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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1900)
-..:;....!,, r.: .i 1 1 ! 1 Az f. i ; M V' i i VOL Ml. ASTOIUA. OKKGON. SUNDAY. DKCKMBKK 10, 1800. i0. 157 fill IK"irA WE ARE SELLING AGENTS IN ASTORIA FOR BRIDGE, Superior Steel Ranges BEACH Sylph Heater & CO.'h Olio Heater COLE Hot Blast Heater for Coal MFG.- Dome Top Heater for Wood CO.'h Russia Iron Heater lor Wood Wo nl) manufacture a Ruhmh Iron Queen lienor for Wood. TIioho comprint tho bent lino of stoves in tlio nUito. Wo ell no second-elmm stoves. An in 8iwtion of our lino of stoves will jmy you. ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU If you have forgotten any one wo still Imve ninny articles on ImikI suitable for New Year (!ifw NEW YEAR CARDS BOOKLETS CALENDARS DIARIES, ETC GRIFFIN & SOME SALT fISII SPECIALTIES Fine Bloater Mackerel, Imported Holland Herring, Oeniiic Eastern Codfish, Salmon Bellies and Tips, Grimsby Bloater Herring, Etc. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. FOR CHRISTMAS prime... TI IDIEVC EASTERN 1 UrNlVC I O ORDER EARLY Foard 6k Stokes Co. A LONG ROW W. J. Scully, 1 BOND STREET, Betweei Ninth aid Tenth Streets c. j. Ccsinlsslon, Brokerage, Jcs'jrsnce znJ Shlcpln?. TRENCH ARD, REED Of our new and up-to-date Air tight Ifeators are still on hand. We figurod on considerable cold weather and purchased an un usual quantity; but tho weather has moderated, consequently sales have been slow. We are over stocked and must have the room. From now on these splendid heat ing 6tovcs will be sold at a reduc tion of 20 per cent FOR CASH. Custom House Broker. ASTORIA, ORE Alot W. F. A Co, and Pttlto Kxpret Co I. LOST GROUND IS BEING REGAINED English Capture Boer Wagons and Release British Prisoners. KRUGER ADVISES SURRENDER ll It Reported Bolbi Declirti Krer Hit Told Him to Expect N. Help From Europe I'm ol Maorlei Disapproved. ' LONDON, Dec. 29-The dlspatche from South Africa add little or nothing to present Information concerning the situation, though the general trend of events aeems to show that the lirltlsh are regaining ground recently lost. A special from Naauwpoort report that Colonel Dellsle assaulted He" log, in mile west of Dr Aar, capturing a number of wagon and releasing prison er captured near Phlllpstown. Lieu-ti-nant Colonel OrenMl forced back General Krliaenger toward Venter studt. ltoih cotnmandoe are In d''sp-r-ale plliiht and will probably never re- cr the Oranire river. i A 8unerton dispatch aaya that It I estimated that 2000 Boer, were engaged ! In the operations In North Natal, hop- lug to break the Iirltlsn line of com munication, Thla plan failed According to patch. General Johannesburg dl - French occupied Ven-1 trradorp Friday without opposition. From Carnarvon come a dispatch saying that the Boers occupied Vosberg December 17 In force and were reported to be moving on Carnarvon, where martlxl law haa been proclaimed. It la creditably reported, according to a dispatch from Newcastle, that Louis Botha ho Informed Commandant Sprulghi that Kruger haa sent word that the burgher must lay down their anna or continue fighting on their own account aa no support from Europe can be expected. MORE BRITISH LOSSES. LONDON'. Dec. 19. -General Kitchen er, tvleiirophlrg from Pretoria under date of Friday, December 28, ends a summary of the number of attacks made by the Boer, at varloua points. The only Important Incident wa. ., attack uKn a baggage column near GreyllngMtad, A company with a pompon made a sortie from Greyllng stad and drove off the Bonrs. Captains R&dclyffe and Harvest were wounded, eight men were killed, twenty-seven were wounded, and twenty were report ed missing. BRITISH REOCCUPY FICKSBURG. BLOEMFONTEIN,, Dec. 29.-The British have reoccupied Flcksburg, which for aome time haa been In the hand of the Boers. COLVILLE REACHES ENGLAND. LONDON, Dec. 29 Mojor-Gcneral Sir Henry Colvllle, whose resignation haa been demanded by the war office, ar rived at Plymouth today to demand a trial by court martial to establish the responsibility for the yeomanry dis aster at Llndley last May. He says he does not Intend to be made a scapegoat for the sake of the staff. He avers that the Llndley dis aster could never have happened had he been Informed of Lord Hobcrts' In tention. The primary cause of the sur render, he says, wa Insufficient infor mation given by the headquarters staff to Colonel Sprogge and himself, and he declines to accept the blame. General Colvllle and his influential friends are thus beginning the cam paign against the secretary of state for war, Wm. St. John Broderlck, Lord Roberts and Genera Kitchener. It Is expected to be fought out with some ferocity in parliament. ROBERTS SAILS FOR HOME. GIBRALTAR, Dec. 29. The steamer Canada with Lord Roberts on board sailed for home this afternoon. MORE RESIGNATION! DEMANDED. LONDON. Dec. 29. Miserable rain. fog and dirt made Christmas week of evil memory for England. Depressing gloom In thorough harmony with ...STYLISH DINING Side Boards, Dining Room Tables, Buffets, China Closets and Chairs, all of which we are offering at a very low price. A new lot of Iron and Brass Bedsteads just received. CHARLES HEILBORN & SON th weuther ttled over the coun try. The coasts were strewn with wreck, commerce wa out of Joint and the public wo bltKTly dilating the crliklimi of ;he Mrltuih army. The demand for Major-General Blr Henry K. Colvllle' resignation, thrown aa a op, only erved to whet the rav enous appetite of those who are howl ing for th responsibility of the re verse In South Africa being brought home to Individual. More heads are demanded. Whera so many must be blameaM. It la felt that the .election of General Colvllle la woefully Inade quate If not unfair. Indeed, It I al ready ad that hud not the yeomanry force at Llndly, which Colvllle failed) to relieve. Included some nobility and other influential peraona, Colvllle would never have been recalled. The bitter neia felt by theae yeomanry at being compelled to aurrender becauae, aa they allege, Colvllle refused to render the aid within hl power, has never died out and will probably result In one of the moat Interesting court martlala In the anruils of the British army, upon the result of which wilt depend the fate of aeveral other high offlcera who have proved unequal to the occas ion. The Liberal paper, comment aeverely on the acceptance of the war office of a contingent of Maori from New Zea land. The Star aaya: "The effect of ihl atupld blunder on the Dutch will be terrible. After declining to employ Indian troops, we are taking a paltry 100 Maoris. Thla nt "iy inrunute me uuicn, out ' U(' n U't the Indian troop". h 1 regard it aa a declaration ot their Inferiority to an Inferior colored race. Oo on. government of muddler." However, there are slgna of the dawn "f that common sense, the lack of which the English critics ao deplore in the military system, for the cavalry now going out to South Africa la dis carding the lance and substituting for these weapon, rlfiea and aabrea. After over a year's fighting, the authorities have woke up to the utter uselessnesa of lances and carbines, considering that thousands ot British soldier, have never aeen a Boer during the many engagement.. WILL OF HENUY VILLARD. Leave Many Public Bequests for American and German Institution. NEW YORK, Dec. 29. The will of the late Henry Vlllard makea theae public bequest: Columbia University, $50,000; Harvard University. $50,000; Dobb'. Ferry Hos-..i.-i ta.twinti.in Xnnfln- German So- yJm. New Tork Infirmary for women and children, 3000; SociMy for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. 52500; Hospital at Speyer, Germany, which he founded, 60.000 marks; Museum at Kaiserlau terln, 50,000 marks; Town of Speyer, M1.000 marks. Income of which Is to be applied to the making of loans to de serving mechanics. ARMY BILL WILL BE PUSHED. Senator Hawley Tells the President That the Senate Will Take It Up on Thursday. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. Senator Hawley, chairman of the military com mittee of the senate, had an Inter view with the president today about the situation of the army bill In the upper house. The senator told the president that he will go ahead with the bill as soon as the senate recon venes on Thursday. The senator ex pressed confidence that there would be no filibustering on the army bill. CANTILEVER BRIDGE FINISHED. Announcement Made by Manager of White Pass and Yukon Railway. SEATTLE. Dec. 29. General Mana ger Haklns. of the White Pts. and Yukon Rood, was advised today of the completion of the steel cantilever bridge that crosses the chasm near the summit of White Pass. PARCEL POST CONVENTION. May Be Established With Great Brit ain. . WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. Lord Pauncefote, the British ambassador, had a conference with the second as sistant postmaster-general today upon the establishment of a parcel post convention with Great Britain. ROOM FURNITURE... POWERS OPPOSED TO THE EMPRESS Will Not Permit Her to Confer Power on Son of Prince Tuan. CHINA WANTS EXPLANATION Cart Aiki Ma.y Queilloai A boa I toe Peace Terai-Oeran Fore Captures Flu Hn.dre4 Imperial Chlaeie Troop. WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.-U I. recog nized, ay officials here, aa a perfect ly natural course on the part of the Chinese government to ask for explana tion of the Important points In the agreement reached by the ministers at Pekln. It begin to appear from the character of the Chinese response that there may be more time consumed In securing final acceptance of the agree ment than at first expected. Some months ago the empress dow- ag?r designated the young son of Prince Tuan as successor to Kwang Hsu. Although the name given In the dispatches as that of the new successor differs from that named by the empress dowager some time ago, they may be one and the same, a the Imperial names refer to dynasties and change on appointment to the throne. It is not likely that the powers will permit the further exercise of the em press dowager's Influence, particularly If It takes the obnoxious form of seek ing to confer power on the son of Prince Tuan. the chief conspirator In the disturbances. IMPERIAL TROOPS CAPTURED. BERLIN. Dec 29.-The war office re ceived from Von Waldersee a dispatch reporting that a company of the Third East Asiatic regiment captured W0 Im perial troops December 24th In the mountains northwest of Mantcheng. QUESTIONS FROM EMPEROR. NEW YORK. Dec. 29. A dispatch to the Herald from Pekln says: A note was received last evening from the imperial court at SI Ngan Fu, ac knowledging the receipt of the de mands of the powers. It further con tained five questions or requests, namely: . t First Might not the Taku forts re main standing, though dismantled? Second Is it proposed to behead princes the same as other offenders? Third If the demands are acceded to, would the allies cease sending out ex pedition? Fourth What places do the allies propose to occupy? Fifth How long do they propose to occupy them? PRINCE HENRY SUMMONED. Kaiser Wants His Brother to Get a More Intimate Knowledge of State Affairs. BERLIN, Dec. 29. An imperial or der commands Prince Henry of Prus sia, brother of the emperor, to report at Berlin by January 1, and remain at the capital for some time, with a view to attaining a more intimate know-ledge of state affairs. His majesty desires that while at the capital Prince Henry shall keep In close touch with the foreign office. CRIME AT KANSAS CITY. Hlfthwaymen, an Acid Thrower and a Rapist AJ1 at Work Within a. Few Hour KANSAS CITY. Dec. 29. Three wo men heid up by highwaymen, one of whom is dying from the injuries re ceived: a girl attacked by an acid Wednesday Morning, January 2nd. Oe thrower and another girl assaulted I tho record of crime ffir the past few hours here. Today a man enticed Edith Campbell, an -yar-old girl, from her horn in the east bottoms and nearly choked her to death. He kaa not been cap tured. An Edgerton, Kansas, woman threw carbollo ncld In 14-year-old Clara Barnes' face, severely burning her. No cause for the assault is apparent. Within a few hours three women have been held up on thla aide of the river by highwaymen. One of the victims, Mrs. Mary Bolder, has a broken skull and cannot recover. THREE AND A FOURTH MILLIONS. Offered by the United State for the Danish West Indies. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-A dispatch from Copenhagen announces that Unit ed States Minister Swenson, as the result of the present negotiations, has offered twelve million kroners for the Danish Antilles. ThU Is equivalent to about 13,240.000. Of course, acceptance of thla propo sition by the Danish government would not complete the transaction. The transfer of the islands can be accom plished only under the form of a treaty which must be accepted by the senate of the United States. In addition, owing to the necessity of providing money to be paid for the Islands, the house of representatives must have Its say, being called upon to make the necessary appropriation. SUIT FOR MANY MILLIONS. Litigation Over the Estate of the Late Millionaire Leonard Case. CLEVELAND. Dec. 29. A suit In volving the ownership of many millions of dollars' worth of property in this city and $1,500,000 damages for being excluded from the rent, and profits of the same, was commenced today by claimants to the estate of Leonard Case, who died in ISSt. The defendants In the suit number about 500. The plaintiffs, nine in num ber, allege they are the rightful heirs to the property. The basis of their claims is that cousins cannot become heirs to property against a sister, the Case estate having been left to cousin, of the deceased millionaire. - BAND OF SHEEP KILLED. Three Thousand Stampeded by Eleven Men. MILES CITY. Mont.. Dec. 29. A mes sage from Otter. Custer county, says that eleven men stampeded 3000 sheep, killing the whole band; The sheep be longed to R. R. Selway and were prob ably driven over a precipice. There were range troubles at Otter all sum mer and many look for further deeds of violence. INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED. Court of Inquiry Into Boos Will Raport Soon. Hazing WEST POINT. Dec. 29. The Investi gation of the charges of brutal hating arising out of the death of ex-Cadet Oscar L. Boos was concluded this af ternoon. It is expected that the court of inquiry will make a report to the war department soon. DALY'S HORSES SOLD. Mackle Bought the Stallion Montana for now. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.-Horses belonging to Edward Corrigan and the estate of the late Marcus Daly were sold at auction today. The stallion Montana, owned by the Daly estate, was sold to John Mackle for J1000. TWENTY BODIES RECOVERED. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 29. The bodies of twenty members of the crew of the bark Primrose Hill, which went down yesterday, have been washed ashore. OUR GREAT rr h r 0 VIIET BEGINS - on TI.t.8 for Wonderful Bargains ARNOLD WRITES SONNET FOR US While Graham Says EnglanJ Gets Only Kicks From Us. ' EXTREME VIEWS PRESEiNTED Treaty Amcatfiaeats Make Kick Haabet Twenty for Whkk Saliibary Will Be llow Ui HI Dlttlef dine' Cottla'eratle.. LONDON, Dec. 29. Reviews of the) year and century All the weekly and daily papers. Sir Edwin Arnold hills the new century with a sonnet, "Greet ing to Columbia." England snys: "I send thee a motherly kls. and benl son. Love me or love me not; hap what may hap. My pride and prayers watch thy bright course begun. Thou do'st uphold the lesson learned from me. And sp-akest my Shakespear'i speech, God go wrth thee." Columbia answers: "They foresee too much who dare to think. We shall be more kept asunder. Than two great clouds In heaven that hold the thunder." That Sir Edwin Arnold's view are not unanimously shared can be Judged by a letter of Cunningham Graham which is given the place of honor I. Saturday' Review. The writer declare, that Anglo-American friendship haa re sulted only In kicks for Great Britain In the case of ihe Venejuela, Saaj Juan, Alabama and Bering awards. H. ays: "We won't go on patting ourselves up on our diaphragms, making certain that all these kick were but simply affec tion. Americans bore us. Last, on top of all their condescensions, like a cold bath on a Irunkard, come tv. ctaisea of the senate in the Hay-J'auncefou treaty by which we are commanded trt assent t! kick number "twenty, and I suppose Lord Salisbury Is going to receive it and assure the kicker, of his distinguished consideration and thank them for the energy with which it is bestowed. "Experts tell us that the canal could not be defended, even though fortified, in case of war. but then liar, damned Har and expert is a comparison almost proverbial in this commercial age." MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROADERS, t Unwilling to Combine With Any Other "Reform" Movement -t ST. LOUIS. Dec. 29. Members of the Middle-of-the-Road Populist national committee and other leaders in various reform movements debated all day oyer the advisability of forming a combinaw tion with the Social Democratic ant Union Reform parties. The tenor of the speeches made waa practically unanimously in opposition to the plan and In favor of carrying on the work of the Populist party strictly along its own lines. It was decided to Issue an address setting forth In de tail the views of the committee. WHEAT MARKET. TORTLAND. Dec. Walla, 55. 29.-Wheat. Walla SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29. Wheat, May, lOott: cash, 98. CHICAGO. Dec. 29. Wheat, May, opened. 7314; closed, 7514. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 29. Wheat, March 6s. fcd. PRICE OF SILVER. NEW YORK, Dec. J9.-Sllver. 3Ti- 11TH