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ASTORIA. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1902.
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ASTORIA, OREGON ,
WAR PROLONGED
BY POLITICIANS
England Would Soon Crush the
Boers but (or Politics
at London.
AN AFRICAN VISITOR HERE
George Jordan Tell An Inter'
estlng Htory ot Conditions In
the Transvaal and the
Genera) Outlook;
George Jordan, an attach of the
British : enginerlng - corp'ia South
Africa, wa a, ,Tli(o ,tn the'clty yes
terday. Mr. Jordan .Jim Jut come
from th eat of hostllltlv . in toe
gaMy jn-
Tronnvaal.jand tall ft rentar!
li-restlng story of condition there. The
traveler wa nw to dlncniMtflg M
ter of a personal ruuure, but readily
replied to general question asked by a
representative of the Atorlan. He por
tray the tjuib African situation in a
far different light than the pre dis
patches, and a . hi experience ha
been very extensive, hi narrative i
of much Intereet. t . , J''
Mr. Jordan I atlfied that the Boer
war ha been dragged out purely for
political purpoae, and In reply to a
quenlon nld he thouxbt thor wa no
Imniedlat propect of eettlement of
the trouble. .
"Afn-r long reldcnee In the Tran
vaal and other part of South Africa
I am analde ,to etate with which lde
my eympathle He." said Mr. Jordan.
"In a meaaure. the Voer ar. be held
accountable, for the reason that they
encouraged the Investment of EnglUh
capital in mining enterpriae. and then,
to employ an American txprel jn, un
dertook to 'freeae ut' thf Invtu.T.
Rut there I alio the .ro-Rir aide- of
the matter, and .1 mut ror.fe T am
at low to tell juat "who la most to
blame for the war. ' '
"There la not trre atltrheat donl.t In
by mind that politic nt the British
capital I reponlble for the continu
ance of the war. England could long
ago have defeated, tne rtix.-n, Uut the
war ha not been A-oiKHnited with t ig
or, I regard th -ause of the 1'oer
a a loKt one. becauae thy commit
ted themMvea to the Inillto-tlon of
Invading Englleh territory. Had they
refrained from taking thl etep they
probably would have entlnted at least
the ympathy of antl-EnirU.id Euri pe,
and might have e'entUBllyecured the
abmriute lllwrty for which they con
tend. "To my knowledge tVre are thou
nand of Rrltlah officer In South Af
rica who draw pay for nctlve eervloe
that have never een a battle, or, fig
uratively speaking, never tuord a ahot
fired. Theee oflloer fan be found in
the, conveniently l.vated campa, where
alao may be found ' the 'nure' aent
out to rare for the elck and wounded.
Thf offlocr and nurse aeem to great
ly enjoy themselves, but they are of
no benefit whatever to the British gov
ernment. Theee officer and nuraes
should he sent home, for they are a
nuisance. The women particularly are
bothersome, for they require more care
than wounded soldier. With the of
ficer here referred to. they spend their
time playing golf and croquet In the
camps along the route, far removed
from the scene of war.
"Settlement of the Boer war will de
pend entirely upon the atatus of af
fair at home. Tt la perhapa not gener
ally known, but there I no denying
that Fnglund will soon have much
trouble In India. It will he necessary
for the government to provide a large
army to cope with the situation, and
It I probable the Boer wlH be final
ly crushed before the Indian trouble
commence.
. "Englnnd has had many dlfllcultlea
with which' to contend in South Afri
ca, and only those who have been In
the field appreciate the obstruction
that must be aurmounted by the gov
ernment troopa. The greatest difficul
ty haa been experienced In keeping
the natives In check. Had England,
at the outbreak of the war, permitted
the native to take a- hand, alt the
whites in the Transvaal would J have
been wiped off the face of the earth. 1
The troop have held the natives In
check, and the war haa been rendered
more burdensome In consequence.
Those officer who have seen active
ervlce have done exceptionally well.
"The war haa proved on great
truth. It haa : demonstrated to
a certainty that no power, no matter
how great, can ever again crush at
one blow a smaller nation which Is
provided with modern arm. For a
time the English troop had no proper
guns, and I remember that on one oc
casion our (oife were compelled to
march ten mile over; a plain before
WALLACE,
they could get within range of the
liorr. The latter, armed with modern
gun, were enabled to pour In a dead
ly fire on the troop during the long
march over exposed ground. It I my
belief that Switzerland, armed with
the Implement of war now manufac
tured, could surreasfutly withstand
the onslaught of any European power.
"I believe Freldrt teyn, of Orange
Free Htate, made a gr-at mistake when
he compromised hi country for the
sake of the Roer. A a consequence
his people have been reduced to straits.
Krtigpr, of course, wa compelled to
fight, and was In position to battle. All
hi relation are Immensely wealthy.
owning vast farm In the Transvaal
When Krugwr fled from Tretorla he
took with trim everything of value,
even to the hands of the clock In the
big church which he had caused to be
erected opposite 'his residence. ' The
clock wa a square affair and there
were four set of hand. "The Indica
tor were of pure gold,' '
"The Transvaa mine ar certainly
worth the Immense sum which Eng
land has thus far spent In carrying
on the war. ..One, mine could not . be
bought for the U.WO.OOO.ftOO which En
land ,1s, said to , have, spent.. So im
mensely wealthy ae the gold deposits
thai I bellev the output of gold will
eventually be limited, lest the market
should be'ovrraupptled.. This is what
haa been dime at the Klmberiey dia
mond mine. Were the UUier mines
to be worked to , tbeir full capacity.
on puld buy damond by the buck
etful. The gold ; deposit are simply
marvelous, and future discuverle will
doubtless prove aa rich as those
heretofore made, South Africa is
a magnificent country, and the war I
deeply to be deplored."
FOUR BURNED TO DEATH
awki l itimir or a fire
AT MACK, IOAHO.
Ltxlirinff House Burned
" Forty JiiMtti Were t'nt
4 Off From Em-ape,
ttud
Ide, Feb. J5. Dorsey
R. Mann, Eungene 'Bang. J. W. Ed
wards and Edward Moore were burn
ed to deaUi In the Standard board
ing bouse at Mace last night. Tom
Yarbough. D. MoCallum, John H. IX
Bowhay, Frank Towneend. K. Mack
enxle, Thomas Dower, I V. Eber
hardt. B. D. Bond, John McAuMff, 3.
C McConnell, A- H. Adams and R. N.
Band are in the hospital from burn
or injurtea received while ' jumping
from the econd tory. There la no
"hope for the recovery of McCallum or
Bowhay. and Yarbough" recovery is
doubtful. The bodies recovered' from
the ruins were burned beyond recog
nition, two of them bearing no re
semblance to human beings.
The fire was discovered about 2:38
a. m. and almost Immediately the
whole building j was aflame. Fortv
men asleep upstair were cut off from
the stairway, all but four Jumping
from the window. The bunk-hous
adjoining burned, but trie Inmates es
caped. The dwelling of WtlHara
Fletcher also burned.
The property loss is $17,000; Insur
ance, 110,000. The origin ot the fire
Is a mystery.
TEXAS TOWN BURNED.
DALLAS. Tex.. Feb. S5.-A special
to the Tiroes-Herald from Thurber.
Tfxus. aya that fire destroyed the
greater portion of the business dis
trict ot that town today. The loss
la $100,000.
PROMOTION FOR W. B. SCOTT.
' CLEBURNE. Tex.. Feb. 86. W. B.
Scott. , division superintendent of the
Southern and Western divisions of the
Santa Fe, has been promoted to the
general auperintendency of the Pecos
Valley division of the Santa Fe sys
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LAUNCHING OF
YACHT METEOR
Event Occured at New York Yes
terday With jVlucb Pomp
and Ceremony.
GREAT CROWD WAS PRESENT
Mis Alice liooKevelt Broke the
Dottle and Hevered the Itope
that Held the Yacht
on the 'ay. ,
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-The all-Important
event In the itinerary, of
Prince Henry, of Prussia, ' todaf 'wa
the launching of . the schooner "yacht
Meteor, built for the prince brother,
the German emperor. The jlstenlng
cermony wa performed by Mis Alice
Roosevelt, daughter of the president of
the United States, 1n the presence of
the president, prince, German Ambas
sador Von Holleben and a brilliant as
semblage. .;,...( ...v. .
Soon after 8 o'clock, the president
and prince and their suites embarked
on a boat for Shooters' Island. The
party proceeded directly from the ferry-boat
to a stand which had been
erected at -the end of the .war on
which the Meteor rested, guns mean
while booming salutes and the crowd
cheering enthusiastically. The presi
dent and the prince, with Mrs. and
Miss Roosevelt, arrived on the plat
form at' 10:2!. ' " ' , ":
Precisely at 10:3 ' Miss Roosevelt
raised a bottle of 'champagne, which
had been encased In a beautiful sil
ver filigree and which was suspended
by a 35-foot silver chain. . Dashing the
bottle against the lde, of the vessel,
M' Roosevelt id: '..... lf.,--. ....
"In the name of the German emper
or, I christen thee 'Meteor." '
Then she raised the silver ax and
severed the ' rope holding the weights
which kept the ship In the ways, and
the vessel went gracefully Into the
water. " '-
Simultaneously cannon boomed, but
the noise of the guns was lost in that
resulting from the roar, of human,
voices. ,
Soon after the launching the presi
dential party and the -prinee proceed
ed to a hall where luncheon had leen
prepared. , .
From Shooters Island the resident
nnd the prCnee wrent to the Hohenxol
lern, where luncheon was served..
Before luncheon" a golden bracelet.
In which Is set a small r.lctnre cf
Kaiser Wllhe-lm, was presented by
Prince Henry to Miss Alice Roosevelt
The bracelet is studded with diamonds
and other precious tonesN It was the
gift of the emperor.
Luncheon wa finished about 3
o'clock. At 3:10 the president and
Mrs. Roosevelt were driven to the
Twenty-third street ferry, and, went
to their special train, leaving Jersey
City at 8:65 p. m., for Washington.
, Later the prince was escorted to the
city hall, where Mayor Low formally
presented him with the freedom cf the
city. Then the royal party were driv
en up Broadway' to Thirty-fourth
street and to the Hohensollern. Along
the route the prince was given a con
tinuous ovation. In the evening the
party were the mayor's guests at a
dinner at the Metropolitan Club, and
then attended a gala performance at
the Metropolitan opera house.
their belonging were thoroughly soak
ed 1y the rain.
CORBETT AND M'OOVBRN.
CINCINNATI Feb. 25.-Young Cor-
bett and Terry McOovern were match
ed today for a 25-round boxing eon
test, to take place on or before Oc
tober 13.
FINANCE COMMITTEE NAMED.
Will Bolldt Subscription for the Lewis
and Clark Fund.
' PORTLAND. 'Fe. 2S.H. W. Cor.
beet, prertderft of the Lewi and Clark
centennial,, today selected the follow
ing citizen to act a the committee of
ways and means:
W. D. Fenton. Adolph Wolfe. John
F. O-fThea. G. W. Hate. Leo Friede. A.
H. Dever and I. N. fleischener .
The purpose of appointing the rom
mtttee Is to have H take cnarare o. ths
detail ot soliciting and collecting ruh-
seriptlons for the additional capital
stock recently authorized. '
TRANSPORT HANCOCK ARRIVES.
Had Rough "" Trip, Two ' Men"' Being'
' 'Washed Overboard. ' ' '
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. J5.-Th
United States transport-Hancock ar
rived from the Philippines early this
morning with 51 cabin passengers, 1022
soldiers and 51 'military '' prisoner.
There were three deaths on the voy
age, which was a stormy one, and two
men were swept overboard and drown
ed. ' " :" '
The Rosecrans, which arrived last
night, brought 501 returning soldier
Most of the troops beionar to the
Twenty-second infantry.
FIVE KILLED IN WRECK
BAD COLLISION... OX THE
NEW YORK CENTRAL:
PaKKeiiger and Wren-king Train
'Came .Together, at .Full
Speed on a Curve. ,
AUBURN. N. Y., Feb. 25. Five men
were, killed and two fatally, injured In
i
a wreck early today on the Auburn
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.branch of the New York Central, two
! and one-half miles west of Aurelius.'
A passenger train and a wrecking
train collided head-on while rounding
a curve at full speed.
The dead are: '
John Haxeman. of Rochester, engi
neer of the passenger train.
Frank Hines, of Rochester, fireman
of the pasenger train.
Edward Vine, of Rochester, bag
gageman. Engineer Durand. of Syracuse, of
the wrecking train
Fireman Schmuch, of Syracuse, of
the wrecking train.
The injured.
Trainman EX H. Renner, of Rochs
ter. Evan, member of wreck crew.
Both engines and the baggage car
of the pasenger train were demolished.
ORIEAT STORM RAGES ON
ON SOUTHERN COAST
Wind Blows a Gale at San Francisco
- and Does Much Damage to
: Shipping.
SAN FRANCI9CO. Feb. J5.-6ne of
tbe heaviest storm experienced In
many years struck this city this morn
ing. The wind attained a velocity of
54 miles an hour In the city, while at
Point Reyes it reaohed 50 . miles. The
full force of the storm was felt on
th bay. and craft ot all sorts . were
tossed about like egg shells.'. A violent
wind stirred the bay Into a rolling,
tempestuous sea, against which an
chor Were almost futile. Tow boat
were busily enagged in eoffrts to pre
vent dlsaater. ,
The transport Solace broke from her
anchorage and careened about the
bay like a drunker sailor.
San Francisco lightship No. 70. lo
cated, seven mll from Point Lobos.
parted her moorings during the storm
and drifted into the harbor. ,
. Three three-story house were blown
down in the Mission dlstrlot.
The gale, as it. swept over the Pre
sidio reservation, wrecked dozens of
tents, causing aeriou loss to the sol
diers, for a majority of them had ail
their possessions under the tents and
THIS LADY WAS VICIOUS.
Nome Actress Cut Oft ' Her Lover's
Head With a Rasor.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Feb. 25. While
her companion. Jack Kirk, was asleep,
Lulu Watts, a variety actress of
Nome, attacked him In a fit of Jeal
ousy, and severed his head from his
bodywith a razor. '
The news was 'brought down by the
steamer City ot Seattle.
FEAR INCREASE
OF MORMONIS'l
Women Petition House Judiciary
Committee for Stringent
Amendment.
THE PRACTICE SPREADING
Haw Finn Hold In Western
States and l Invading the
East Houie Paime An
. i propfiatlon Bill.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-A large
number of ladles representing women's
clubs and kindred associations : were
heard by tbe house committee on Ju
diciary today is favor of a stringent
constitutional amendment against po
lygamy practices. It wa staled that
Mormoniftm and polygamy wei-e large
ly increasing in several fir l Western
State and rapidly invading the East
ern states. West Virginia, it t t'Mti.
furnished 3009 converts to Momontam
last year, and Pennsylvania and other
states were being systematically can
vassed by Mormon missionaries. The
committee did not take final action.
PASSED BY THE HOUSE.
Diplomatic and Consular Appropria
tion Bill Sent to Senate.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25. The house
today passed the diplomatic and con
sular appropriation bilL It was Che
fifth of the annual supply measures
to be aent to the senate at thl ses
sion. No amendments ot importance
were adopted. . ,
The feature of the day was tb
speech of Richardson, of Alabama, 1n
reply to Corliss' speech a few day
ago in favor of the construction of the
Pacific cable by the -government.
' The question of reforming the con
sular service was debated at some
length, but no amendments on mat
subject were offered. ,-
NO AGREEMENT REACHED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. The ' Re
publican members of tbe house met m
caucus this evening to consider the
question of Cuban reciprocity. No
decision was reached and the caucus
adjourned until next Monday.
SICKNESS DECREASING.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. Surgeon-
General Sternberg has received a letter
from Colonel L. Maus, commissioner of
public health in Manila, which says
sickness among ,the . soldiers In the
Philippines appears to be decreasing
and there are no longer complains In
regard to proper care of patients.
TWO BODIES RECOVERED.
VANCOUVER. B. C. Feb. 25. Fire
which had been burning several months
In the Extension mine on Vancouver
Island Is extinguished. Search is be
ing made for bodies of 17 men who
perished In number 2 slope. Two bod
ies have been recovered, those of Da
vid Griffith and George Southoombe.
HERMAN A. BRAUN DEAD.
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 25.-Hefman A.
Braun, known In G. A. R. circles all
over the country as Corporal Braun,
died tonight, aged 7.
St. Louis, Feb. ist, 1902.
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