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'."V .1:s, cr 31. I Witt9 MB iSlflBllPDEllfi IMAM iSSOClK i un ..I LA lU."- .'TI THE ASTORIA! fiat tbi Urreit circulation of any piper oo thl Columbia ftlvtf THE DAILY ASTORIA Is tte Hwcst an! test paper 11 Hjf oo the Colamtij riv FULL, ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. AriTOUIA, OKBOON. SlI.VDAY MORNING. 3IAKCI1 26, J WW. YOL. XLIX. i or, - 'ti Ail Advance Jflast Be Made In The Hear Future. Kaw Mnk'riulri in mniio ciihou Imvo Advanced over 100 jirr cent. liny Stove und Itangcx Now. Wo Mtill Imvo hoiiii) at tlm Old Tricon. Eclipse Hardware Co. Wo Give Trndlna Hlnmpn. 11 '1. GRIFFIN I ' 'U " Tf N1CW THIS WEEK! Jtlut iwivtl from I ho fnrtory a full Mipply of BOAT-SAIL DRILLING, CANVASS BUCK, COTTON TWINE. COTTON ROPE. liif''(t our fit(K'k Ix'furo Inning. Foard & Stokes Co LENTEN SEASON GOODS Smoked Hulibut Smoked Kinntui Hoddonk Kippered Smoked Salmon Kippered 1 ferrln Codfinh mid Mnckerl mid n full line of other fmicy Sttiple noodH. ROSS, H1GGINS & CO New Spring Make their first appearance About Shirt Waists There la not an old waist In th stock. Ther I not a plug-ugly In this stock. Th new, th oorreotly tyllsh, th de pendable kind of waist ar none too good for th patron of thl slor. We could'nt afford to ever loos sight of that point, nnd we tak car that w don't Judgo the gathering by the-Wall from 7o to $1.75 each. New Sailor Hats Harbinger of spring, the brightest, choicest gathering of filmy cotton beauty evr displayed In local circles so early the painting ar peerles color schom enlranclngly artistic Would you hav first choice? Then buy now. All new shades in HASCOT GLOVES for Easter. The Best Glove Made. Shanahan Bros. BOOKS... Blank and Miscellaneous. PAPER... New Crape and Type-writing. Waterman Fountain Pens llox Decorutcd l'(itcrj ,...! Knvel...r w. ! i & REED SWISS WATCH REPAIR SHOP Victor Rost Chronometers (Hatches and Nautical Instruments Promptly fli4 and repaired. Alnrm Clock Irom $1 up. Warranted. 110 Eleventh St. Next to PmuI TeUfra- i WEBTA.'D" HACK OK EVEhTPAlR OK SHOES Horn people are harder upon tblr shoes ' than other. I atom, sr. apparently hardy upon them. Trim fthrn th th hu something to .do with it. IV ey to bt hard on poor ho hrd to b hard on a food on. How much lonr will on aha (good) lt than another (bad)T Junt twice In rnoit run That perbapi 'surprlM jrou. j EXPKHIMENT. THY OURS Ilnt any othcra you can gl In town. Compira In othr rercl all ricta too. Petersen & Brown. THE PROOF of th pudding m la lb eating and the proof of liquor IS IN SAMPLING That' an argument that' oon cluslv drmonstrstlon. Our will stand th teat. HUGHES & CO. L. LEBECK Carpenter nnd Bulldet General Contractor I HOUSE RAI5IN0 AND nOVIMl A SPECIALTY H.F.PraelTransferCo. Talephoa) B. DRAYING AND EXPRESSING All Ooods Shipped to Our Car Will Receive Special Attention. No. SS Duana SL, W. J. COOK. Mgr. Astoria, Ore, Re. TU 111 Goods. this week. I New Wash Fabrics Th first word of momentous occaalon this morning. W think w hav sur passed our own best previous efforts henc w ar enthuilastio over th eg. hlblt. Tou are Invited to com and feast your eyes on th beauty-pieces from th hop of Pari and New York. W print no llt of offerings or prices because printer's Ink can do but scant justice to a showing such as this. This Stock of Laces I colleoted with all the car and atten tion which w can bestow. Th newest and dantlest conceits from th lac cen ters of the world await you here. Lug. urlously temptlngmfwyp hrdlu cmfwyp tirlously beautiful assortment at tempt ingly Utile prices. AMERICANS' LOSS HEAVY Twenty-six Killed and 150 Wounded During Yes terday's Battle. MOVEMENT INCOMPLETE Otis' and Bale's Brigades Meet With Resistance, Wheafcn and Hall Fa rtn; Better. THE FIGHT WAS A FIERCE ONE The Rebels Were Pressed Back All Alone tbe Line, but the Battle j Is Still In Progress t I i MANILA. March V.-M i.m.-Tniy. IX drd and VM woundrd In the hoaplial In th Inlrot atMtrmrnt t the Amrrlcun jl.mu n the -ntum-nt with the K1l- T'Nluy'i fi:hUn furmihtd a pclmrn of th dlftVuitlr with whlh the Amerl cumt hav to contend. Thr Klllplnoa n'fr. rxo.jM at M.ilib n. jwrmUtrd thrlr opiH'in-nt. to uot within arvoral hunilrcd yar.la of thm. They would fire a few vullrya from their cover and then miitUe bark to umrthiT cover. repeatlnK tbee .tii. i..- for mi;rt. Many or the trrcheij hud Biillt. anS juniiectln" patha through i . ib can.- and bruh. enabling (hem to , r-( r'.it unseen. The rbi'in me Americans nave to face la to drive or lure the Insurgent to fight In force. The tranches s-em Amu-. can lo was slight 'thinly manned. .pt In the vicinity of j oneral McAnhur a division, supple Ma ai. n Thr Am rlcine. flghtltig a hid. ; n.entcd by Wheaton's brisjade. has cap- ,1n f ie. suffered a greater loas In pro. , portion than 'lid the enemy. The Ions of ll Ki:iiliiu had formerly been estimated ' fiuni (he ntmilter of Vk1 eg found scat. (ere.1 In the swamp and through th mv wound" W i han of Vhe Amerl! ,my woumii-a ai.a ,nan or tne Ameru liruah. A lartfir iiercentnge of the cne- .cans, many of them r-rUhlng fr-m ne-1 glut, the American,, naturally atteiullng : their own men firm. , The woundetl, after treatment In the : field honpllale, were brought to the ho. pltal by train. Several trips were mailei"nJ Francisco del M.Ve and Marl- . from Culucon to the city. The first load I to start for the city waa composed largely of bandaged soldiers, who shouted: "Give them hell, boys!' The gunboat Helena and two am.y bust cimmaiilel M il:lx:i. but the au thority desire to avoid smashing the ' , town, where there Is much valuable .property belonging to foreigners, snd J where are located the warehouses of the Manila firms. I MOVHMENT NOT TfTT COMPLETED. Otis' and Hale s Brigades Met With Strong Resistance and Camped. WASHINGTON. March 25-The war de partment late tonlsht made public Ihe ESTERDAT S BATTLE, following dWpatch from General Otis: i MANILA. March J5.-Noon.-The move- "Manila. March J'. -The perfected nor. ; mMlt of the Amerlcen troop today them movement Is not yet completed, i cpt the ii ui gents btck toward Mai. Otis' and Hale's brigades, with mounted '. abon- General Harrison Gray Otis' brl troops of the Fourth cavalry, the turn-' 8aJe ' ,n front of La Loloma. where Ing column, met wl:h heavy resistance ' ! stretch of a mile of rough. o;ien over the difllcult rountrv and arv 1 country. The insurgent trenches In the camped tun.ght six miles e.ist of Polo . nnd six miles north of the line from which the advance was taken up. Whea ton's brigade at Calocan, drove the ; enemy one and a half miles north across the river. Hall, on the extreme right. encountered u considerable force and ' , routed It. The tlgh lng was heavy neur , Culocan. The movement continues In t!ejnd mm 1'Oke and ran for the woods. ! jjovallches shows that he was then about' morning. Our casualties are about 160, j Ahoul thirty of them woe killed In theipi)rrit nineg nor.heast of Manila. When 25 of whom were killed. The enemy lost i outskirts and seventy of them on the ! he .wnR. t0 th left, north of Polo, he' In killed alone am. OTIS." , read. have between himself and the bay 1 THE AMERICANS' ADVANCE. i Troops Charged Rrilliantly, Sweeping ' I Everything Before Them. MANILA, March p. m.-The J Amorlcin (tlvnnce h.irnn at an early hour this morning. Elaborate preparations W'ere made for the movement. General Wheaton's brigade was placed In th i rear, and those of Generals Harrison ' Gray Otis and Hull were massed behind j that of General Hale. Under the cover of , darkness. General Otis' and General ' Halo's brigades left their trenches and advanced close up to the enemy' line witnout being detected. General Whea ton's and General Hall's brigades occupy ing the vacated positions. At 4 o'clock the American troops breakfasted, and, the Filipinos noticing th camp fires, their bugle called to 'arm. At daylight General Otis' and ; General Hall's brigades advanced from , La Loma church straight through the 1 rebel lines, rutting the enemy's forces in two. Upon this occasion the rebels j adorned the American tactics of holding their fire until the attackers were about ,1000 yards distant. The rebels also con j tinned their fire longer than usual. The Americans fired volleys with terrlflo ' effect, and then rushed forward cheering 1 and carrying everything before them. Once throuirh, Genernl McArthur's di vision was swung through the line, drlv- Ing llie rebels away on all sides. General Wheaton's brigade, ln accord ance with Instructions, remained In the trenches. Before Joining In the move i ment at noon, Genernl Wheaton's troops 1 developed a strong opposition between Malabon and the river Tullahan. Th brigades commanded by General Harrison i Gray Otis and General Hal advanced on Novalicb.es and Polo, strongly 'rnched 'towns. In the meantime. General Hall' brigade swept the country clear to th waterworks and th foothill of Slngalon, ; capturing San Francisco del Mont and Marlqulna. j 5:56 p. m. Late In the afternoon the Montana regiment and th Third artll- lery had croaaed the Tallghan river, go ing In a northweiterly dlreotlon towarda Polo, and Oeniral MoArthtir, with the re. milnder of General Otlf and General Hale' brtgadei, were moving along south of h river In a position to at tack either Novallchea or Polo, bolog within two miles of Novallchea and five mile from Polo. General Hall s brigade moved to Balac, protecting Osneral Hale's right, meeting -with strong oppo sition. The Oregon regiment and part of the Utah battery bad the extreme left. The entrenchments nearest to Malaton uffered tbe most sever atteefci.lnrludlng crossfire from b Insurgents massed at Vfalabon. The Montana reglmsnt, near Balantao, earn upon a Mockbous dlaguUed a a leper hospital, aero tbs river, after marching through th Jungl. Four men were killed and IT wounded, among Gen eral McArtbur" artillery. Hampered by the thickness of the jungl. General Mo Arthur's snd General Hale's staff were frequently under a galling Are, and upon on occaalon all of th officer eiceptlng the general dismounted, being overcome by th heat. There wer many proa t ra dons during th day. The American loss Is now conserva tively estimated at M killed and 130 woundVd. Th loss of th enemy was heavier than during any previous engage mem. THE FIGHT WAS FIKRCE. iiB ANGELES, March .-Th follow. Ing rablerams sent toliy from Manila by Brigadier General H. O. Otis to the Iw Angeles Time touching upon to. day's engagement are self explanatory: "Manila, March .-:( a. m.-My bri gade has pleroed th enemy's country and after a brilliant advancement and a sever engagement The rebels were iteadlly pressed back along the line. Tbe battle I still In progress. Four brigades nr engaged. Th enemy hi vainly (. tempting to make a stand at Taiighan river. 4U) strong. "OTIS. Brigadier General. "Manila, March 25.-10:45 a. m. I have croed the Rubicon. OTI8." VOlJO NOT TAKEN. MANILA. March M.-S:1S a. m.-The re nort of the surrendrr of the town of rlo la erroneous. ItEriEI. IX83 HEAVY, MANILA. March C.-The American movement today aaept the lnunrenti Iwck towa't'. Mtlabon. The fihtinj was fierce, i one hundred native were killed. Th ti red the town of Polo, THREE TOWNS CAPTURED. MANILA. March 21.-1:5 p. m.-General MaArthur' division, consisting of (Be I Wgade. of Gera! Ilamaoa Gray Otis, .... . . "'Bl ral llJ1 na " PP" . "T general ueais nrwwr a.lvan -ff at Ja.'lirht and cut the m. : eniy'a Jotves In two. They captured the I towns of Tolo and Novaleche on tbe left qulna on the right, clearing th rebel trenches In front of the line north from the river to Calocan. They also secured iHissesslon of the railroad, practlcaily cornerlng the flower of Agulnaldo's army at Malabon and In the foothills at Silicon, 20 mile apart The tropa et-gaged were the Third ar tillery, as infantry, Montana, Kansas. Nebraska, Wyoming. Colorado. South Dakota. Minnesota and Oregon volun. leers, the Third. 'Fourth. Seventh and Twenty-second regular, the Utah ar. tlllery battalion and Twenty.thlrd regi ments. The American casualties were light cilge of Ihe nilJ furnish woods are four feet deep a good head cover. The American troops advanced on the double As nearly as could be calculated. Mc qulck. j elling fiercely and occasionally I Arthur held the miihlle of the American dropoin' in ;he grass and firing by vol- ley. Th. r.a'.lves stood until the Art.- leans were v.-lthln 20-1 ynr,is oC their position. j Itv Mwitpiu! i. lid Kansas troops met; .the hottest resistance In a strip from' .which the rebels have greatly worried tie Anif lican ritti.tlj clunng the night , . N.uety minutes after th start-! o'clock tne -whole front for a distance of th c m!le3 to the north had been cleared. General Hale's brigade had simultaneously swept In a northwesterly directlc. ro.itir.g jhe enemy an I Durning j a a n r - -" pear io oe hi i i v 1 1 . i (, from La Loma to Novaleche. the wagons j Arthur's advance so rapidly as to pre carrylng pontoons, telegraph supplie and j vent being cornered, but even In this case ammunition following. The Infantry j th,,jr forc WOuW b split In two and mived in splendid older. their position wovild be untenable for any smoke rrom tne Durning nut marked thellne of the American advance. Am bulance and horse litters led by the Chlnejs, brought In the wounded, among whom were a few Filipinos. Th" Atrerlrnns who were wounded en dured the'r .n.lurler bravely, one group v-hlch had been brought Into the hos pital slutting "Comrades." The Pennsylvania troops took nine prisone.-i. among them a great naked captain of the Macabebee tribe and one Japanese. All the prisoners were greatly terrified, expo:'li,K to be executed Immediately. THE NEWS AT WASHINGTON. NEW YORK. March 2S.-A special to the Herald from Washington says: Re. ports were received here last night of fierce fighting at Manila. Up to a la c hour nothing had been received fiom General Otis or Admiral Dewey, but I the riimirj were persistent and tne om- claU Vro were Inclined to :vedlt th m It has been known for some days that General Otla had been preparing for a final at melt on tbe rebel position north of th city. Oenoral Law ton's flying column. It was aald, had been withdrawn from Paslg and Laguna de Bay and placed as a re- (Continued on page three.) ANXIETY AT THE CAPITAL Much Interest in the Advance of the Forces of Gen eral Otis. COMPARATIVE STRENGTH Otis Has 27.000 Men. tut the Odds May Have Been Heav ily AcainstOor Men. TO DIVIDE THE INSURGENTS This. It Is TbODCnt. Is What the Amer lean Commander Intends Doinf -Escape Cot Off. WASHINGTON, March E-Tnla wa a day of rnxlety and excitement at the war department that carried a reminder of tbe busiest day of tbe war with Spain. Every officer waa intendy looking for greia oelng made by General Otl' gallant extiedltionary forces. The opinion g- pressed at the department wa that the American troop could bivouac on the field, and would take up a forward move- ment lmmediatelv after the aun rl to - morrow. . It Is said at the department that Gen eral Otis haa under bis command in Manila and vicinity about Z7.U0O soldier; Agulnaldo, according to Otis' Iturt report, has about 2Q.0QO armed men General Corbln estimates that 'the American flying squadron was about 10.- w) men strong. The Insurgents, accord- , ing to Otis, had about II WO men In line. But Agulnaldo's reserve, IS. 000 s;rong. Is , now far distant from tbe scene of the j nnng line; inueea it is auspetteii tnat aome of them. Including the leader him. self, may bat been drawn into today's -trucgle. In which case the odd. would hiMiivir afain.t thj, Anwriiiu. oy utxa nnmy aiiuv w mrniw. The following was received from uen. trs' "'"'! Manila. Man h 25 McAnhur. wl;h two ! brigades, commenced th advance on No- jvatlches. northwest of Calocan, In the center or tbe Insurgent lines, at day- , break this morning. From Novallihes I McArthur will swing to tbe left and strike at Polo. The brigades fronting on Calocan will press forward at the proper time. "Hale' brigade n the old line north of Paalg la demonstrating west of the pumping station. The enemy Is 12.000 strong on the lines. I am endeavoring to take a fraction in the reverse. OTIS." ( Upon the receipt of the cablegram an- nouncing and defining the advance by McArthur's division, and the plan of movement of the remaining sections of the American column, the maps drafted by the military Information division were consulted. It waa then perceived that the American general was endeavoring to, lrive a wedee straia-ht through the cen- ter of the Insurgent army, and then, by a rapid wheel, crush out one of the divided wings against ano;her section of the American column. Otis' statement that "I am endeavoring to' take a fraction (of the enemy In the '. reverse" was taken to make this plain. line. He was driving straight northward and was to proceed in that direction un- nil he had Ranked the insurgent center. Tne .t(,tement that he had arrlvea at of Manila, about a third of the Insurgent army. If n manages to get m me rear ' . ,hl. bodv. the Insurgents will be fairly '-ornered ln a triangle formed by the bay , - - - 'on one side, aicArurar on tne nunwwi ' and Wheaton's brigade on the south. It j,, asgumea that this Is what Ott means I when ne talks of taking the enemy in the 1 reverse, for the statement that Wheaton ) wlll Dres. forward at the proper time Is j yarded as an Indication that It will be ienKth of time. General Corbln's attention was called to the Indication from the cablegram that the engagement seemed to be general along th American line from the pump ing station west of Manila and near the . ... ... river clear around to a point ciue oona , - -- of a vast crescent. 20 miles long. He city, who Is associated with bis brother expressed the belief this was only ap- In-law. Anthony Godbe. of Ensenada, parent: that, as Otis had used the word Lower California, in the management of demonstrating" In speaking of the brl-' the Iron deposits on the e coast at .t.Hnn . th waterworks. It , San Isidor. fifty miles south of Ensen. '-. evlovnt that Otis' nurnose waa detract the attention of the enemy from j between Godbe. and the Japanese govern the main point of attack on the north. ment, under the terms of which 500.0W Inquiry was made as to why so Urge ; tons of the iron ore are to be delivered a proportion of the volunteer troops j to Japan as oon as possible. , t r- y jtESCUJTELY'PlinE Makes the food more soym s""i j wer thrown into the advance. It u answered at th department that then J particular volunteer were actually more veteranlsod than many of th regular. OA Nil OF BANDITS BROKKN UP NEAR SANTIAGO. Six Captured by Mounted Troop an Taken to Prison, and On Killed Wblle Relating Arrest SANTIAGO DE CUBA. March tf. Tner ha been considerable troubl from bandettl during th last few day In th vicinity of Baa Luis. When It waa reported General Wood, military gover. nor, sent mounted troops, a well a th ntlr fore of gendarmerie, into th district with Instructions to captur the banolts U possible. Thty met with a success, but finally Lieutenant Manna, Genera! Wood' aid, went to San Luis to make a personal Investigation, with th result that within U hour th ring, leader, Francisco Diegues, and flv other wer captured and later two mora wer takvn and on waa killed while reflating arrest. An ar now closely guarded la th military prison hr. th jail not b. Ing considered safe, owing; to th friend ship felt for th prisoners by several prominent insurgent officer residing in Santiago. Colonel Francisco Valiant, chief f General Wood' gend armaria, baa re signed bis position. Tbre days ago h left for 8an Luis to try to locate tbs bar.dCs. Tbre men accompanied his. After thty h.! rroceded a short dis tance Colonel Valient ordered th m en It it 'urn, saying. "If we should be attacked by bandettl, we ouId have to lit v.: but I 1 wer al(.n-. I .-ould talk with them and gc away safely'.' Finally, a the story goes, the bandit captured him, held court martial and sentenced, him to death, but finally relented and released him. Thl tal la common talk at th Cuban club, and Is generally believed. Anyway. Colonel Valient' resignation seems to a1 " color' H ' el,ber ont n ; clt ' or ln O'd't- I T08 new chl,f 01 th pnIarmerie 1 (Colonel Juan Vlan. The gendanneri la tD fin Lu!" rlct are now under th 'orders of Ueutenant Butts, who la la comm nd of a mounted troop of tb Fifth regulars. Great satisfaction Is felt la this part of the province at th capture of s many bandits. CUBAN KEGrMENTS APPLY FOR SERVICE IN PHILIPPINES. Under the New Army Law th Returning Volunteers Cannot See Service on tbe Islands. WASHINGTON, March 2S.-Tb war department ha been asked If om of ,he volunteer regiments returning from Cuba, whlch wer w1jW lmmune. u . . ... couuj De renlisted in their entirety. It tuted that som. of ..,.. rlirimen.- desire to so re-enlist and roar he nt 'to the Philippines. j In reply, the department says that uch enlistment cannot tx made. Th temporary enlistment provided for under the army law ar to be mad from voU volunteer troops serving In the Philip- pine, and will be subject to lmmed later muster out as soon at tbt, ratification of the peace treaty is proclaimed. ' Tf la iviwlul thai i-k.i- '? Ped that General Otis will organise a brigade or more of these men. The ory&mxat.on will be entirely new n1 no emblano of th former state regiments will be maintained. It Is po- lble that some of the volunteer officer of the state militia who have shown sreat aptitude In military matter will be "1VfD commission In tbe temporary regiment to be organised In th Phil- lPPlnes. These new regiments will not be kept in seivloe very long unless th ltuadon In the Philippines becomes much worse. The belief Is expressed that this Is not likelf. as tbe reports from General Otis for a week or ten days have Indicated an early collapse of th rebellion In Luson. The ttmrcrary organizations. It Is said, will be reiamod until tbe regular troops now under t.'ders for Manila reach that place. ATTEMPTED STAGE ROBBERY IN CALVERAS COUNTT. Express Messengers Open Fire on th Robbers, Fatally Wounding One, While the Other Esoaped. STOCKTON. Cal.. March 25. Two hlirh. waym(fn mad9 an ,1 attempt . hold u th A . CaD . . , Auaviiic, taitciav wuut;. , - . , v,- ,, ,i traeii :i a mjibuu diuvvuiic.t tbe Wells-Fargo Express company were inside the coach, and when the order to halt was g'ven fmm th side of th road, they at once bexan firing. McCon nell's shot gun missed fire, but a bullet from Jackson's rifle struck and probably " th. "t. tured, as he cannot cross the swollen streams except at the fords, all of which are bting closely watched. It Is not known how much treasure there was on the stage, as th express offt rials are reticent IRON ORE CONTRACT. SAN DIEGO. Cal.. March 3. Ae- n. T T XI Cnhnnu nt thtfl to'ada,. a contract has been entered Into V m ife tr delirious and wholesome eo wrw row.