The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, March 21, 1901, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHooks, f'oriodicals, Marca""? ; , Pre Hot to be Token I" ."rHM Library with.)'i '.,..' OHil . , ,iw I i,l'"T u' w,;ibu liable to prosecution. '4 ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBSABT A330Ci.iD;; ',H. VOL Mil ASTOKIA, OKCfiOX, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1901. it 1 1 Wo -wi,i.,l,l;1crnn .v,. ....v TO BB WITHOUT FAULT For Sale In Astoria Only by the ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. AHTOHIA, OKRCJON Book Bargains .100 Ci.-th Hound IWkn, (Joo. g ff-t Sll Just the Kind for These Long Winter Evenings Five-Volume Srtn of Kipling, IUi.wll.Holim-H.Hinty.MnHle ami other good nuthont .... GRIFFIN COFFEE NOB HILL ROAST Hull llio Mont PaMtldloMM DAISY UNROASTED Pronounced Perfect FOARD& STOKES CO 431 BOND STREET, between Math and Tinth Streets Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR. FEED, PROVISIONS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS Supplies of all kinds at lowest rates, for fishermen, Farmers and Loggers. A V ALLEN, Tenth and Commercial Streets We Rent New lvfnnv rwiw rV See our la tost f -ii, X L. I " J p.. . - ! -1 AWT - F W.M'KECHME. local ASent. C. J. TRENCHAR Commission, Brokerage, Insurance and Shifting. the Superior Ranges ARE ACKnOWLEDGED BY ALL WHO HAYE USED THEM C 7CJ Pnn pt V""' J I vl OUl & REED COFFEE NAPOLEON Was thKotld's Ludlrg General WE ARE Astoria's Leading House FOR in Stoves and Ranges W, J. Scully, Typewriters. imnroVAmAnta Aildad No. i Smith Premier Typewriter New Art Catalogue Free ... M. ALEXANDER & CO. Exoluwv Pacific Coast Dealers . 245 Stark St.. Portland. Ore. D, V V.- Custom House Broker. ASTORIA, ORE Airat W. F,fConaPlfloKxriMCo'i. . MILITARY POSITION NOT YET DECISIVE It Is Believed Boers May Yet Re cover Their Own. INDEPENDENCE OR DEATH Boer Wilt Continue to Flflit iBdeflnllclj Slact Their lionet lad Properly Have BceaDeitroycd aid They Seeh Revenge, LONDON, March 20-The Westmlns. t'-r !iZHt trili ifternoon make pvssl mlKtlc comm-nt on Oner&l Botha's re fusal to ,vi - th ciue term offered by Lord KUrhrn-r, and connects this refusal with the F):tmt(,n China. The tinflt.- says the powers are at sixes and cv.n In the far Kant. ant that uny d.iy nmy :h cunin'mr'inrnt "f a MniKKl" frrn whlrh the Hwm nmy r-vovi-r llw lr "n. The fullur- f th ipdii- nKttiiNna nrans that th.. miliary ixwition In 8'mth Africa In not yrl il-clBlvi- ilOTMA 1 1 1 : I.I UKSPONSIBM-;. NKW ViKK. M.ir.h 20.-In muklr.R i hi- uiiiiiiiiiic im-nt :h it thi 4-c ni'io. tliiiliiiin with n.-rn Hnlhii hud l)"-n broK'-n "ff, a lf iwtTr h fmm Unun to thi" Tilliuin' iiii: Mr. ('hiiinlH-iliim npoke In a ronvtr h4ilnn.il tmir without accent u itlnit th luiirinnii. of it ,y tune fr gt'fturf. He mIi jii(.k. Ku.ir.l.-iiy anil ojirt'fully m that no frtlno lnft-rn(-l could be drawn from hln adniliiHln that th nrjcotlailuim ha, I failed. lTd Kitchi-m'r waa cred Urd with off.-rliiK terma which Ocnt-ral Hutha wan not dispnufd to recommend to th-- other Iiocr hadi-ra. Tht renpon Hlblllty for thi- 'ntiiiuanre of (cuerrllla wurfirf to th" hitter end ivnaMiuuiitly t'hi with General But ha and thou? whom h- hai ((inculied.- Thi waa the lmur..Nln which Mr. Chamberlain el urly n. ant to cr-nvey. The f.irt ihot he made th'1 explanation proved that Pli Alfreil MUner rather than I. r Kitchener rnia been attempt Iiik to ni'Kotla with the Hor lender, cltice othi rwle Mr. Itroderlck would have been lh on. . announce the un llrtsant !)i'h. The promptteH with which the full ih tall of the nKoUatlon are promised Imilcat a deelrr on the imrt of the government that the term offered to the Hoera nmy be known for the mural effect here and In South Africa. The Mlnlct-rl ilWia accepted General Hotha'n answer philosophically an a proof that the war muat ax on until the llotr leadtm are capturej and that the chancellor of the exchequer might as well nlg'-on-hol hi more favorable hudg"t and warn taxp.iyer to prepare for the wort. the lugnr duty a well an the noreaad Income tax.' The pro- HtT Ubrala, who are looking for atrange revelatkna from Holland, are predicting that General Rotha will have a veralon of the negotiation quite dif ferent from the one authorized by the colonial office. KRt'OKn HAS FULL POWEK, NKW YORK. March 20. A dlxpatch from lmdon to the Herald gives an In terview with D. Ernsmus, son of Gen eral Eraamua. of Pretoria, on the prob able cons -quences of General Oothn's refusal to accept the terms of peace. He ("ii Id: "The Engllfh public for aomf unknown retinon has Uniked upon the war ad along a mete chllu'i play, r.otwlth- Hiandlng the . essoin It recvlvtd In the eontm.-nr ih rt of the war. Four hun died Poors are quite suftlclcnt lo har ass the entire army for an Indefinite period In the district north of Pretoria "Regular cavalry cannot operate there. It Is deep sand which gives the poorest foothold. Owing to the fever, the llrltlsh c-in operate but six months In the year. . The Boers from childhood have accustomed themselves to this cli mate and can atop there without much harm. ''In foreign countries people who are trying to Tiake mischief out of the Kngllfh reverses read In them dla grace tn the British army. But I can assure those pretended friends of my people that If they had to do what the British are now trying to accomplish, p RUFFLED CURTAINS. Iliey might have done very much worse or aueceedml if well In fighting." The llocm, he said, can g' t plenty of f'tod, Iioihck and ammunition. A an alt'-rnatlve for Hlr AlfrH Mllner a a negoiiiiior with th- Boers. Mr, KtHHintif KtiggestH that England should end-some Impartial Englishman, fr?e from all party feeling. Ird Kitchen- tr'ii Mmv will not go either. He has been im much associated with Mr. Cecil Rlio.J -s, Vou remember how ihHr nniM'n were coniMTted together when Lord Kitchener was In London; how they wciv coupled and how they (ook direc tor' degrees together. "Th end," suld Erasmus, "will be when the Boera remaining must be eith er caught and exterminated or given Iik1cm ndence. There was a time after Pretoria was taken when many Hx-r deserted or surrendered In the belief that they would fln! their house and famllk a they left them, a they were allowed to go free, promising not to fight again. The end of the war was then possible. My people were ready to give In. Hut when Hie Boers re turned to their homesteads and found their farms burned and t h-lr families gone, they knew not where, they were ruined men. From that day on It should be well understood, the war be came one of revenge and no longer one of patriotism. Picture to yourself the situation. It Is perfectly simple to un derhand the bitterness of the B'x-rs. "The only terms satisfactory would be re-stoklng the farms and making good that which has b-n destroyed. Otherwise why should not our men con tinue to fight. , They have mt every thing and therefor have nothing to lose and everything to' gain. "Mr. Krugvr Is still absolutely presi dent of the Transvaal republic. Peo ple say he ran away. TJiat Is untrue. He was forced to leave hy th- ex.-cu-tlve. It took 5O00 men to guard him. We needed thime men else here. More over It was considered that he would be more useful over here. "It Is perfect nonsense to say he Is worth billions. At most he may be worth a million, which he mad.- from the purchase and sale of lands, just as any other man might. But much mony has ln-en Intrusted t' him for state purpot-.'S. That money he spends In the manner which Is Indicated to him pnj as Intended by the Boer execu tive. "Mr. Kruger may hae ot trnne weight with a certain number of people of the extreme section. But, remember this -It Is mortant Mr. Kruger Is the one man today who could, If he liked, bring the war to an end. He could llnlsh It tomorrow If he willed. When peace coiik s It w ill be made by the peo ple appointed to make it, Mr. Kroger and the extraordinary commission sent over hy the Boers, Messrs. Wolmarens. Weasels and Fischer. They have full nower to art." ' And the Boer forces todiy?" "I estimate them to number from 10. 000 to 12.0H0," concluded Mr. Erasmus. BANVHEIt MURDERED. End of Longstanding Quarrel Between Washington Farmers. SEATTLE. March I0.-W. R. Ross, a rancher living near Kent, about fifteen miles south of this city, wa shot and Instantly killed by Alex Simpson, an other ranchers, thin morning. The shooting as witnessed only by Simpson's t-year-old a.m. The shoot ing was thi outline of a longstanding quarrel between the two men about a fence w hich R ws had placed across a portion of the cou uy rond. The fence kept Simpson frjm getting Into his property nnd he tore It down several times, the last time being last night. This morning Ross started toward Simpson's house but wis met by the latter, who commanded Mm to halt. Ross still advanced and Simpson then took careful aim and fired the fatal shot. He was brought to the county Jail here this evening. UAPH WRATH POSTED MISSING. LONDON. March !0. The British bark Cape Wiath, Oapfalri Hart, from Cal l.io, November 2. for Astoria, Oregon, Inst reported outside of Astoria. Janu ary 13, and then disappeared, has been posted nt Lloyds s missing. RECORD AGAIN BROKEN. NEW YORK, March 20. A seat on the New York, stock exchange waa sold today for 152,000. This Is 300 more than the previous high price. Just fleeeived. . . 100 pairs Bobblnet Ruffled Curtains. The Swell Window Display, on which we are making a'SPBCIAL SALE. Also a new line of Ladles' Wrltlns Desks In Flemish Golden Oak and Birds' Eye Maple BRITISH RECEIVE REINFORCEMENTS Claim That They Are to Keep French in Order. RUSSIANS WANT AN APOLOGY Bcim Brlllib fUalca Dowa Their FUj British Relate-Rnitlis tad Jipa cm Squadron Headed for Cereia Coait. PEKIN, March 20. The British re-ln-forcero 'nts, consisting of ninety marines which arrived at Tien Tsln last night from Taku forts to replace the Indian guards wn the disputed land, are ex rl'ilned as due to fear lest any Incident arising out of the Busso-Brltlsh land question should cause the French troops, whose conduct has given mmh trouble, to pre'ipltate a collision. The BrltUh commanders desire Ui have enough troops In Tien TMn to presence order In the streets. BRITISH MUST APOLOGIZE. INIXN. March 20. General Wjg ack has refused to accept Count Von Waldersee'a arbitration at Tien Tsln, says the Ptkln correnpondent of the Dally Mall, and demands that the Brit ish not enly withdraw but apologize for removing the Russian flag. General Barrow refuses to do either and In so r-fusing has the support of the British government. British . re-lnforcements are being sent. NAVIES PREPARING FOR WAR. SHANGHAI. March 20. A dispatch to the China Gazette from Toklo. dat ed today, says that all the Russian warships In Japanese waters have sail ed for Corea and that the Japanese ouadron Is mobilizing for an immediate departure to the Corean coast. WALDERSEE POWERXJvSS, TIEN rSIN, March 20.-3en. Lome Campbell, ;he English commander, and General Woguck, commanding the Rus sians., met Count Von Walderse upon his arrival here. Learning that both had received Instructions from their governments. Count Von Waldersee sild that It was useless for him to give even an opinion regarding the mat ters at issue. "It is the general feeling In Tien Tsin that the trouble is not likely to reach a point where blood will be shed. Both detachments on guard have orders to do nothing aggressive unless forced to do so bv the other. Except the army and ramp followers, the only Russians now residing here are the members of the consular stiff, two clerks and two Jews, who are running stores and who left Russia In order to save their lives. These are now being offered Induce ments to move to the Russian conces sion. The Fiench concession Is quiet. The French gendarmes are on duty at the British concession to prevent the sol diers from trespassing and an Austra lian naval brigade is preventing the Sikhs from Invading the Freneh con cession. General Lome-Campbell, upon hear ing of the dtath of ex-President Har rison, ordered all the British flags to be. down at half mast. BRITISH R E-IN FORCEMENTS. TIEN TSIN, March 20. A dust worm prevented Count Von Waldersee who arrived here yesterday from proceeeling for Pekln until 'this morning. Ninety British marines arrived here last night from thi Taku forts to re place the Indian guards on the dis puted land. The fusiliers are expected today. A special train bearing re-lnforeements of A I' tra'ian troops left Pekln for l'ion Tsln at K o'clock this morning. One French, an Italian and a German war ship ate outside the bar. BRITISH MUST WITHDRAW. NEW YORK, March 20. A dispatch to the Herald from Tien Tsin says; Count Von Waldersee while here yes terday had long conversations with the Russian and English commanding gen erals. He orally renewed the proposi tions which had been made by telegraph and which the Russians had declined to entertain. General Wogack declined to discuss the question of ownership until the British had withdrawn from the ground claimed by Russia and occupied by his forces. General Campbell stateil that under hl3 instructions he could not withdraw from the position. The dead lock therefore continues. Count Von Waldersee Is visibly de Dressed at the failure to arrange the question, the seriousness of which he seemed fully tcr Talize. After an hour he returned to Pekln. ' ' There ha9 been much fighting during the day "between FTencb and British soldlep but up" a the present there have, been no serious results. General V'oyron has ordered out gendarmes who together with the Australians are "now guarding the settlement and preventing French soldiers from entering. G n'-ral Campbell has received the ap proval of his government In his view of th dispute with the Russian com mander here and Is holding his ground under orders from London. Count Von Waldersee's proposal which G n'ral Wogack declined to en tertain waa that the disputed territory be turned over to a neutral guard, the Russians ami British simultaneously withdrawing, pending legal investiga tion of th? question Involved. British officers maintain that if. as rum r-d, Russian troopa are bring hur ried to Tien Tsin from port Arthur, the British government will regard their arrival as a hostile movement on the part of Russia. General Wogack ha made the follow ing statement of the Russian position for the HeraJd: ' The question over which we unhap pily are at odds Is not whether the dis puted ground belongs to us or to the Chinese government or to the railway company but whether the English will make good their trespass. "At the time the British attempted to take possession the ground was pro tected by British flags and a clearly delimitated boundary of stone. These (lags were overturned and thrown away bv a working party of Bengal pioneers and coolies who went on with their worlr until driven off by our guards. "Before we can discuss the question of ownership the British, who are still to some extent on our ground, must withdraw. Once the British have with drawn I am eure the Russian Imperial government will Ignore all previous re grettable violence and listen In a most friendly spirit to whatever the British government may have to say regarding the definite possession of the disputed territory. So sane person can for an Instant doubt that had the English re quired permission -to build a switch or sidetrack on our ground It would have ben immediately granted. "Unfortunately, however, they sought their ends by forcible means. The British troops must be withdrawn from Russian territory. TTere can be no other settlement." COAL COMBINE PROJECTED. Would Include All Companies of Illinois and Have Capital of Ka.OOO.OOO. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Manh 20. A movement is said to be on foot among the leading coal operators of Illinois to ct nsolldate the coal producing interests of the state into one company. The object of the enterprise Is to reduce tho expenses of production and to fortify the operators against th? miners' organ: ization. The project contemplates the forma tion of a single company with a capi tal of $73,000,000, controlling more than 9XK) miners throughout the Mate. The total product of these mines fast year was W.000.000 tons. TOWN NEARLY DESTROYED. Fire Bell.ved to Have Been Started by Negrrces in Revenge. UNION CITY, Tenn.. March 20.-Tip-tonvllle, the county seat of Lake county, was nearly destroyed by fire hast night, only four business houses escaping. Loss $7f..00fl. The fire is supposed to have been started by negroes out of revenge for the lynching of Ike Fitzgerald in Colorado Saturday. DUTY OX LUMBER. Canadians Wish to Impose One Equiva lent to That of the United States. OTTAWA. Ont., March 20. In the house of commons today, W1. H. Ben nett proposed a resolution to make the duty on lumber Imported into Canada the same as the United States duty on Canadian lumber, which Is very much higher. The representatives of Manito ba and Northwest Territory opposed the tmpi-rt duty while the British Colum bia members supported it. , The resolu tion will be continued tomorrow. . . . ASK i ! i 3 "Charles Carroll" - 10c; ("General Good" - 5c ; ... CIGARS TWO IJNEQUALBD SMOKES ALLEN & LEWIS, Distributors, ' THRONGS WAITED FOR CARENGIE Beggars of AH Classes at South ampton Docks. ANOTHER MAGNIFICENT GIFT Philadelphia Ii te Have $5,400,000 Willi Which to Build Libraries oa the Term oa Which; He Made ' Offer to New Verk. SOUTHAMPTON. March 21.-The St. Loulb arrived at 2 o'clock this morning (Thursday). Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie had giv-n strict orders that they should not be awakened until ( o'clock. The dock wait filled with correspondents from all parts of-the country. MANY BEGGARS WAITING. SOUTHAMPTON, March 20. The ar rival of Mr, and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, who sailid from New York on the American line steamer St. Louis, March 13, is awaited by delegations from yar ious institutions who want checks. Those.lnclude representatives of Wool ston, Reading and other cities seeking libraries and the agents of various In stitutions desiring aid. The office of the steamship company and the Ameri can consulate were crowded with peo ple inquiring when the steamer will ar rive. The local manager of the American line, who has 160 letters and telegrams from all parts of the kingdom for the philanthropist, says that the envelopes, indicate that they are from all aorta and conditions of people, from universi ty presidents to mendicants. LIBP.VRIES FOR PHILADELPHIA. NEW YORK, March 20. The World ill say tomorrow: Another mignlflcent gift from An drew Cani-'gle will be announced within a few days, ft became known yester day that Carnegie had offered U0O0.O00 to another American city, also H is said for the purpose of buildins; libraries. Philadelphia will, it Is understood, be the next recipient of the iron master's, bounty. It Is said that Carnegie has'of fered to build libraries aggtegating J...00O.0OO in valje on conditions similar to those which' accompany the offer to New York. . - BLIZZARD AT ST. PAUL, . One of the Worst the City Has Known. for Years, , ST. PAUL, March 20. The fierce storm of sleet, snow and wind which has raged in St. Paul since yesterday morning is one of the worst this city has experienced In years. The outlook for warmer and clear weather tomorrow is favorable. WORST BLIZZARD FOR YEARS.v CUMBERLAND, Wis., March 20. The severe blizzard which has prevailed throughout western Wisconsin for th past thirty-six hours is the worst een for years. - MEAT FOR PHILIPPINES. CHICAGO. March 20.-Coitracts for furnishing the United States army with nearlv a million pounds of meat for use in the Philippines were awarded to Chicago packers today. , METHODIST EDITOR DEAD. CHICAGO, March 20 Rev. Dr. Ed ward?, editor of the Northwestern Christian Advocate and widely known in Methodist Episcopal church circles, du'J tonight, aged 66 years. FOR . . . Portland, Oregon