The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899, April 26, 1899, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text'V MOTlO'il t S Ucoks, Prnodlcr.!?, M?H,-rv"J: ASTORIA PUBUC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, Sft5j &&t nr-t- ?. rt H TBE ASTORIAN hm jf Urreit circulation of ley pipci , oa tbt Columbia Rlvri TBE DAILY ASTOKUft U tts fc!est anJ test i:;:f oa the Columfcla KW M-JUL.L LM.. . , - m'T' I" FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. YOL. XMX. AoTOHlA, OKEQON. WEDNESDAY XOUN1NG. APK1L 26, 1899. 132 8e Bwii Stoves - Arc not matlo from tlio rcrnpjiilo or in ft kindergarten hcIiooI. Eclipse Hardware Wo Cllve Trncllnu Hin.npw. ... i fib! WW Fry W . v-"1 . - '-:v v -v- s.i GRIFFIN & REED Fishermen, Attention! 1(111 Stnmijcst ami Ll.jhtcst 11110 AT Foard & Stokes Co Lnrrowe'H Pure H. O. Sclf-RlHlnc HcHt N, O. MolnsseH, fToney mid Mnple Syrup, Etc A. V. ALLEN'S Grocery Store. Columbian Soups, fine and Palat able, 15c a can. New Made Cream Cheese, Cream ery Butter. Pyramid Washing Powder. Chace & Sanborn's Famous Coffee. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO Prices That Tempt! We want your trade and your friends and their friends. We mean to make and hold them as our friends with our good goods and pleasing prices. Notion Bargains. Safety pins, per package .lo Long Japanned Wire Halrplna, per pack, a- lo A good pair of black or drab Coriel Steel lo Drst quality of aluminum Thimble, each at lo. 4. ounce bottle of good (swing machine nil, per bottle to 3-lnch Rno Hairpin, per doien 5c Japnm-d Hooks and Ryes, two docn....lo Now Idea Paper Pattern, each to Rest quality d-oord three spool for ,,, Machine Thread. , lOo Largs cake Rose Beauty Qlyoerlna Soap, per cake 10c The Flexo Wlr Rustle, the beat mads each Ho Shanahan OUR - Tinware Co. BOOKS... Blank and Miscellaneous. PAPER... New Crape and Typc-wrltinjj. Waterman Fountain Pens I lux I )ccorntcfl I'uprr mid Knvcluje..nc. BUCKWHEAT Ribbon Bargains. No 5 all .Ilk Satin Ribbon, per yard..3'4e No. 7 all Silk Satin Ribbon, per yard..4',lc No. 9 all Silk Satin Ribbon, per ynrd..S'.4c No, IS all Silk Sntln Ribbon, per yd..6Ua No. it all Silk Satin Ribbon, par yd,.7Hc riquot Edge Baby Ribbon, 10 yard... ..So All Silk Colored Veiling, to be clo.cd out at per yard to $1.50 KID OLOVE8, pair lightly boIIcq, per ,75o Lndlcs' White Jersey Ribbed Sleve'oss Vest, eaoti ISo Good MeaU Well Cooked With no Irvubl rd III lit fuol tit as. sured by th u of th Stor EHtnte Rane (Ml I II ,11,1,1)111111 3 'k u e Half ceriluty in !) Uad, tnd itlll lhr. W. 1 mT,,V, Ag'ni. 4.'1 Iti.nd Btrrtl. SWISS WATCH REPAIR SHOP Victor Rost Chronometers (Hatches mi Nautical Instruments Promptly Iliad ou rpalrd. Aliirin Clicks lroiu $1 uj. Wurruntfil. Nit lo Poai4l Tciocrspk WE STAND BACK OF EVEIIT PAIR OF SHOES. Soma pop) are harder upon thalr ahoaa than othera. Soma ar apparently hardy upon then, j That' when tha boa haa something to do with IL It' easy to b hard on a poor shoe bard to be hard on a good out. ; How much longer will on aboa (good) jlaat I haa another (bmd)T Just twice in moot oaoag. That parfcap urprlaa you. EXPERIMENT, TRT OUR against any othart you cm get la town. Compart In other raapeot all ttapeota too. , Petersen & Brown. THE PROOF of th pudding M la th eating and tha proof of llquSr IS IN SAMPLING That' an argument that' eon elusive a demonstration. Our will atand tb teat. HUGHES & CO. Domestic Bargains, Heavy Cotton Huck Towel, Ihres for tc Good quality Apron Gingham, yard per ..Jo One yard wide, good quality, Unbleached Muslin, per yard One yard wide Heavy Bleached Muslin, ' per yard , to Good Outing Flannel, all nlca pattern., per yard to Large slxe Crochet Bed Spreads, each 48a Extra Large Slxe, Marseille, pattern, bin value, each 750 40-lnclics wide White Drcas Lawn, per yam s0 Good quality Bleached Canton Flannel, per yard lo Scotch Lawns, In dainty pattern, fast color., per yard to Bros. BATTLE AT CALUfilPIT MacArthur Has Advanced Through Four Miles of Entrenchments. EVERY FOOT DISPUTED Americans Lost Six Kilted an! Twenty-Eif ht Wonnded-Na-tlve Lost Very Heavily. FILIPINOS ARE WELL DRILLED Brilliant Cbarfe ty tbe Twentieth Kinsas Aloof the Railroad Clears tbe Way for tbe Artillery. MANILA. Airll l.3fi ji. m 4irniral Mai'Arlhur'i dlvlnlun fouiihl Ut iiy to lh Klllplho trrnrhri Ix-fore Caluntlt )'- our rnll-. mowly I ihroiiKli wo'hU and JiinKlei, ivl crOKflnr ! the IUKtt.i rlvr r. Thin acrom. lilli'hed at a cot to th Ami-rlrana of U killed uml fs wuundrd. the Pint K.iuih Iiik.ila n Ktmcnt Mn Ihc heavlrot After f'irling the river the South Da. kntitnt puraued the insurgents to the out skirts of the city of Calumpit, but that town wa found lo le so rftrongly pro. tectcd that General HacArthiir deeme.1 It best o withdraw the tired fighters and go Into camp for a nlght'a rest 'before ... t 1 . . . n..i ......!. i l . i i ..i. n, tin m u'u n-aui. lie luixr.i uu iu Iuks In Calumiilt were being fired by the I American. He Gets the President rlllpinos while the Americans H ere crons- ! to Commute His Sentence. lug the river, fully a mile ay, howlng . " ! ASHIXOTOX. April . -President ihe ennmy a Intention to abandon the ; i,.vii..,- k.. ..... .. . i. iUKiuiey has commuted the death fn vtllng. j tence of Rafael Ortii. of C'aguas. Porto The Filipino have adopted a settled , Kico- 'h, murcrd Private Burke, of ... lle Forty-seventh Ninr York tnfantry. " retiring from one position afr.,, fe lmpri,onment. J,J another, Inflicting the greatest possible was Instrumental In securlrur this aci of dumuge upon the advancing army. The forces today were -well drilled. Every foot of ground wus tenaciously diHputctl by the thoroughly organlxed triui. w ho stood remarkably firm even before the artillery fire. The enemy had planned o wreck our i artillery transport train. Thl. attempt was a failure, but the span of the Iron brlilne across the river was destroyed, humpertni; American truneponaUon for ume time. The Filipinos cut tbe girders, Intending to have the structure fall with the train, but It collapsed prematurely of Its uwn weight. ItsKdtiK river, whkh Is about 100 ards wlite at that place, was splendidly for. tilled and the Americans were compiled to approach an open Spain from wlilclK the rebels li.i.l cleared off every olis;ruc. Hon In plKlit- The hanks of Ihe river, a Inch Muff, was surmounted with irouchif. cupped with rocks, loop-holed and partly hidden by hushes. liiu,i Will-nun's brluudK approached the river along the railroad, leaving cnnip lieyoml Malolos cliy. General Hale's division, which started yesterday, was earlier on the march and sweeping westward toward the railroad. The ar. mored train wns being pushed by China, men, the Twentieth Kansas regiment ad vaucliig on the left, und the First Mon. tana regiment, with the I'tah light ar. tlllery on the night. Tha rapid Are guns on the train "opened the t'Hll" at 11:30 a. m., about a mile from the river, their popping alternating continuously with the fooom of the slx pounders. The Montana regiment and the I'tah battery at the same lime entered .the JuiiKle from which the Insurgents, who were occupying a large straggling village c' huts, poured heavy volleys. In the course of an hour the troops had forced their way to an open space In front of the river and tho artillery immediately upon wheeling Into the open, begun shell. Ing the Filipino trenches. In the mean time Company K. Twentieth Kansas, led b' c"na,n "',,,oort- P'ormM one of tlic most brilliant achievement or tne cunipnign. The regiment was being held In reserve and company K charged a distance of a qunrter of a mile over a corner of the field to the bank of the river, near a bridge, where the Insur. gents, from the trench, were peppering the nrmored train, then about 9V1 yards down the truck. The company found shelter 111 a dlKNl. Colonel Fred Kunston called for volun. tccrs to cross the river, and the colonel himself. Lieutenant Fall, a private of company K, a private of company E, Trumpeter Rarslleld and Corporal Fer. guson. of company I. crawled along the Iron girders. While this was going on. th,, men of company K, from the ditch, were fuslladlng the trenches In an en. deavor to divert attention, but the Fill, plnos got range from the trench down, and bullet aoon upaftertd tha waters unrtrr tha (rumur, Iavln rahd broken ipao. a amail but vlKorouo tr!y of Amertrana "lid diwn tha enlnxon iwim a tmr yardu to tha ihura and crawkd up tha hank, tha Hula colonH f)ln the way to the trewhei, revolver In ha.n1, rhila tha few rnialnlnj Flllplnog fcohH. Colonel Kunaton eald afterward: "ft waa not much to do; we knw they could not ahoot atralfht; that our toya could attend to them while wa wara croailnf." General lfale'a troopa on tha rlrht band had tha hardeat fljfhllnr. They followed the north bank of tha river, nearest he town from tha loft, irith tha Tlrat Ke branka on the left, and the Flrat outh Dakota and flftr.nrat Iowa beyond. The country hey traveried waa rooatly Jutifle but the Ptlkplnoi atood their ground, even In the open nunc. t General llale'a rlht Joined General Whraton'a left aoon after noon, a curve in the river allowing "the Americana to lour an enfilading (Ire on the enemy'a trenrhra. About thia time the cheeri of the Kania troopa announced that the American had croaaed tha river. General Hale'a men befan to ford tbe Chlt-o, a branch of the tiaictiar. atretcti. In to ihe north. The general hlmaelt plunxlng Into hla neck, and refrlmenta all carrying flaga floundered acroaa the nirearn. The guna of the I'tah light ar. tlllery were dragged over rext. and formed an extended line to the advance upon the trenchen before Caiumplt. where the Fllkplnoa were pouring vollejf Into ih0 Americana. Tbe armored car had one man killed and two wounded. The Katmaa r-gtment had three wound, ed during the charge, and the Utah light urtlllery one dead and two wounded. Jl! of the other caKualtlea befall the South Dakota regiment. It la difficult to eittmate the innurgent lom, but they are no fewer than 70 killed, many of thitn by the artillery. AI1KR 8 C'UBMEXCr SAVB9 A I"ORTO RICAX'fl LIFE. n a . . . . . ... clemency aa the case was brought to his attention when he was In Porto Rico. Qrtlx was In love wish a Porto Rlcan (fir1! before the arrival of the American soldiers in that Island and was loved In return. Burke won the heart of the dusky maiden and when he protested, the American slapped Ortli's face In the presence of his former areethrt I The Porto R)cBn vfnBenw . i.e night found Burke drinking with several companions, rushed up behind hrm and cut his throat. Urn was seised, convicted and sentenced' to be shot. He was to have keen executed a' San Juan the day Secretary Alger reached Caguas on hi tour of Inspection. The mother and sister of the condemned man and several other natives lined up on each side of the rond and stopped the progress of the secretary. The mother and daughter knelt and pleaded for his life. Secretary Alger suspended execu tion until the case cou'd be looked Into! hy the president, who today commuted the sentence to life imprisonment. TAKING MEASl'KES TO PROTECT HER OWN RIGHTS. Cre.it 'Britain Will Take Steps to Pro vide Transportation Facilities Across Nicaragua for Her Own Trade. NEW YORK. April 25.-A special to ihe Herald fro mWashlngton says: Al though Great Britain Is willing to re linquish her right to share In Ihe Ntcar. agua canal .by abrogating the Rulwer. Clayton treaty In return for a quid pro quo from the I'nlted States. It Is appar ent to othclals of tho state department that she is taking measures to provide transportation facilities across Nicara gua for her own trade. No official confirmation has been re ceived of the dlsatch 'frm Managua saying that President Zelay had granted an option to the British consul at Man agua or to any company he may organ ise to puchase the railroads and steam boats of Nicaragua with the workshops appertaining to them for the sum of 6.5c.flni pesos (sliver), fcut the details of Ihe agreement are expected by Ihe state department. It Is considered very significant that a representative of Great Britain should take measures for pricing under Brit ish control the transportation facilities In Nicaragua while negotiations are In progress between the t'nlted States and Great Britain for the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaties and with It the surrender of all the lntter's rights In the Nicaragua .canal. SPYING OIT THE LAND. SAN FRANCISCO. April S.-SIr Will, lam C. Van Home, president of the Can adlan Pacific railway, has arrived here from Montreal. It Is understood that he is on a pleasure trip, though while on the coast he will look after the Interest, of his road. With him are W. D. Mat thews, a director of the Canadian Pacific; the lion. R. M. Wells, counsel, and Pr. J. P. Roddick, consulting surgeon of the company. EARTHQUAKE AT FORT BRAGG. FORT BRAGG. Cal.. April So.-Two violent earthquake shocks were felt here today. They were of about three seconds duration each. A heavy rumbling sound preceding each shock. Two light shocks have occurred dally during the past week between S and 6 a. m. THE STAMPS WERE BOGUS Large Quantity of Illegal Cigars Seized by CoHector Dunne at Portland. FRAUDS ON UNCLE SAM . . , Toe Internal Reyeou Bureau Has Beta Buncoed Out of Atont Twelve Thousand Dollars. HONEST DEALERS PROTECTED Mir Refill Clears o.Cond.tlo. TUt Tbey Restamp Them -Seizures at Seattle aoj Tacona mm PORTLAND, April S-Collctor Dunne. of the Internal revenue offk.. ha. bjed . cigars bearing counterfeit revenue stamps. Twenty-four thousand were suited In Tacoma yesterday and .0CO In Portland today. Collecsor Dunne expect to mike fur. iher seliures. INNOTENT DEALERS PROTECTED, WASHINGTON. April S.-Th Internal s ...it revenue bureau has In course of prepar- atlon a circular letter to collectors, In whk-h they are directed to forward to tbe ibure.u all -.plication, for relief from Innocent holder, of cigar stamped wftn counterfeit stamps and purchased from Jacobs, the Lancaster. Pa., cigar manufacturer, recently arrested secret service officials. . . , , It Is probable that innocent dealers. who have actually paid for tbe cigars. will be permitted to retain them on con. ditto, that they restamp them. Cigar, ,. . not paid for will be sold and the proceed, turned into the treasury. It is now thought that Jacobs ha. he.n able to use counterfeit , tamp, in excess of $10.0 or IliOOO. SEIZURE AT SEATTLE. SEATTLE, April S.-Deputy Collector " roiners lu lhe mmher ot M r.t i,. n . marched .n a body to the Bunker Hill of internal Revenue Bowen ha. setxed ,nd BulllrM ,niJ trlrd l0 ,nduc, the 3S.0U0 cigars bearing fraudulent stamps. ntght shift tdcome out. With a few ex ceptions they were successful. During JACOBS STAMPED CNSPAKJNGLY. the day Charles Sweeny, of the Last LANCASTER, Pa., April 25. An ex- Cnnnc'- met ,ne central committee, com- amlnatlor. was mad. today of William Jacobs books and It was found that he had defrauded the government out of about $125,000 with his bogus revenue stamp. A NEW MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION FORMED. Chicago Ministers Launch a Movement hich They Hope to Make of World. Wide Benefit. CHICAGO. Anrll 25. -The FVllnhi, Club, a new Inter-denominational organ. ixauon or ministers, has boen launched in this city. Rev. J. W. Fiefleld. a Con. gregatlonalist. wos elected president and the Rev. W. Brushlngham, Methodist, secretary. The 'Baptist church was rep. resented Dy the Rev. Myron W. Haynes. tne Christian by the Rev. J. H. Out. smlth, and the Presbyterian by the Rev. irank M. Carson. The secretary reail telegrom from the Rev. W. A. Water man, of La Salle. III.. Indorsing the club's avowed position In support of the government's policy In the Philippines and In favor of expansion. A member present said: It Is honed to make this club so hron.l In Its vleiws It will be the necleu of th sentiment on all leading Issues In re. llgious circles and be able to get con certed action on leading questions. We expect to give our first monthly dinner In two weeks at which expansion nn.l other questions will be discussed. At a future date we intend to Invite the Rev. Dr. Lyman J. Abbott, of New York, to peak at an expansion meeting. (MORGAN CITY SAILS. SAN FRANCISCO. April S.-The Unit. ed States transport Morgan Cliy, with Captain Lombard in command, sailed for Manila tonight with about 600 recruits for the various regiments now In the Philippines. She also carried a large quantity of supplies. 1 OPINIONS ON THE BEEF. WASHINGTON. April K.-The report of Colonel Garlington, of the commis sary department of the army, which was yesterday presented to the Wade court of Inquiry, but not accepted as part of the record, was made public today. Colonel Garlington claims 'to have col. r atSSClUTELYPiVKE Makes the food more delicious end wholesome HOVAt BMHrtl lected opinion) of ST offleera and m an. listed men concerning tha canned roast beef, which h claims resulted a follow: Twenty-threa officer and ona man pro. Bounced It "good or excellent;" 7t offl. car and two men "fair or good, with tt. ceptlona;" 8 ofltcera and 11 men "mostly bad or unfit;" 392 offlcar and 14 men "entirely fcsd of ontlt." He ays: "Where cooklrw was noa. si We and veietubles wera mixed with fh bee, the complaint were fewer and mod. Ifled and some even praised tt as a sub. stltute for fresh beef." TUB HOMANTIC DEATH OF tIEUTENAXT M8SON. Shot by Filipino bullet In tb Heart Clos to the Picture of Ills N braska Sweetheart, COLL MBIU, .NA., April J6.-Tha death of TJeutenant Lester E. Slsson. of the I "lrst Nebraska, at Manila, and the find. f cee photograph D..r hi heart, where the futal tmllet entered, Is th, final chapter in a pretty romanc whose Introduction waa written In thl village aeverat years ago. Tha photograph Is the llkenesa of Mis Ann Taylor, ona of the t4b of Colum. bus. Bh I the vourwest itauirhi i I l.k. B. f - I - . . i , , chant and a distinguished cltlien of Ne. jbmska. j Today the young girl I Inconsolable, and her grief 1 pathetic to witness. 2 Z Z of the family are admitted. The fiancee I of the dead soldier ha not been known publicly as the betrothed of tha dashing lieutenant, although their attachment ;ws generally understood throughout ' Columbus and the mutual friend knew he n"'-mnt- I Yinnv IS'aan wm at a nUml at O t CVf rd. ' from h employed In the World-Time office at 'he time of the call for troops. When ,he lov'r trled kleu,nnt 8llon car. r,cu c,rcu,"r Piognpn or tne girt swung by a ribbon from his neck. This was worn under hi vest, and he laugh- Ingly remarked the day before he sailed for the eat of war that he would wear the photograph on tha left aide and if IT b" "V? r"0" t mU!(t flrJt pjj,,, through the likeness of the girl he loved beat. M,ss Taylor has heard from her lover, ,nd ,rl J"' le"'r- received tut week "f 'V "nJ ho"e the XWa- icii.hi inimiRiiiji iiiav wir ikr ui evil. quering the Filkpinog was nearly over. TRlKINO MIXERS ARE DETERMINED TO HOLD OCT. . . Fcur Hundred Men of the Bunker Hill ,nd 8ulllvan Mines Reus to Yield ' Last Chanca Closed, ' 1ARDS!;R- ,"h: Apr" labor gtrike continues, with no evidence of weakness on either side. The miners have decided to concentrate their tight on th Bunker Hill and Sulllvsn mines, which TT' V., mL Twentjr no"- union men yielded to the Plea, of the striker and came out from that mine today. 1 After a long meeting this afternoon the- aw, MulUn M(J Wardner Md offered To pay the union wages of tl50 Pr day to miners and S3 a day to other men workin miet ground. The central committee accepted the proposition. ut tne naraner umon rejected it and tne Last Chance mine remains closed. NEGRO TRO01-S FOR PHILIPPINES. WASHINGTON". April K.-The proposl. tlon to utlllxe the negro troops to a large, exsm: In future military operations lu the Philippines Is attracting much atten tion, and it is believed will be considered by the administration in the near future. Such a policy ts urged on the theory that certain radical ufllliaitlons may be utilised in a way to defeat rebellious acts on the part of Agitlnaldo. One. third ot the population ot Filipinos are negro, and of the same race us those of the United States and while nott numerous abou: Manila, comprise nearly the en. tire population of some of the Islands. AMMUNITION SENT FROM EUROPE. WASHINGTON, April 25.-The army officials have learned that since Manila fell the Filipinos have been obtaining supplies of ammunition from Hongkong and Singapore, as well as frou Europe, and strict naval patrol of thelsland of Luton has been established and ithe be lief ts expressed that the supply of am. munition will now be cut off. It is post, lively stated that the Filipinos have no factory for the manufacture of smokeless powder and the Mauser cartridges which they are using. FOUR CENT FARES IN CHICAGO. CHICAGO. April 2.'.. The first street railway ordinance .which provides f.r a 4-eent fare, 10 per cent compensation to the city and the option for municipal ownership has been Introduced In tha city council. The committee .eeklng a 20-year franchise under these terms Is the Chicago Western Elevated Railroad Company. I NEIL 'BESTS TRACE T. j SAN FRANCISCO. April Su.-In a 20 round glov contest between Tom Tracey and Al Nell, under the auspice, of the Western Athletic Club at Woodwards Pavllon tonight, Nell was given tthe de. clslon at the end of -the 20th round. POwnt CO FW VOW.