
NEW YORK. Dec. 12.-The body of
the Confederate Brigadier-General Her
man Bins has been found in Black
wamp, four miles from Morrlstown, N.
He was known as the hermit of
Wancng r.ountaln.
For thirty years Bins had lived a
solitary life on the side of Succassunna
mountain. He had little to do with
any one and his retreat was far re
moved from the nearest house. His
cabin was found In ashes by those who
went to it after the body had been
iJentified. Bins made his appearand
cn the mourtaln In 1865. When he first
came be wore a giey uniform and on
It were the ftars of a brlgadler.g-n-eral.
Ten years after Bins settled on the
mountain, hU life story came out
thrnuKh no fault of his. William Beck
er, a veteran of the union army, who
had occarion to visit Atlanta in la7,
commantea an Investigation and found
from the confederate rexrts that Her
nan Bins had enlisted as a minor
oftlcr soon Lfier Sumpfr was flred up
on. He lose rapidly and at the close of
tl.e war had the rxnk of brlgadler-gvn-era
I.
At the outbreak of war Bins was a
well-to-do planter In middle Georgia.
While he was In the army his two
children died. When Sherman marched
to the sea cutting a gap through Geor
gia and leaving desolation behind, Bins'
home was ere of the places of which
nothing remained hut ashes. Mrs. Bins
had fled be'or the arrival of Sherman
and Joined tht refugee. Exposure!
and hardship brought her to her death.
When he returned to his plantation
he fcund the ashes of his home, the
grave of his children and near them
the grave of his wife, whom faithful
slaves had carried to the plantation and
buried. General Bins at once left and.
until Mr. Decker Informed them, his
friends did not know what had become
of him. No one knows how he came to
his death..
AFRAID OF AMERICA
South American Republics Reported to
Be Forming a Defensive Alliance.
NEW YORK. Dec. 12. A dispatch to
the Herald from San Juan, Porto Rico,
says:
It is reported here that the republics
of South America are negotiating an al
liance, having been prompted to do so
by the fear that American Influence will
become paramount in the western hem
isphere. The movement is said to be
the outgrowth of the Ibero-Amerlcan
congress recently held in Madrid.
The executive council has decided
that franchise matters hereafter will
be considered In secret session. This
decision has occasioned much adverse
comment.
CHICAGO BANDIT KILLED.
Plucky Defense of His Five Years' Sav
ings by a Motorman.
CHICAGO. Dec. 12. -By throwing his
back against a wall and opening Are
with a revolver, John Conroy last night
kept Ave years of his savings from
thieves. He was attacked by three
men and when he ceased firing one of
the men who had assailed him was ly
ing In front of him fatally wounded.
Preparatory to leaving the city Con
roy, who was a street car motorman,
had withdrawn his savings, amounting
to nearly live hundred dollars, from the
bank and was on his way home when
attacked.
PASSENGER RATES REDUCED.
TACOMA, Dec. 12. The Northern Pa
cific has decided to reduce the passen
ger rates in Montana from four cents
to three cents per mile.
The change will go Into effect early
next month.
JURY STILL UNDECIDED.
ELDORADO. Kas.. Dec. 12. At 10
O'clock tonight Judge Splnn again sent
the Morrison Jury to bed. directing them
to resume their deliberations ou the case
,t 8:S0 o'clock In the morning.
MEMBERSHIP BROUGHT $47,500.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. A membership
In the New York; stock exchange was
jold today for $47,500 to John H. Mc
Cullogh. WHEAT MARKET.
PORTLAND. Dec. 12. Wheat. Walla
Walla. 5454tf; bluestem. 57.
CHICAGO. Dec 13. Wheat, May,
opening, 7373): closing. 737474.
LIVERPOOL,
March, 6s. Mi.
Dec. 11 Wheat.
ASK
w
1 "Charles Carrcll" - ICc
"General Seed" - - 5c
CIGARS .
TWO UN EQUALED SMOKES X
ALLEN &
3 Distributors,
CELEBRATION AT
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Brilliant Military Parade and
Imposing Indoor Exercises.
MILES THROWN FROM HORSE
Oae Kuadredth Aaalverfarr of the Establish'
nest sf the Sest ! the Federal
Ooveinmeat Is the City sf
Wsihlnxtoe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-With Im
posing ceremonies the national capital
today celebrated the centennial anni
versary of the founjing of the fat of
the federal government in Washington.
The exercise included a brilliant mil
itary parade, review by the president
from the east front of the capItol and
orations in the hall of the house of
representatives where a brilliant audi
ence was as;mbled.
After the parade came the Imposing
exercises In the hall of the house,
where was gath.'red as distinguished
3 company as its walls had ever held.
On the floor were the president and
members of the cabinet;, members of
the senate and the hous; ambassa
dors and ministers of foreign countries,
in full court uniform; the chief Jus
tices of the supreme court. In thtlr Ju
dicial robes; Lieutenant-General Milt,
and many distinguished officers of tfcs
army and navy who had received tbs
thanks of congress; the governors of
more than half the states of the un
ion and commissioners of the dlHtrict
of Columbia, while the galleries were
resplendent w Ith the wealth and culture
of the national capital. As a specta
cle nothing could have been more In
spiring or impressive.
The ceremonies at the caplto) In
cluded addresses by Senator Daniels,
of Virginia, and McComas, of Mary.
land; Representatives Payne, of New
York, and Richardson, of Tennessee,
and a notable historic oration by Sen
ator Hoar, of Massachusetts. ,
Oeneral Miles was thrown from his
hers? today at' the head of the centen
nial parade. He had reached the re
viewing stand In front of the capitot
when his hor reared and fell back.
The general was not hurt.
JUNTA LOCATED.
Government Finds One at Portuguese
Settlement of Macao.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. The British,
government having formally notified,
this government that it has been un
able to locate the reported Philippine
Junta In Hong Kong, our government
agents have been put to work to as
certain where munitions of war and
other supplies which reached the in
surgent Filipinos originated.
aw una II urrii uiscuvricu uiai uiv
Portuguese settlement of Macao, locat
ed on the Chinese coast and conven
ient to the Philippines, Is one of the
points of insurgent activity and prob
ably the abiding place of one of the
rnmppine juntas.
VICTORY FOR TRUSTS.
Illinois Anti-Trust Law Dx-lared Un
constitutional. CHICAGO. Dec. 12. By a decision of
Judges Turley, Dunne and Waterman
of the circuit court today, section i 1,
of the anti-trust law 'of Illinois, which,
defines what constitutes a trust or com
bination in restraint of trade Is de
clared unconstitutional.
The decision Is regarded as a dis
tinct victory for the corporations and
is looked upon as nullifying the anti
trust law of the ttate In Its most vital
part.
FOR
LEWIS,
Portland, Oregon J