The daily morning Astorian. [volume], August 23, 1899, Image 1

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AHT01MA, OttKMON, WEDNESDAY MORNING.- A (MUST 23.
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GEtlTLEMEIJ,
You will want to mad a iwll appearance during Regatta Week,
W. Mr prepared to furnish av.ry detail of your outfit at aston
ishingly low price.
Tou will And our stock, so oonstltut.d lo meet ths. d.mands
of til taatea and pursea.
Call on us and ( an lda of how for dollar will to, UP.
TO-DATB CLOTH I NO, rURNlSUINU OOODH. BOOTS AND
HOES,, HATt, ETC.
Ha In ths iwlra by wearing on of our attraollva Regatta Hata
r Caps,
PHIL STOKES.
nONT CQNDEHN
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...Hardware Co.
' m. BOH BOND HTREET
GRIFFIN
- Pacific Sheet
MANUFACTURERS OF
Salmon
Veeetible
Fruit ;
...CANS... 5"i
Lithographing on
San Francisco. Cal. Astoria, Ore.
' .. . .
Writ Uai tor Prloam
Here Is a List
Oi some High Grade Goods at moderate prices
RALSTOX HEALTH POUDS to great virlett
A,
good things,
ROSS, HIGGINS & GO
flem Zealand Fire Insaranee Go
Of New Zealand.
W. P. Thomas, Mgr., ' San Francisco.
UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS.
Subscribe! Capital . f5,000000
Paid-Up Capital 1,000,000
Assets ".' 2,545,114
Assets in United States 300,000
Surplus to Tolicy Holdors 1,718,792
lias beon Underwriting on the Pacific Const over Twenty-two ycarf,
SAHUEL ELMORE & CO.,
Resident Agents, Astoria, Oregon
ATTENTION!
Com. 1 12th Stmts.
All stwl ranges Iccouw you unfortunately
bought a chcuj) on. Utiy r . . . . i. , ;
"SUPBRIOR"
Thri'uro warranted in every jinrticuUr, by a
fit-in G'J yrors in the luimN. ......
i
Books...
Blank and
Miscellaneous.
Paper...
,. New Crape and
Type-wrltlnj:.
Waterman Fountain Pens
Hex Decoratwd Ppr
and Envlop'ioa.. J
& REED
Metal Works
Tin a Specialty.
Falrbaveo, Wasb.
fresh from the 'mills. ,
AROMATIC St'ICES ouaranteed the finest.
TILLMANN S IIRB EXTRACTS.
CHASE A SAMJORX'S COPPEES are un
. rivalled. Together with a host of other
TO PREVENT
iiii i ;
AN ATTACK
M. Goer In Pours Petroleum id
Room Near GeoJarmcs.
PUMS DID NOT CARRY
Ctadtrnci Midi flo Attempt to DIs-
lodft Antl-Scmltt Ltigui-Tei-tlaioay
Unfvontli to Dreyfus-
rAHIK. Auk. Andrlpailng an at'
tai k frm frndnrm occupying an ad
jacent huu, M. Uiu-rln, pmildvnt of
th Antl-tlinll lvalue and hi. compan
ion, who are barricaded In the hrad
quarter! of tlx Imiiuc, poured petrol
eum In a room nettr the point from
wnlcb an attack exixflej, prepar
atory lo aettlnc It on lire. The an
thlpAtvt move on the part of the offi
cers, however, did not ntatrrlllae.
THIS ritOHlvi'l'TION ELATED.
Tr.lltnony of Kabre and D'Abovllle
HtroiiKly Aa-uln.l Ureyfua.
NEW VmtK. Auk. J2.-The Kennea
eorrenpond-it or the Tribune dlscua
ln Monday') ihn of the Drryfu.
trial, aay:
Btlrrvd by Humlay'f evrnta tn Parli
the crowd In Itcnnra cava vent to
their frrUnrt yctenlay by ahoutlng
"Vive I'arinee." "A baa Ira traltreaa,"
mlnsird with a few crfoa of "Morta
Drryfua. ' Uencrala Billot and Oont,
as they pawd through the atreeta
wearing unlforma and decorations
were received with demonstrations of
approval.
The proaecutlon at the cloa of to
day'a proceedings awmed elated at
the effect pntduoed t n the court martial
by two statemenia In the t -alimony of
General Kabre and Colonel D'Abo
vllle. Oenrl Kaur was chlrf of the
fourth bureau of the gviirral staff when
the bordereau was discovered and
whe,n Dreyfua was on of alx officers
und-rgolng Instruction there. Oeneral
Pabre declared that on Dreyfus had
been Intruxted a plan comprising the
detail, of the concentration of troops
Peaches.;.
A splendid lot of the celebrated
Southern Oregon poaches Just
received.
Other Fruit...
In abundance and of all vturl
tles. Vegetables...
Th. most complete selection In
the city and all fresh and crisp.
Prompt delivery to
all pnrtHof the city
and outside points.
Foard & Stokes Co.
Your Wife
Will Ilk. It: so will th. cook.
Star Estate Range
BstUfy all wbo us. th.m.
If your better half does th. cooking,
that Is an addltl.nal reason why ther.
should b. a Star Eatat. Range In your
kitchen, The uae of them prevents worry
and disappointment.
W. J. SCUIXT. Agent.
I 43 Bond Street.
IB'
In the eastern territorial ivglon In
case of mobilisation. Oreat value is
attached to this point by th. prosecu
tion as proof that Dreyfus, notwith
standing his denials, poss'-ssvd knowl
edin of the plans of concentration
which bad a marked effect un the
court, was the rvldenc of Colonel
V Abovlllv, who was ub-chli-f of the
fourth bureau of tlx general staff when
Dreyfus was slaglare.
Colonel D'Abovllle gave full details
of th. Investigations made at the time
of the discovery of the bordereau which
by a process of elimination Indicated
that the author of the bordereau must
be an officer of artillery, a staglar. of
the general stall having access to more
than on. bureau of the staff and that
hMbfiia h-lntf tK. nnlv (m,.. fulfill-
tng lheM condition therefor, he mutt
be th. criminal. It Is greatly to be(
regretted that Colonel D'Abovllle's
statements were not subjected to aj
rigid cross examination for as his tes
timony now stands It cannot fall to
have crushing weight with the mem
bers of th. courtnurtlal who after all
are soldiers rather than Jurists and
as such are prone to punlnh as soon as
k srfrou susDtclori fastens In their
minds. The testimony of Orlbelln.
Cochefort. Lauth and especially that!
of Junck, referring to Irregularities In
Dn-yfus social life was scarcely list-
tned to by the court and seemed to
make no Impression upon It. The two ,
points already mentioned mark a
heavy scor. In favir of the proaecu-.
,l,m t
PETITIONS COME FROM
ALL OVER FOR FOOD.
New York Board of Charities Bending 1
Supplies Daily to San Juan J
Oreat Distress. '
NEW TORK. Aug. .-A despatch I
to th. Herald from San Juan, says: I
The board of charity Is sending out
supplies by land and water dally but j
pet I U ns keep coming In from all over
the country requesting food, medicines
and money.
There are no means of raising funds
In the. different localities. At Wau-1
naho an effort was mad. to start a i
popular subscription but only ten pe- I
sos was contributed,..,
Intonsobuenee of thT putrefaction of
bodies, typhus fever has developed at I
Arroyo. The captains of coasting ves-i
i
sel. complain that the . bad
the various ports have caused them '
more suffering than the hurricane
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killed as 1.973. LOCO missing, 6.421 hous
es destroyed and 22.046 persons home
less. Advices from Pone state that there
has been slight rioting at Kauco, but i
local guards. The local authorities j
.
are running short of money with which
to pay workingmen. There are no re
ports of fever as yet from th. south
. .1... Li. ., n... ....w
. . - i
are n.aklng stronous efforts to relieve
the country districts where great dis
tress Is reported.
FIVE PERSONS INJURED.
Excursion Train' at Clrclevlll. Wreck
ed but No One la Killed.
CIRCLEVILLE, O.. Aug. 2J.-An ex
cursion train on the Cincinnati aad
Musklnggun Valley ' railroad was
wrecked In the edge of this city today,
and Ave persons were seriously Injured
and twenty others badly cut and
bruised.
Tho Injured are Engineer William
Ditto, Internally: Willlum McKinna.
baggagemen; Mrs. 'eoto Relchetder
fer. Crlertervllle, Ohio. Miss Kate de
Long Indianapolis; Rev. C. H. Eckard,
Lima, Ohio,
The train was running at a high
rate of speed In the outskirts of the I and cause them to be separated, but
city when a misplaced switch turned they live In the same neighborhood
It into a siding on which stood the j and have an association for their mu
locomotlve. Both engines were tele- j tual defense and protection,
scoped and the first two cars badly : J u . ... ,
splintered. The train had three coach F0REIaN BQKR ELEMENT
loaas Ol paspeilKei suing to a luuiuy ;
reunion at Lurelvllle, Ohio.
DEWEY AT VIIlLE.
Visited by French Admiral and Amer
ican Vice Consul.
VILLE, France, Aug. 23. The cruiser
Olympla arrived, here this morning.
The unual salutes were exchanged.
Admiral Dewey today received visits
from Vlce-Aimlral Blenaeme, Henri
Vlgnaud, Unite! States charge d'af-
falrs at Paris, and the United States '
vice consul at Nloe.
Admiral Dewey Is apparently in ex
cellent health. He will stay at Nice for
some time and will take part In as few
functions as possible.
OPIUM FROM THE ORIENT.
SAN FRANCISCO, Au. 22.-The
steamer Doric, whloh arrived today
from the Orient, brought a large con
signment of opinion. The manifest
show that in the hold of the steamer
are 21,568 pound of the drug. The
total value of the consignment Is $346,
05K. The duty amounts to $120,896.
REED GIVES
UP HIS SEAT
Tenders Fesisoaticn as Con
gressman From Maine.
THE BOERS AE ARMING
W" M'0n$ Belnf. DlSHtOteJ tO
Burf herS-Cj$e 01 L fftSy DtS
. ,
vuitiM r launst-u.
AUGUSTA, lie., Aug. lS.-The res
ignation of Thomas B. Red as con-'
gressman In the First Maine dlittiict !
was received by Governor Powera to-
Governor Powera has accepted,
,h slgnatlon. .which takes ltect ,
Ptntr i. j
Mr- K' ,etter follows:
- Portland, Me., Aug, , 'M. j
To th overnjr of Maine. Augu.ta.-j
1 hereby ivslgn the position of member;
of congress from the First district of,
Maine, to take effect on this date '
1 (September .
Very truly yours,
T. B. REED.
THE BUUOHERS ARMING.
JOHANNESBURG. Aug. it-Field
corners are busy distributing Mausers
and ammunition to th. Burghers.
STRANGE 8TORT OF A LEPER.
Leaves San Francisco and Wanders
Back After Traveling Many Miles.
WASHINGTON. Aug. tt-A case of
unusual Interest In connection with Im
migration matters has been settled by
Commissioner Powderly. It Is that of;
Mrs. L. M. Todd, a British subject, who!
Is now in the San Francisco pest house,
! suffering from leprosy. She contracted ;
the disease In 1S92 while working as '
nurse In the San Francisco nest house.
. . .
Home OT her tt'l.hln. want in tnm litn.
eri , done , CWnese , ,
,0 br)ng coa, fof Thrtwn !
I months after this, while In San Fran-
Cisco. suKplcloua looking spots appeared
on the left leg. j
After contracting the disease, she '
went to the Hawaiian Islands and re-
malne J there until November, 1S98, 1
I when she left to attempt to reach the;
United States. She took pasxage at I
' U.iHiiImIm nn t K a .latmatiln Clw I
. , . , ., . . .
Rio de JnnelrJ, destined to some point
in Japan. From Japan she shipped iy
a ru il 1 ,1 1 in B.a..nahln Una ,n Vlnlnrla
B. C, thence coming across the border
of th, rmted 8uteg chmg 8an
rwmW - ,n .vnMlF1
Francisco, December 22, and avoiding
the marine hospital examination at
that point Her condition and the
story of her case was discovered Sy
an Immigrant Inspector at San Fran
cisco who found that she la badly dis
eased. Commissioner Powerly has ordered
that Mrs. Todd, who is a widow, be
sent back to the Hawaiian Islands
and confined in the leper colony there.
He "says th leper colony In the Ha
waiian Islands Is not closely guarded,
and that the situation Is somewhat
dangerous. The immigrant Inspector
sent out by Commissioner Powderly
have recently reported It as their De
lief that a colony of lepers exists on
the border of Canada and this country.
In the northern part of the state of
Washington. They do not live toget
her, as that would attract attention
EARNESTLY DESIRE WAR.
Three Important Reforms Are Neces-Bary-Oplnlons
of Chicago Min
ing engineer.
NEW YORK. Aug. 22. J. W. Regan,
an expert mining engineer, who for the
past year and a half has been making
a careful study of mining and govern
mental conditions of the Transvaal is
now in this city. The prospect of war
with Rngland, Mr. Regan says, at the
time he left Johannesburg a few weeks
ago, was according to the native Boers,
very slight. It was expected by them
that a compromise would be reached.
The foreign element however earnestly
hoped that It will come, for In It they
see future prosperity.
"American sympathy may be natur
ally with the young republic," said Mr.
Regan, "but 'republic' as applied to
the Transvaal is a misnomer.
"Chief Justice Kotze, recently de
posed, told 'Oom Paul" when v4
about a certain matter, that It was
unconstitutional, whereupon 'Oom
Paul' promptly cut off his ofllcial head
and placed on the beneh an Innocent
old Individual whose Idea of the prop
er administration of Justice was to be
In line with the president With the
departure of Kottt there departed all
hojw of Justice upon th. part of the
Ultlanlera.
"There are three questions that en
gage diplomatic attention: Tbat of
the franchise, probably the most Im
portant; the question of dynamite, and
the railways.
"Until quit, recently a man to bold
office must have resided In the Trans
vaal for fourteen years and be at the
same time a member of the Dutch
church. The Uitlanders hope for re
forms though the franchise.
"In regard to dynamite, it has been
the policy of th. government to grant
an exclusive franchise to a Holland
and German syndicate to make djna
mlte, the Importation being Illegal.
They demand for it 75 shillings a case.
An American Arm offered to lay (t
down In the Transvaal In unlimited
quantities at 45 shillings a case of (0
pounds. The mining Industry uses
about 409,000 ases annually. Taat
means a loas of t3.OOQ.000 to tbe miners.
The profit la too low to warrant work
ing many low grade ore mines.
'The Netherlands Railway Company
holds the exclusive right to build and
construct railways and also to fix its
own rates. It charges from I to IS:
cents per mile per ton for freight Most
of the mining machinery Is brought
from Chicago. The haul from V.r
nlgnlng to Johannesburg, a distance of
about JO or 40 miles, is more expensive
than tbe freight rates from Chicago
to New York, about 900 miles.
"There are about $8,000 blacks there.
They walk from 500 to K00 miles to
reach the mines. They are forced to
purchase a kind of badge or 'dog col
lar and wear it. In addition to paying
the government SO cents a month. If
they lose the dog collar or fall to pay
the monthly tax, they are usually given
15 lashea and Imprisonment a couple
of months.
"The gold fields of the Transvaal
are not found in rich deposits, as Is
thought, but their value lies in the
great quantity of low grade, tree mill
ing ore, with an average of $10.40 per
ton. The cost of product la about $5
per ton. Capital Is at present wary,
but If England sUcceds' In getting Ihe
reforms the big rushes to' the gold
fields of California In 1S49 and to Colo
rado later would be nothing In com
parison. So sure are the present mines
In their output that in England those
who have control of trust money and
estates, are investing In them.
"Though the Boers do not antici
pate war. yet while on my way home I
spent several weeks in England and
from what I could learn there, active
preparations are being made for war
with the Transvaal, it is the universal
opinion of those best pwte.1 and those
having at heart the bst wishes for
the ultlmats success of the Transvaal
as a republic, that nothing short of
a war with England will ren-edy the
situation."
BLOODED HORSE SICK.
CHICAGO. Aug. 22,-The Tribune,
says;
John Bright' the best thoroughbred
horse In training In the west has again
gone amiss, and will not race again
this season. Soon after coming to the
Chicago track, nearly two months ago,
from St. Louis, he went lame. He was
gradually being nursed back into con
dition, and the latter part of last week
was thought toW ready for a race, but
In undergoing a stiff work out at Haw
thorne on Sunday he again became
seriously lame In his left fore leg. Yes
terday the lameness seemed to have
increased and his owners. Talbot Bros.,
have decided to blister him In both legs
and ship hlra to their Kentucky farm.
HOP PICKER KILLED.
RED BLUFF, Aug. 22. Henry Nur
sen, aged 15 years, was Beverly crushed
under the wheels of an Oregon express
train last night and died In the hos
pital here today. He was making his
way from his home tn Walla 'Walla,
Wash., to the hop fields near Sacra
mento, BISHOP NEWMAN'S WILL.
SARATOGA, N. T Aug. 22. Blsjtop
John P. Newman's will shows his es
tate to be worth $50,000. ' Aside from
two or three nominal bequests the es
tate is left for the life use of the wid
ow after which It goes to the Drew
theological seminary, Madison, N. Y.
Makes the food more
IIOVM B.KIM)
THEY AGREE
HA
ON FUSION-
i . ' a ir
SHvtr Party la Omaha NcrmH
nate State Officers. !
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BRYAN DICTATES PLATFORM
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' d !f no!a
i -i :ia m lo
Tane prtles lilt tut riot WJthoaj:.!
Disorder la Democratic .Counts
' Iloi-Komliiilois it (mo;'-'-"
OMAHA. Aug. 22.-Ths Nebraska
democrats, populists and silver republi
cans met In this city today and Tosd1
oo nominations for Judge of tie sum
preme court and two members .ortUs;,
board of regents of the stats universi
ty. Former Governor Silas A." Ifol
comb,. was nominated for supreme
Justice by the populists and enJorsed.j
Dy tne omer two conventions, thouga
not without a fight in the democratic5
gathering, where there was strong 'opt'
position to him. Ex-Senator Allen -Wat
chairman of the resolutions committee f
in the gathering. Bryan dictated . the
platform of the democratic convention!
This declared uncompromisingly ' for 1
the free coinage of silver at the TssttsA
of II to 1. and endorses bodily the Cb'l- j
cago platform of 1891
The platform of the populists con
vention endorsed the platform of the1
populist national convention of 'TiS4
and in addition contained planks de1
nouncing the policy of the adminlsrsjR
tion in the Philippines. -t -r.'a
The platform of the silver republi
cans was much the same, and' Boa- '
talned in addition a strong plank' de "
daring against the use of the railroad--
passes by publlo officials. . t w
This pass - resolution was 'adopted
by the populist conyeptlon without 5
dissent, but stirred up a great commd'1'
tion among the democrats, many ' sf
whom fought It tooth and nail an4 fox j
a time the gathering was resolved, into
a scene of great disorder. Finally the
matter was put to a vote and the res-"1
olution declared passed, although Ddt'S
over a dosen delegates voted on ltker-
side. Bryan addressed all three, ,CJ?n,,
vent Ions. , . V
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UNION PARTY NOMINATED vl
COLUMBUS. Ohio, Aug. "ttTi
union reform party today nominate a i
full state ticket. Seth A. ,EJUs4Mo((t
Warren county, was nominated for
governor. It became evident -soon ajf
ter the opening of the convention .tb f
the faction who favored the endorse
ment of Mayor Jones, of Toledo, , Jor
governor, were In hopless minority and
they made a desparate attempt tb urn
the convention Into a farce, butl!wJIlfn'o
out success. The platform adopt e4-i
contains but a. single plank, "fHrt'S
legislation under the systan know".
as' tho initiative and referendum."'
tlnuod
VALLEY WHEAT DAMAGED. ,e'n0
. : A sffl mi
PORTLAND. Aug. a The Vhrat a
buyers estimate the valley ,has jbeepj
damaged nearly 50 per cent by t,he rec
ent heavy rains. They refuse tomake1
quotations on new wheat un1U(l'tHe'''b
quality of grain is determined.'" '-rt Jtoq
-n't ,not
SECOND DAY'S SESSION.
Oregon Press Association Elects aOfn'-'n
cers and Adopts Resolutions Re-
latlng to the N. E. A. " lo
- ' l.M.Vf
The Oregon Press Association . met
again in the second day's annual see-'
slon at the chamber of commerce yeS-'-terday
morning. Legislative mattetrs)':I
and rates of advertising were the pHn h
cloal topics of discussion during the,
forenoon. The following officers .ere ?
elected: . .. , ,
J. S. Stewart, Fossil, president. .,.1.,.,
B. F. Irvine, Corvallis, vice-president, , ,
Albert Tozler, Portland, secretary. ,f!",
Fred C. Baker, Tillamook, treasurer, t
George H. Himes, Portland, historian. iln
After the formality of meeting;,, tn..,,
the afternoon had been dispensed . wjiOi, ,ft
the association adjourned. ' The body -(
then went to Seaside as the guests,, of.'lt,
the A.'A C. railway, where they. wlU,,.
remain until today. The committees!,
which had been appointed for the pur,s
Continued on pegs three.
i'fd
delicious end wholesome
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