THE MOKXIXG ASTOKIAX, ThTKSlHY, MAY 2:1 1901.
AWFUL CRUELTY
TO PRISONERS
Wretched Treatment of Inmates
of Bogota Prison.
COLOMBIAO GENERAL TALKS
lafertuaate Creatures Ooly Allowed Slaad.
lit Room tei Promlaeit Mci Arc
Loaded With Heavy Cbaloi
aid Live la Filth.
ftl Ui ibe-Urlbe, the Colombian revolu
tionary leader, now In this city, IsweJ
a statement last night regarding the
treatment of political and military pris
oners by the present Colombian govern
went. He said:
"The penitentiary at Bogota is a small
one and then In It has been crowded
mare than 20M political prisoner be.
ides 500 ordinary criminals. In order
lo ffet sleep, the prisoners have to take
turns lying down as there Is not room
for all to He down at once. Their beds
are the damp, coid and filthy pavement
f the orisoner. Their being neither
"water nor sanitary facilities, the
wretch brittle only poisoned air and
smallpox, dysentery and typhus fever.
wmon nave been playing havoc among
the unfortunate creatures.
These statements are contained In the
records published by the official board
of health. Well known and prominent
men have been loaded with heavy
chains. Aimng the prisoners is a large
number of boys from 10 to 14 years. The
methods followed for sending people to
the dunpjoag have been copied after
those of the inquisition; that is, the an
oarmous denunciations.
"General Mirioliano Velei the com
mander in chief, on being appealed to
by the prisoners and finding himself
ooweriess to out a "top to the horrors,
resigned.
"The gover.-vment prj.uised to release
the prisoner if I wvmld Issue a mani
festo advising the liberals to stop
fighting. In spite of the fact that the
government has not kept Its word the
flghtin will cease for a time. When,
however, the liberals have succeeded In
gathering sufficient noney and ammu
nition the flj-htlng will l)e resumed.
When It begins again I shall return to
Colombia to lead the Liberal army."
HAD DESIRED EFFECT.
A Woman's Tears Defeat Plans of So
cial Economics Club.
CHICAGO. May 22. A woman's tears
defeated certain metoers of the Social
Economics Club in their plan for ap
Dlvlng for membership In the Federa
tion of Colored Women's Clubs.
Mrs. William Krohn, after arguing
against all the other speakers burst
Into tear sand Mrs. Ida Wells Barnett.
a colored member of the club out of
svninathy. moved to lay the application
on the table. When the debate openel
the members present appeared to fa
vor the resolution asking for member
ship. The women who had spoken ir.ost rad
ically on the other side were the first
to offer Mrs. Krohn sympathy. Mrs.
Barnett rose at once and moved that
the. resolution be laid uiJon the table.
Presidnt Dickinson, who was strongly
In favor of the resolution, put the mo
tion without heslUtfon. The vote stood
eight to five In favor of tabling the
resolution. There were about twenty
live members present but half of them
refused to vote.
r MONSTER BATTLESHIPS.
Admiral Bowles Recommends That One
of 16,000 Tons Displacement
Be Built.
NEW YORK, May 22.-H the report
hear! at the navy department proves
correct, says a Times special from
(.
and OLD
PEOPLE
. Bad Circulation is the cause of most of the ills that come with old age. With
advancing years there is a decline of strength and vigor the machinery of the
body moves with less speed and accuracy. Because of the weak and irregular
action of the heart the blood moves more slowly, becorks impure and loses much
of its life-sustaining properties, and muscles, tissues antrnerves literally starve for
lack of nourishment. A sluggish and polluted circulation is followed by a long
train of bodily ailments. Cold feet, chilly sensations up and down the spine, poor
appetite and digestion, soreness of the muscles, rheumatic pains, hard and fissured
skin, face sores, chronic running ulcers on the lower limbs and other parts of the
body these and many other diseases peculiar to old people are due to a lack of
healthy blood and imperfect circulation. Restoration to health must come through
the building op and purification of the blood, thus adding strength and tone to
the vital organs and quick, healthy action to the circulation.
S. S. S. being strictly a vegetable blood remedy and the best tonic, makes it
the most valuable and efficacious of all medicine for old people. It is free from all
mineral ingredients, and mild and pleasant in its action. It cures blood diseases
of every character, even those inherited or contracted in early life. As the system
gets under the influence of S. S. S. there is a marked improvement in the general
health, and as richer and purer blood begins to circulate through the body the
appetite improves, and there is a softness and elasticity about the skin that you
have not noticed for years ; sores begin to heal, pains in muscles and joints grad
ually cease, and you find that it is possible to be happy and healthy even in old age.
Our medical department is in charge of physicians who make a study of blood
and skin diseases. If you would like to have their opinion and advice in your
ease, write them all about it and you shall receive such information and advice as
you want. This will cost you nothing. Others have found our medical depart
ment of great benefit to them their cure being much more rapid as the result of
some special directions received from our physicians.
Don't be your own doctor when you can get medical advice free. Book on
Blood and Skin Diseases mailed to all who desire it. 4
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA, OA.
Washington, and congress approves the
recommendations of Rear-Admiinl
HowIhi and the construction board, the
liil ted States may have a battleship
of 16.000 tons displacement with cor.
responding armament, thiis providing
a warship of formidable propitious.
The largest battleship now owned by
any naval power Is of a little more
than 15.000 displacement. It is related
that the largest one present At the fun- i
end deniiuistratlon In honor of Queen j
Victoria, was a Jaiwiesc battleship re- 1
oently completed and displacing 15,000
tons, Orvat Hrt:atn has several battle
ships of equal tonnage on the way, and
Italy's Lepanto of 15,900 tons.
The British and Japa'iese battleships
of 15.000 tons draw 27 feet of water
or more. That would prevent thi'lr en
try Into many oi our harbors and the
fact that many American harbors can- '
not afford watr for vessels of such.'
draught has led to the construction of I
battleships drawing the least water, j
consistent with stability. The- mean;
draught of the .Maine class will be less i
than 24 feet. The Idea Is to produce
a vessel that wlil not draw much more
with the displacement of 16.000 tons.
Some members of the construction i
uuru nopr iu srcuic uvjikiis prnis-
Ing a speed of 21 knots which if obtain
ed would make the new battleship equal
In speed and sup rlor In power to most
or tne annorej cruisers now anon; ana
make her a formidable antagonist
the powerful battleships built.
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DELEGATES TO CONVENTION.
Big Party to Leave Chicago to Be Pres
ent at San Francisco.
CHICAGO. May 22. Between 50 and
75 members of the Railroad and Ware
house Commissions of the Eastern and
Middle Western states will depart from
Chicago next Tuesday in a special train
for San Francisco, where they go to
attend the thirteenth annual conven
tion of National Association of Rail
road Commissioners. Many of the dele
gates will be accompanied by their
wives and other members of their fam
ilies and the party will occupy six Pull
nun cars. The delegates wlU gather
in Chicago Monday and in the after
noon they will hold a meeting to dis
cuss in advance a number of questions
that will come before the convention.
rrotn Chicago the route wtll be via i
the Burlington to St. Paul, the Great
Northern to Neche, Canadian Pacific to
Vancouver, the Northern Pacific line to
Portland and thence to San Francisco
over the South-rn Pacific.
Probably the most Important question
to be considered by the commissi'mers
at their convention will be the proper
Interpretation of gross earnings of rail
ways. LOUBET RECEIVES MORGAN.
New York Banker Has Brief Talk With
the Fr?nch President.
NEW YORK, May 22. Presid-nt Lou
bet has jut revived J. P. Morgan,
the American financier, says a World
dispatch from Paris. General Porter,
the United Sta'es ambassador, pre-ent-od
Mr. Mor?in at the Elysee Palace,
and the bink'r thanked the president
of the French republic for the decora
tion of th? Legi n of H'nor w hich was
presented as one "f ;he honors conferred
upon foreigners in cmn-ctlon with th?
exp 'siti jn of 1900.
Mr. Mors in, in ;he course of a brief
conversation, assur-d Prescient Liulx-t
of the sympathy an 1 admiration of the
l";i!;ed States for France. Tne presi
dent answvr-d in the same g-n-ial
pleasant minn-r and congratulated Mr.
Morgan upon .lis fluent u-- of the
Fivnch language The interview lasted
barely five minutes. All rumors to the
contrary, n uking was said about the
Panama canal. Any reference to thjs
subject in a conversation with the
French chief (,f state would have been
c"tis'.ru-d a gross breach of etiquette,
WHEAT MARKET.
I
PORTLAND. May ?. Wh-at, Walla
Walla, 61.
SAN FRANCISf 'O. May 12.-Wh-at.
Lee-ember. lOSH; cash. 97',.
CHICAGO, May 22.-Wheat.
opening, n-WiiVti closn.7. 3Vi-
Juiy,
TROUBLE AT ARMY IVSTS.
Larger Number of Men arrested for In
temperance Since Abolition of
the Canteen.
NEW YORK. May 22. -The Times
says:
Ueneral Brooke has sent an order to
all commandants of posts In the de
triment of the Ka-H to send lo him on
September 1 a complete report of the
ivmiWs which haw ensued on the abo-
say that these tvports wtll show
cavall that intemepruuv has
Inctvasvd under the new regime
l preilicted that the next c
will give serious eonsid'ratlon
beyotiil
InrflVly
utul It
ingvets
to the
(real sltnatlm as it has dewloivd,
I Seven privates, absent without leave
from Port Et'ian Allen, Vt., have Just
bvn locked up In the military prison
at O vemor's Island. They disappeared
from their xi ImimMfatcly after pay
day of this i-inth and their troubles
are attributed hv rh nffl
! (kf lw
I . ,, ..... ... . ,
- - i'i'"'"! i ir m n iiumoer o
officer at lV)vei-nor's island and every
ne of :-hm wnS jimr
I
told you
so." when the -a.se of Fort Sheridan,
i Fort finding and Fort Ethan Allen were
ciuiej to min-i. ine "mcers there re-
I .j
It but a matter of a short time
when the public sentiment of the na
tion will demand the re-estabUshnient
of the can'. ??n.
Captain Adams who was acting Adjutant-General
at Govern ir's Island In
Gvn-ral Sheridan's absence said that
sine pay day there had been unusual
trouble In nearly every post in the de.
partment anl he understo,d In other
departments also. He understood that
the number of men arrested had been
Iarg?r than usjal and there have been
a noticeable number arrested for i-
toxication. He was not prepared to say
just what the perventage of increase
was. Trouble Is rep irted at Fort Ham-
llton. Fort Schuler. Fort Wadswonn
Fort Hancock and Willett's Point.
Pay day at Fort Totten, WHlett s
I Point Long Island sound, came last
i Wednesday and the 490 soldier? sta-
i ttonea mere urew about K0 per man
! hmcs that time there have been wild
i . . ...
; ana mtartous times In the saloons of
Whitestone. the nearest village to the
reservation anl In the half dozen road
I houses that are sltuited at intervals
i along the road that leads from the
! fort to the village.
The records at the fort show that for
i the first twvnty days of this month
there have been seven court martial
i on drunk and disorderly charges and
; twelve for absence without leave. The
I twenty-one absentee and the twelve
j now In the guard house will add con
; siderably to thase figures. There have
j been since .he last pay day as many
I as ten men absent -without leave at one
! time from one company of le than
; 100 men.
Commenting on this Major J. W
i Hack, the commandant of the f rt.
stated that the number was unpret-e-
dented in his rc illejtliin. Major Black.
, Adjutant Howell and every officer and
si;uier interviewee at the fort gave
: without hesitation the opinion that the
change was for the worse In the gen-
' -ral discipline and wis due entirely to
the abolition of the cantevn and the
i turning over of th soldier of his
monthly pay in his pock, t to the ten
der mercies of the outside saloon keep-
ers who thrive in the vicinity of mil-
itary posts.
The force now at F rt Totten consist
of four companies of the pe,,,n,i baVal-
ion of engineers, the neucleus of thie--
companies ,, the new Third batttillion
of engineers that is being recruited and
the Eighty-'econ 1 compay of the coast
artillery. With few exceptions all these
men are veteran soldiers of the highest
branches of the service, and in char
acter are well up in the average of the
i American soldier.
TO CAPTl'RK GOLD MINES.
Property of New York Company In
Mexico Surrounded by Revo
lutionists. j NEW YORK. May 22. A dispatch t
; the Herald from the City of Mexico,
i says:
1 The gold mines owned by the Omit
; Ian Exploit lion Company, of New York,
, in Ouerrero del Oro, states of Ouerrero
1 nare Is surrounded by revolutionists.
according to the latest advices.
I William Nivon, of New York, man
1 aer of the mine, says that there are
; four Americans and seventy Indian la
! borers at the mines and that thy hive
; constructed fortifications commanding
j the trails to the mines.
; I' is thought that lh- purpose (,f the
; revolutionists Is to obtain the arms of
the Americans. Government troops
have been despatched to the scene. It
! is hoped that they will arrive In time
to prevent the capture of the mines.
There Is no telegraphic communication
with the mines, the nearest office be
ing a distance of three days' ride. The
' revolution Is not large but troublesome.
For Sale by FOAKD & STOKES CO,
Aatoria, Oregon.
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REPORT OF TUB CONDITION
OF TUB
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF ASTORIA.
At Astoria, In the State of Oregon, at
the close of business. April 2i i:H)l.
RESOURCES.
loans and discounts KCTiiT IS
Overdrafts, a.t'ure.1 and unse
cured Ml 9t
V. S. Bonds to seem circula
tion i-.:.oo 00
Stocks, securities, etc 95.H3
Other real estate owned 6 160 45
Due from National Dunks tnot
reerv .gents) 2.314
Due from State Ranks and
Rankers W.9;2 H5
Due from .iDnrovod reserve
asenu ST.11S 1!
Internal Revenue stamps 479 !9
Checks and other cash items. SO S5
Nickels and cents 110 97
Lawful money reserve
In Rank, vis.
Sped 114.700 00
Redemption fund with IT. S.
Treasurer (5 per cent of
circulation) K3 00
Total
61
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid In Wi0 00
Surplus fund K.OOfl 00
Undivided profits. 10s expenses
and taxes paid 31. US 77
National Bank notes oiits'and-
Ine 12.500 M
Individual deposits
subject to check. .(415.139 (3
Demand certificates
of deposit 89.217 01
Certified checks .... 462 20 504.S18 84
Total $523,907 61
STATE OF OREGON. Countv of
Clatsop. 8? : I. S. S. OorJon. canhler of
the above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement Is true
to the best of my knowledge and be
lief. S. S. OORDON. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 7th day of May. 1901
C.
THOMSON.
N'gtary Public.
Correct At test:
C. C. Flavei,
W. M. Ladd,
W. F. McGregor,
Directors.
THE LOUVRE
The headlines of the program at the
Louvre this week, are the clever and
amusing Irish comedians, McSorley and
whltnev. who come to Astoria well rec
ommended, after successful engage
ments In the larger cities on the cast.
GO EAST
VIA
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QUICKEST
TO
St.Paul, Dulutb.Mianrapolis, (.'bicago
and All Polnta Kaat. '
DAILY TRAINS; PAST TIME: SER
VICK AND SCENERY UN
EQUALED. Through Palace and Tourist Sleeper,
Dining and iiufTot Smoking
Library Can.
Tlcketg to polnta East via Portland
and the Great Northern Ry., on sale
at O. R. & N. Ticket Offloe, Aatcrla,
or Great Northern Ticket Omce
Ha THIRD STREET,
PORTLAND.
For rates, folders and full Informa
tion regarding Eastern trip, call on or
address,
A. B. C. DENNISTON.
City Pass, and Ticket Agent. Portland.
SLANCARDS
IODIDE OF IROiN
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AN INCOME FOR LIFE
FROM
GREATEST OF GOLD PROPERTIES
:.0 ACRR3 9 MILKS IN LKNGTH
250 MILLION TONS.
Richest gold-bearing quarti, ground
by nature IiojuI Into gold laden
graved, fnmi 50 to 600 feet In depth over
the entire property. In addition th
company owns 14 miles In length of
river bed, each nillo of which contains
many millions if gold, situated on the
Klo urands, lu To county. Nw Mex
Ico.
OVER
00 MILLION DOLLARS
For Dividends
READ THE PROOFS
United Slates Official Report
.HAUtS TU
COM.MISSlONKlIf OF TUB UNITKD
STAThS. UKNKRAL LAND OF
FICE. WASHINGTON.
D. C.
by a reoloKlm and mlninc expert of
worldwide reputation. 1'rorenaor Ben
jamin Silllmu.n. who spent several
months there, then heln connected
with the United States urveylnf corps.
and In his official report says:
"Here are countless millions of tons
of rich irold quarti reducrd by the
ureal forces of nature to a condition
ready for the application of the hydraul
ic process, while the entlro b'd of the
Rio Orand'? for over forty mile a
siulce, on (he bars of which the cold
derived from the wearing; awy of th
itravri banks has been accumulatlnf
for countless aires, and now Ilea ready
for extraction by the iiuwt approved
methods of river mlnliur. The thick
ness of the Rio Orande cold travel ex.
ceeds In many places 600 feet, or nearly
three times that or the like bed In
California, while the average value per
cubic yard Is believed to be greater
n the New Mexico beds than In any
other such accumulations yet discov
ered. I have ma ie a reconnalaance of tht
whole of this (ravel alone tht
Rio Grande, and have examined with
all the cure possible hi the time at my
command the character of the travel
and Its contents of void. Nothing-, I
am persuadej, nine th discov
ery of California and Australia Is com
parable for It Immeasurable resources
of irold available by the hydraulic pro
c"m to the deep placers of the RIo
C.ninde."
Other reports from eminent mining
experts of national reputation pro
mninee the property of this company
the richest and most extensive known.
Capital tock $2,000,000
FULLY PAID AND NON-AR-SKSSABLK.
PAR VALUE $1.
KACII SHARE
One-half the entire capital stock has
b-en placed In the treasury of th com
pany as a working- capital, To ompl-te
necessary ditches and plac on the river
bfj several gnld steam dredges, the
company now orrers a limited number
of Its shares at
50c PER SHARE
AFTER SALE OF WHICH PRICE
WILL BE ADVANCED TO
11.00 m SflAtf
Applications should be sent promptly.
Write for prospectus. Make checks,
money orders payable to
Rio Grande
Placer Gjld Mining Co
EXCHANGE PL'CE. BOSTON.MASS
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AND
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If you cannot take the morning train,
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O. W. LOUNSBERRT,
Agent O. R. & N. Co.. Astoria, Or.,
OR
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