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THE ASTOPIAN lus the largest circulation of any paper on the Columbia River THE DAILY ASTOKIAN Is the tiljgfst ml best paper on the Columtli River " . hat,--"- iw-t ?k y FULL, ASSOCIATED PRESS RKPOR1 VOL XLV1II. ANTOKIA, OKWiOX, Kit I DAY MOILNINO, AI'KIL 29, 1B!8. jN'O. 101 WIS AMU I'OSIf IVIJLY- HEADQUARTERS ... I'OH, TUVKH It ANUKH TINWAItlC COOKINO HTENHI LH llll'N PIPE TUB PRICES ARE HUl.'H AH TO MAKE WIIKItK Eclipse Hardware Company ill A WES' OLD CASH BOXES rA. ..it r SWA Griffin & Reed. All Aboard for 'WT! .4 CHARLES KAN Maaufacturvra of LADIES' AND OKNT8' Japaneaa Oooda. Hosiery. N AT BKA80NA W. F. SCHEIBE, A hill line al Pips, l- aacca, aa4 5asoktrs' Article. 474 Commorvlnl Ml. J. Mi 4lVMWMWWMSlSlSg THE SISTERS OF THE Convent of the ...Holy Names ASTORIA. OREGON, IIAVK OI'KNKH TIIF.IIl IIDAKIUNtl AND HAY HCIItHiU For ratew, oto., axldraaa tba SitporlortMw Pl'PIUs RBOBIVBD IN THlC PRIMARY. ORAMMAK AND AOADKMIO ORADRrt "i ,v i , ' mm mm riV V. 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NORTH PACIFIC BREWERY Mount Angel College .Kopp's Ft C C u A 77 MOUNT ANGEL Marion Count' OREGON Thla la Juat Ui. plac for rour bora Delightful location, large buildings and grounds, good meals, plenty of health? zoiflaa, excellent tenchera and oarful training- thla la what they all any of MT. ANOEL COLLEGE. Bond for Cat alofua and apeolal terma. P. F. PLACIDUS. Director, CONCENTRATING TROOPS FOR ADVANCE GUARD The First Contingent of Men Will be Ready to Embark for Cuba at Once ANOTHER RICH The Alonitor Terror Captures the Spanish Steamer Guido, Loaded with Provisions INTENSE INTEREST The $50,000,000 Exhausted-Congress to the Relief Eight Steamers Chartered for Transports-Army Appointments to Be Made. THE SPANISH ARE VERY First infantry, to be consolidated here- and -go' to which tne npaniaros are aio I afer. j lulely arrangers. Saln cannot afford to Company H-Captain C. E. McDonnell. essay an organited or formal attack upon First Lieutenant A. B. C.rltamacher. S--- the I'nited States count. Four Gantoats Belm Made Ready-Americans Plonierej-Frenc Leaving-British Warshljs Sent for by the Consul -Exciting Incidents-Oregon Volunteers" --Portugal in Line. K. v new. w liii h r t nt !. April - A"iil- from the ..( Hi.. Mit.int.is bombardment. t the low ii wild with Joy. the ..f t..,l.i. pr...-!li -ally marking the end ef the iir-t .-k of w.ir. was the ar- rii il Mt ,i pi . st.nnier C.iildo. ,ii. w.i ..iptut.il ly the Terror and nunl-..it M.i. bias ! ii mile, off Cardenas ,,t i k i.'i. i day morning, but not iiiiiil ali.r a stern .li-cc. Five shots si ir in , ,1 Two ,.f t!. Terror's shots went hlollfch tile pilot ll.Mlsf id the Clllldo illlil one situ, k a long Ih'.h. A sailor was In til.' pll .t h"Ue of til. lillldu lltlll tile ttV- Itiit spliiilitH pcneirated Ills breast. In III. tlti W"uii.Ih which may cause bl death He wiis brought ashore ami taken, to a hospti.il thl" afternoon Captain Ki tt l )).' l.-.elved a flisll WOUIld III the wrM trom a splinter when the shot went ihrouiih the pilot hoife. The (liii.lo was bound from Corruns. l llaviina with a curco f pruvlslons .iii.i inonev. tlioiitlit to be for tho Spanish troops All of Hi, ptii. s still he In the harbor, and im-ordiiui to Instructions received by Fulled Stales Attorney StrlplltiK loday from the department d Justice, they will remain there hub tltillely. These Instruc. lions were Unit Ihe crew und passengers of ill.- Panama, will' h carried two 12 pound kiiiis niiil which was raptured by Ihe .Mangrove, should be held us prisoners of war. The crews of the other urlae arc also to he iI.IiiIumI until further orders t mil nut be allowed to communicate .i,..v.. it u l onccd. ,1 that whatever! the result f 'he president's proclamation may !. u vvlll not affect ihe Panama, which was an auxiliary cruiser. The li"l cros" Society's ship Slate ol Texas, with nurses and medicines, ar rived tin" afternoon from New York. She will pr.Mcul to Sagua La lirande. INTF.ItF.ST IN WASIUNtiTON. Washington. April IS.-The shelling ol the M.ilan.as h,itt fli s was u topic of ab Mohlng liilevcst ihtoughoui naval anil ultM.il i lti'lis gciieia.iv imlay. The navy department has completely .iMil Its purchase ol snips tor coiimi- HIOII IlltO W.ll Cfse,s. ,.,MH . haustion of tin' ".n'.i.Kti war fund. It Is cvpn l'il thai congress will conic to the relict of the department, ns there Is still a need of auxiliary vessels. The board of bureau chiefs met today to begin the consideration of plans for the new battleships .luiliot'iicd by tho naval bill, niiil pl'og lessen so tar nun cucium.- will hi' sent nut tomorrow Inviting Pins (nun ship builders. The vessels will be in ihe mam similar to Die battleship Illi nois, now building al Newport News. A rather striking signlllcutice of the In vasion of Culm was made today In the chartering of eteht large steamers of un average capacity of about 2000 tons ami able to carry from to UK passengers each. These are to be used ns transports for the conveyance of the llrsl military expedition in Cuba. The prleo paid for these vessels Is from JlO.tKHi to JUi.OtHl for the thirty ilavs for which they are char- ' The president and cabinet vvlll consider the large number of applications that have been made for appointment to posts of tiialot' general and brigadier general, an. I there Is some expectation that he vvlll he nblo to nominate a few of these otllcers tomorrow. ACTIVITY AT PORTO RICO. St. Thomas, West Indies. April 28. (Copyright ''V Associated Pross.V- Porto Rico advices received here today say that four Spanish gunboals are at San Juan do Porto Rico. They nro being painted black or possibly a dark gray. Martial law has been proclaimed In PRIZE IS OURS IN WASHINGTON ACTIVE IN PORTO RICO Porto Illi-o ami It Is being mforced In a tyranlcal manner Crowds are leaving for the Interior and the capital is almost deserted by the civilian population. The military are most actively engaged j In preparing for defense. Thirty of the! torpedoes have been planted In the chan- m l. In addition an old steamship h is I been sunk across the harbor entrance. buoys In the channel have been altered. I and from Monday last, after the new of I ihe blockade of Havana rea, lied there, i in i onip.inlcd by the report that the Cu ban capital had been bombarded, all lights were ordered extinguished al night. I The French residents, when these ad- vie s left San Juan, were seeking refuge j ,.n the French cruiser Admiral ltlgault i de llonulily. j The American sugar estate. It Is an- ; nouin ed. was plundered after (he receipt ! of the news of the declaration of war be-1 twecn Spain and the I'nited States. j The Itrltlsh consul at San Juan, who has rharge of various Interests, has cabled to. his government requesting that a ltrltish warship be sent to that port. Spanish steamers landed at Malguea, seventy mile from San Juan, on Tuesday, a quantity ot arms and ammunition Hnd there was a similar landing or supplies at San Juan on Tuesday. Hosldcs this, about .VKM tons of provisions were landed nt San Juan on Sunday last. The warehouses at Porto Itlco are reported to be full of provisions and the Spanish authorities say they ran aland a selge of two months. All their coast lights havi extinguished. now been ordered to be THK COMINU NAVAL IIATTLE. Washington, April 2S. It Is (Irmly be-1 Hi-vim! In olllclal circles here that the llrst ! naval battle of the war with Spain will be near the Vhlllpplno Islands. Admiral Pewey Is believed to have sail ed at 2 o'clock yesterday with the I'nited j States tlci-t from Mitir's bay for the Phil- j lieutenant E. O. Warwick. Second l.ieu Ippines. It Is presumed that the squadron i ,CIiant K yy Terrell, consolidated from Is traveling ut a prescribed speed of ten , Company II and Company 1. Second ln knots and It is calculated at the depart- f.,tvv tin tit that he should consume about sixty) hours In the passage to Manila, wtilcti will bring Ihe licet off Manila early Sul- unm v morning. It Is probable- that If the spantsn neci can be driven Into any harbor under tho protection of butteries. Admiral Dewey vvlll detach some of his ships to blockade- the port to keep them there while using another part of his small force to selxe utul occupy, with native assistance, some fotlliled port us a base of operations, TROOPS OONCKNTllATlNil. Mobile, April 2v-A train moved out from the government military camp this afternoon for Tampa carrying supplies, escort wagons. ambulances, mules and hostlers and teamsters. This Is Ihe (list step of tho movement that vvlll finally coneentralo all the (roups now here al Tampa, and also those at Newport, so as to form, with the troops at Tampa, a force of soon to be an ad vance guard of the army of the occupa tion of Cuba, The Ninth cavalry, the Twenty-fourth Infantry and tho entire eight batteries of artillery now nt Chleamauga will leave for the south ns soon ns they can be loaded on tho cars which are In readiness for them. Ity tomorrow night it is thought nil of tho trains will bo on their way to Tampa. REGIMENTS RUSHED. New Orleans. April 2S. Three regiments here will probably leave for Tampa under rush orders. The first will leave In the morning. THK OREGON VOLUNTEERS Portland. April nildnlKbt-f.overn-; or Iird announced lomifht that the fol- lowing will be the organization of the- . I'.mpanlm of the Klrm regiment of Ore- Kon VohmieerH. connolldated from the nn- : t.otial k-uard brigade u tar a It tan be , arranged, until the ki mljllnn of the troop and auhjcet to ome alight changed nmoriKHt the otll'erH. Company A-'aptaln H W Heath. Kir-t Lieutenant Italph Piatt. Second Lh uten- ! ant J. A. Young. , on.olidated with aepar- i Ixndon. April Vi.-W . U'lrd (.!ew.. the ale Company 1! and Company A. Flr-t naval critic, ban written a o..g artide regiment. entitled "Borne of the Problem" of the Company Il-Captaln J. I. May. Klri-t j War," In which ne aayn: Lieutenant A. Hamlin. Second Ueuten- I "Hpain-a mfl noteworthy point of au ant J. K. Thornton, comedldated from ! I- rlorlty Ilea In her torpedo flotilla, but Comi.anv I). Kecond Infantry, and Com-I p.iny A. Second Infantry. Company C-Captaln W. C. Noon. iNo lleiiteminta aaalgned.) Company C. 8' on'l Infantry, to be cotiwilldated here all. Company I -Captain A. P. J're-..,tt. Klrnt Lieutenant !. A. H.irtman. i-'.n-l Lieutenant V. A. Mead, consolidated from Company D. Third infantry, and Company C. Third Infantry. Company K-t'aptatn K K. DavlH. Firm Lieutenant I. N. I Minhar. Second Lieu tenant A. J. Hrai'-e, consolidated from Compaiil.B i and C. First Infantry. Company F-Captain J. F. Case, Firt Lieutenant W. A. Humphrey. Setoml l.li uti nanl K. W. M ore. consoljiiated from Company I, First Infantry, signal and engineer corps brigade. Company (J Captain William G.idsby. First Lieutenant II. It. Lartier. S.-cond Lieutenant C. N. Wolfe. Company K. to required atrength. Company I Captain L. L. Pickens. First t.leutrnant M. L. Philips. Second Ueuten- unt W. H. Hanley. consolidate.! rrom Company F and Company O, Second in fantry. Company K-Caplaln Percy Willis. First .pgr TllEEfFf THE DOUBLE TURRET MONITOR TERROR. The Terror is a modern coast defense teasel of 8.990 tons dlsplacruent. Hei rpsxxi is 13 knots, and she cost Uncle Sara $3, 178.040. Her four big 10 Inch gnni are carried two in each turret. She also has eight smaller gtini. In action the can sink so that her upper deck is fltish with the water aud berourved deck and revolving turrets are alone presented as a target. She carries a orew of 200 man. I fmpany 1. Captain 11. 1 Wells. First ; lieutenant C. F. Telfer. Second l.icu'u ii- !alU unassigned. consolidated with Com- ; pally K. First infantry, and Company l.. Third infantry. Company M Captain J. M. Poortnaii. j j,,r!)t neutonunt W. E. Stengel-, Second i Lieutenant C. R. Platts, consolidated i fn)u ootupany H and Company E, Sec - (imt fantry. j Additional Lieutenants 1.. R. Knapp and j c iiutlnte. . The hospital corps of tho guard will oc divided up and assigned to their respec- 1" tivo companies In proportion to its ! strength. The Held and staff otllcers are j chosen. not yet i REPORTS DENIED. New York, April 2s. Reports that a Spanish squadron has sailed toward the coast of the United States have nothing to confirm them and the reports seem to have been sent out to confuse the United Slates naval authorities. Several Span ish torpedo bonis are cruising in the Mediterranean and about the British Isles, presumably seeking to capture American merchant vessels. The Teu tonic, which arrived here last night, saw- no Spanish vvarsnips on tne way over no., the American ship Shenandoah near the llrltlsh coast. A Spanish fleet would find the Interna tional Atlantic coast far from unprotect ed. The cruiser Minneapolis Is at East port, Mo., the cruiser Columbia near Huston, the cruisers San Francisco and New Orleans at tho Brooklyn navy yard, (he auxiliary cruisors St. Louis and Har- vard In Nw York harbor and the Bt. . d'-ali-rn, have made eager Inquiries at tho Paul at Philadelphia, custom housa and the appraisers' stores Thes seven vessels, ill very fast, j atout the prospects of irttln th. re would be sufficient to atop any fl--t that i malndr of their spring and summer coo Mpaln could aend across. To these, ntvtn slgnmcnts. A considerable proportion of will soon be added the cruisers Topeka . and Parla, now on the way from England to New York. The battleship Oregon and the gunboat Marietta are expected at Klo JanHro In about two day. The cruiser Nlohtheroy recently purchased from Kra tll, will be obliged to leave neutral waters soon, but Will easily reach Key Went. ADDITIONS TO TUB NAVY. Washington, April 28,-The confer-';, of the two houses reached an agreement ! on the naval appropriation hill tonight ... ,h(, ,.,iat0 increase. Ii; the way ot mni(n nd torpedo boat were adopted, Th,M(. nrreane Included four monitors and alxteen InnteaJ of twelve lf,rpjo' boat detroyr. All the other imr-,r,Mnt addltlona made by th- enate ' are retained. SPAIN NOT IN IT. the npanu-n iKiam are near.y a.i ... ai it la fered in rattier Dau oru'-r. isattie ships cannot be Improvised or (julckly built, while toredo teiats can Ik- adapted or constructed In a short time. Therefore. It la worto (.earing in mind that In those material elements which It Is least easy to create, their superiority Is not first. As to the difference in the personnels In the two navies. I do not hesitate to say that the natural as well us the ac quired Tiualltlcatloiis of the American naval otllcers are miles ahead of the Spanish. Indeed there Is no room for comparison. Moreover, the braerican naval officers have steadily faced and carefully studied the problems which they are now grappling with, while the Span lards have aturked the disagreeable sub ject. Concerning the men, a casual ob server is likely to be wonderfully mis- taken. When hard work Is to bv done , the Americans do It with an intelligence 1 be foolish to try the experiment which j could have no possible Influence upon he , course- of the war. A regular naval bom bardment of New York lloston or rnua delphla Is out of the question, because Spain cannot afford to risk her ships ugainst the guns behind the earthworks or In waters where they cotilu not fail to be torpedoed. The disablement of a Spanish shin off lioston or New York would mean her total loss. Further. i Smiln cannot permit her fleet t" engage In any kind of general action at a point j far removed from a coaling station. "This question of coal is one ei un leaning factors and must determine me result, 'i nough there is ti certain amount ! of coal In Cuba and Porto Itico. in neither j Island can the stock be largely increased, j while America Is undefeated at s-. If Spain adopts the alternative of coaling i tho open sea from colliers, she does so jut great peril. She has only one or two colliers that can keep up witn tne best j and modern part of the licet. EFFECT OF THK WAR. Nov York, April .-On- effei t ol the war that is looked for by the customs authorities at this port is the slopping of the importation of straw goods from Manila and of millinery goods generally from other Spanish pons. Fortunately for the Importers of Manila straw goods, the Importations ordered for tho spring and summer trade are about all hero. It hostilities are prolonged into next fall, however, this trade, it is believed, will suffer seriously. The examiners at tho I'nip'd States appraisers' stores do no I expect to handle any more straw arti cles from Spanish ports for the next live months iit bast. Work In some of the divisions of tho appraisers' department at this port Is certain to be made accordingly light. There are many articles from South American ports usually in American or Spanish vessels, which are likely to bo Interfered with. New York Importers ot feathers, wool and hides, which are sup plied In large part by South American the South American traffic la genarany carried by neutral yessla and for that part no anxiety la felt, Imporu-ra appar ently uttachlng no Importance to the, re ports of a prospective Spanish blockada of this port. The Tenth division of the appraijera' department. It Is expected, will feel the effects of war more than any division In asmuch aa all the Importation of augara, cigars, tobaccos, liquors, fruita, nuta and oiis are handled by thla division. Or- linarliy large quantities of Spanish liq uors uno fruits pasa tnrougn tnia ui- vlslon and lmiorters of auch merchan dise do not expect that any shipments will It made to United States porta until pea-. Is declar"d. Of course, all Importa tions of Cuban tobacco, cigars and sug ars aro stopped. SIX WORKMEN KILLED. Terrific Explosion In the Atlantic Powder Co.'s Plant at Dover, N. J. E.iston, Pa., April a The town of Dover, in Morris county, N. J., anr the, country within a radius of twenty mllea was startled this afternoon by a aeries ol terrific explosions the first of which oc curred at 2:10 o'clock. The explosions occurred In the Atlantic Powder company's works, and the plant Is now a mass of ruins. Six workmen wer. klibd and four others were seriously In jured, some probably fatally. The remains of the dead havt not been recovered. They are: Alfred Rarlck. William Stampf. Casper Ray. David Scheer. William Haycock. Ellas Abers. All the killed were married and ieava families. The first explosion occurred In one of the packing houaes, caused. It l thought, by a spark from the pipe of a careless smoker. The worka have been running night and day turning out rush orders for the United States government, and a large amount of ammunition ready for shipment was stored In the packing house. This, with all the other explo sives, was completely destroyed. A3 THE ENEMY SEES VS. Madrid. April S.-An official dispatch from General Rlanco says: "Part of the enemy's fleet have gone eastward. One of the American tronclada has grounded opposite Dimas, province of Plnar del Rio, and three other ahlps are working to float her. The Spaniah volunteers are watching on shore." A dispatch to El Imparcial from Ha vana says the Insurgents attacked Ar temisa. Plnar del Rio province, but wera repulsed. , . ! - ; THEY DON'T LIKE IT. New York. April 2s. The Post's London correspondent cables as follows: "Englishmen have received with very wry laces the proposals before congress respecting the tonnage duties. The bill Is received with such newspaper headlines as. 'Yankee cute, the world and especi ally England to pay 'or war.' " Liverpool and English ship ownera grumbie greatly. " WOODFORD'S COMMISSION. r Washington. April 2X. The presklent It Is understood has practically promised to vgle General Woodford a commission as major general and Colonel Fred Grant a commission as brigadier. PATRIOTIC HELEN. New York. April 28. Miss Helen Gould confirmed today the report that she had tendered the United States government Slou.COO to aid in prosecuting the war against Spain. SPANISH FLEET ALL THERE. St. Vincent. Cape Verde Islands, April .V-The Spanish squadron Is still here. BREACH OF DIPLOMACY. London. April $. The Spanish ambass ador having opened a fund here to in crease the strength of the Spanish fleet, the matter is regarded as a serious abuso of diplomatic privileges and will ba brought up In the house of commons. WAITING FOR US. Madrid. April 2S.-10 a. m.-The Spanish squadron off Manila la still waiting tha arrival of the United States fleet. ORDERED RELEASED. Washington. April 2$.-Tho treasury da pariment has ordered the Saturlna, the l Spanish vessel setzt-a in miosi uuiuui, leased. THE TEMARIRIO SAILS. Buenos Ayres, April 2S. The Spanish boat Temarlrio sailed yesterday under secret Instructions. The Royal la the highest grade bakiag powder kaown. Actual testa akow it gooaoaa- ' tkird further than any other braad. rlfl rum Absolutely Pure OVU IUIM KSM CO., H 0. mi