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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-12-14
MOST SERIOUS
REVERSE YET
-
Lord Methnen'S Check Causes
Deep Sorrow In England.
a--.Ha...s
SITUATION is VERY GRAVE
---a-arHr
Entire Reserves kllI Be Called Out
and 10000 Additional Men Sent
to Africa Immediately.
SITUATION IS VERY GRAVE

LONDON. bee lg 1'lIo war onic
received the following dispatch from
Gub'fal M"thucn, dgvl ru,Hd4y. De
crmb"r ~:
our artillery sh"lod very strong
poaillon hold by rhc onony in a hrg
hign kopjc. from 4 until dusk sunday
It iuinrd hard laAI night Tue High
land brigade attacked - diybrcak ou
Monday the south end ~ thc kopjs
Tho nttnck was prpparly tim~i. but
fulcd The guanis ws.rs ordered to
prut"ct thr llighlani,v right und
Nur cavalry and mounted infantry.
with hoWiiyc. urtillry battery Wc
attacked tho cnomy Oh thr lcfl and
tho guards. on uhc right, w.r. sup
ported - field artillery and LoWitz D.
artillery They shrllol Jh" position
from liybr,ak aiid at ~, rant thr
Gordon, % IA. rhn-nrhm.nln util
dusk the position extending. Including
the Kopir. for diaanc. NJ s.N mll--
tn Mpdirr rivcr Today am hold
INK my pn.ton and ,nt>'nching my
SER rad TO tacv "a, least 1900 men.
oar ias waz grntt'
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-12-14
CAPTURE OF MABINI
Generally Regarded by Washington
Authorities as More Important
Than WoIld BE That of
AguinaldO.

WASHINGTON. Dee. 13.-The Se're-
taIy of war regards the information
conveyed in General OTIS dispatches
today as the NEST important that has
come To hand for months past.
The capture of Mabini, reported by
Macarthur from Blyambang, is es-
peciully gratifying. Members of the
Philippine commission now in Wash
inSton declare without reserve that
Mabini was the head and frcnt of tn
insWrcton Aguinaldo was only a
dgurehead. Mlbini was the brain and
director of power behind him He is
a paralytc old man, but of oXtraordi-
nary ability, and his counsels are al
ways conclusive with the Filipinos,
He was concerned in the first uprising
against the SpaHiards.
He was also the financial strength
Of the movement. as without his back
ing Aguinaldo would have had no
credit, Next in importance to the
capture Of Mabim in the developments
of the campaign was the bold stroke
OF Captain McCaila. u the Newark,
in capturing the whole province Of
Cagayan.
with Macarthur holding the prov
ince of Isabella adjoining, and Young
holding out ON the opposite or west
eN shore of the upper peninsula, the
American forces are now in technical
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-12-14
THE PHILIPPINE CABLE.
Probability that the Project ~ the
Noyy Department win be Given
Preference.

NEW YORK. Dec. ia special to
the Tribune from Washington, says;
rhc naval project ror Pacific cable
connecting san Francisco, Honolulu.
Guam and the Philippines gives
gruter prnmiS, OF prlcticahility than
other rans suggested To congress for
facilitating commercial and military
communication IN that ocean and the
bin cmhodving its features and au-
thor1ing it's construction and main
teuancc which has boea introduced by
senator lld', is likely to become a
law.
The only cable serveys of route
across the Pacific have been made by
tl. navy and they have enabled the
naval authorities to count the cost of
the enterprise and It's feasibility with
confident accuracy, The army scheme
for a cable To remain always a military
line has boan planned wholly on theo-
retical considerations involving a
mid-ocean landing place ua ccral
rock frequently submerged each year
Ia the stormy SEASON
The private cable companies which
have been rivals in seeking govern
ment aid have made Lo surveys and
their projects have savored strongly
.of speculation at government eXpcnse.
The principal private company asks
cpnrlN'Ss to give IL a charter ana guar
antoe a subsidy Of 100000 annually for
twenty years. During that period it
offers to carry government messages
free and thereafter will charge the
government one-hdlf commercial rates.
Under this plan the government would
pay out SS,OOOOO0 and in the end the
company would have the cable and
could sell It to England, Germany.
Russia. or Japan.
The naval project calls for a SO OOa.-
OoO plant including submarine lines
stations and equipment, to be laid by
regular naval vessels and to be de-
hvered when completed To the post
master general who will manage, oper-
ate and maintain the service I'm the
same manner as the postal system.
with 4 single regard for the public in
terst. Tha Tribune on Nov 10. pub
lished the official chart of the surveys
Continued on page ~
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occupation II the whole NJ the north
ern end Of Lulpn from a point just
nor,h of IN Gulf ~ .Angaysn.
DISPATCHES FROM orIs

wAsHINGTOS. Dc. ig.-Gsneral
OTIS had sDmc stirring newg 20 report
today from Manila. his adylcss going
% show that ghc Insurgents are. az he
predicted few days ago. al the end
o. their resourc's. from a military
point Of View, and are running away
before the rapid advance Of The Amsri-
can troops at that point His cable
grams were as follows:
anila-Fifty men u the navy and
80 men of the army transported by the
navy. took LaOgan. on the 10Th inst
General Young. with ids STAFF. fol-
lowed the next day He reports that
Howe. with the Pennsylvania batiaI-
ion Of the Thirty-fOurth infantry. f1l-
lowed by a portion Of the Thiry-third
influtry, passed north 20 Pidding. east
of Laoga. Marsh's battalion Of ihe
Thirty-fourth was at Cayan. province
of LepantO. on the 7th inst The
Third cavalry was along the coast and
IN the mountains pursuing the enemy
Young stat-s that his extreme
nmthern force passed over the noun
tains. driving the insurgents. under
General TinO. who was badly wounded.
killing 50 and wounding many. He
made large captups of niles and prop
erty, with all insurgsnt transportation.
and released all the Spanish prisoners
In that section to the number Ot about
1000. Our casualties were Two wound
Cd. our troops are pursuing the rem
nant Of Ti1o's command.
'Marsh's battalion reports from Ca
yam, Lepanto province. on the lth INST.
that ne has destroyed Agulnaldos
body guard, killed Gamerdl Greggri0
Pillar, received the surrender Of Cen
eral Conception and staff. killed and
wounded 80 Insurgents. released 555
Spanish prisoners. including $50 friars.
and cap.ured considerable property
His loss was two killed and nine
wounded. Ny Information is that
Aguinaldo has disguised his individu-
ality. abandoned MS tr,ops and is hid
ing in the province Of Benguet."
OILS second dispatch is as follows
"Manibt-Admiral Watson informs
Me that the province OF Cayan surren-
dened unconditipnally to Captain Nc
Gala. Of he Newark. on the l1th inst.
Al arms were surrendered. Matr
Batchelder is 90 milcs south Of Appar-
ri, and the command is in good coadi-
tion. The navy will take supplies TO
Batchelder. The surrender doubtless
Includes the province OF Isabella.
General Bates, at Zamboaugo. re-
ports affairs there as satisfactory.
Nearly all rifles have been surrender
ed. MaoArhur at B1ycmbong. re-
ports that ne holds as a prison. of
war. Mabin the ablest OF the insur-
gents and the founder OF the late gov
ernment."
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THE TERRIBLE BoER RIFLE.
English Troops RaSed by wltherirg
VOlleys.

MoDDER RIVER. Dec. l2.-The
British casualties included the Mar
quis Of winchea.sr. major OF the sec
ond battalion Of Coldstream guards,
who was killed, and Colonel Down.
ham. Of the first battalion Of Gordon
Highalnders. who was mortally wound
ed.
When the Hlghanders met the muir
derous paint blank fire Of the Boars
about 200 were moved down The
Black Wa'ch regiment on reforming
was able to muster only 100 men. The
Beers lost heavily in trenches and also
in wire ennnglenent when they came
into the open in an attempt to fang
the British.
the terrific British artillery fire pro-
volScd no respozse except from the
Boers' rifles until nearly o'clock in
the afternoon when the Gordon High
landerS formed TO renew the attack
on an entrenched kopie. They adj
vanced with the utmost galantry to
attack the Beers close to the place
where lay their dedd and wounded
comrades Of the Highland brigade.
The enemy opaned with heavy
shramel lire as the British advanced
and 1t was found physically impossi-
bic to take the Boer trenches. The
British go within 200 yards but could
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-12-14
HUNTING 4 sCApE GOAT.
British Public Want Somebody To- Bean
the Blame Of South African
RevsrsAs,

NlW YORK. Dec, IA dispatch Q,
the Tribune from London, salys,
The Mail publishes this morning evi-
drnce of Russiaa activity at Ccuta and
1angicr, and IN Central Asia and
Abyssinnh and urgs It's readers Ia
watch the movements Of Russia,
FNncr ANA probably another power In
tho event OF any further revenue To
British troops In South Africa
There aIn currcm uumurs In high
circles that Lord Salisbury Sir
Michael Hicks Beach and other mrm-
hcrs of the cabinet Qre now angry
with Mir Chamberlain for not warning
them of the magnitude of wha. was
before the government. They cannot
justly hold him responsible, when the
ministry AZ a body fell into a Dutch
ambusclde, as well as the war office.
whatever may be the grievances of
the military stan or Mr.. Chamberlaiu's $
own colleagues, the ministry now has
the united country behind il In carry
Ing on the war TO the bitter end The
stormberg reverse CAUSES intense
humiliation, but there ARE no signs Of
finching from the work which England
has undertaken.
The Dutch forces have not followed
up their victory at Stormberg by at
tacking General Gatacre at Molteno,
and the British reverse has not inter-
rupted F'renchs cautious advance to-
ward Colesburg. silrmlshing having
been removed on Monday General
Gamcre's second report of his disqs-
trous hattie Is badly written and leaves
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-12-14

the mystery u he capture u portions
VI two batliilons unAolyOd
The unfortunate general has 10
sense u humor. Or h. would h.vc
avoided hIylng that tip- pJlcemon 4oO|
the Eitlsh army "ylnd nout mllr
ana lnud-d In hn impossible posi,l1n.'
ami ltu' hs ma s'nt d.. lrsh nhas
nnd ,bo Fighting FIRM" 10 Strk-
ttroom O., rscuprritc PrcLorll err
D.uly n not An IDEAL conyalotrmt' =
homr while be- admits that the d.
tnnc. var uudrrru,Apd, h. anquita
hls Eullra ~ inL 'niipHul o!rDr and
thereby II drlib rate truchm-y. While
rrpptt is MT cl,lr 70 ~ syld M from
the b"IIt,d diapNchs hat nftr hnl.
INK himself complr 'ly ontmppod b.
collected ms force ana had q running
nsht from ridge 10 ridge for nine m.lcs
IN the retreat losing Two guns ana
that the exc .llelt handling II the field
b,t' y alone Enabled M. main body
tp cscape
Thc Fusillr~ and the Irish rifles
were probably cap;ur.d IN small
groups vt diHrr~n; points, and many
OF them wrrc uiuble 90 JON the
column Whm tho rtrat WIS bagua.
Tho number u missing NON from the
Fu~llrr is lneNaSd by sixty ln
General G,llicN's nPpf
rr-tdrui Si.yn accounts f1r iss
prisoner Ia one llspltch and 5i2 In
uutA,r
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-12-14

LONDON. pcc. u. 'ls g., Each
Important battle soe,ns ta bring wor,
rcycrsc ror III BTstHh and tNy lup,r,
this morning aorr,wtuily adnh, JhJ,
LIrd Mrihuru's chick "a, MhE1Sf,n.
trin r. the mos, SERIOUS oyont ,hr war
haS yet produced
II II utimlt-d ha>' that Lord NJ
,huru'. for-'s lmoun,,l tp II 900 AN
psrhnie more 80 rtlhbl. asumai.r ~
hIs '1ss.s has y,a be,a r,eoy.d They
are believed 10 have b.-ra at lrlst 49,
NJ ptp'r~ rpmmcat lpon thr *.
f'u, gravity Il ,ho situation and
uppn tine mnmmtous dyc.snn Lord
Nuhu.n now has Ia TAX .-vhithrr 'v
remain AZ Modds, river or rrutr to
orange river
Tho Times says
AT least 10000 additional men must
%. s.r ou' The rnur, available r.
a.ryc Wusy br called up ana tho mill
ltu and volunteers turned ,o account
Efforts mus hc naic To iucroasc th,,
local colonial forces and further Of
f"rs " troops from Canada and other
colonies must ho sought and accepted %
Al eyes arn now turned hopefully TO
Gen,lul Butler Who taking into ac-
count the troops with General white
40 Ladysmi'h. has altogether 80 Oao
men
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-12-14
THF FINANCIAL DEBATE.
Republican leaders Determined 10
push II Ia IA Finish.

WAsHlNGTON. Dec. ls-The cur.
pnoy debate In ,he house lasted from
n O'Clock this morning until 1890 to-
night. with s,ors, of thr,,. hours Tor
dinnrr Tn" pr ySurc Tor tins 20 speak
CONTINUES. ls mnsi members dh~,ir,. 60
n.,k. contributions b. The uuga urc
OF the occasion. Much of Il. however,
has 10 b. fur hnmc consumption
There has be-n very uttlc cruts-hr-
Ing thus lar and NO exciting or drl-
matte incidents So far A. known l.
drmorMts. eight from New York, two
from Pennsylvania ana one each from
Maryland ana MmSachus,.tts. will
vote for Jh" bill
CushmJn. II Washington. said tina,
tl" sruuuen, ~ his people was for tin,
gold standard Since the iHaugura-
uon ot Mckinley. ,he svlld everything
has r,syn--tnmmodiu,s, Labor, human
ny ana The nag except
,ha irm-n,ut party. ina, has ben
steadily going down huL hiughter
aut APPLAUSE.
IN. huu~. adopted rasoluu,n fov
A holiday Tee SIS from Wednesday
December -o To- "Wednesday Jalu.
cry g.
Richardson. OF Tuusss, the MIN
outy leader. asked ,ntt the nous. al.
journ over tomorrow to give members
uu opportunity Go participate ln the
Washington memorial exercises. hut
Payne thv majority leader, objected
saying George Washington, II alive,
h. thought Woull be- In favor of the
house proceeding with tac transaction
OF business.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-12-14

MANILA. Dsc l3.-The following
dispatch. dated CervanDs, Dec. 5. has
b,rn received from the correspondent
of the Associated Press with Major
Mlrch's battalion
Major March with captlins Jvnk-
enDn and Cunningham, Lieutenants
Tompkins, Rucker. McClelland and
Powers and l25 men, Is about 70 start
for Ronto, tn principal town In the
provinc" OF thu name to the east
through an absolutely desolate country
and over a mountain 1000 feet high
lie is pursuing Aguinaldo, who's os-
corr. now reduced to 60 men. is known
TO l.- Their, According to natives
Aguinnldo Intaads to disguis. himself
and take a circuitous trail toward Ba-
ypu bn1g. in the province Of Neuya
Nizcaya.
Major March. with 200 men, arrived
at Ceryantes. m the heart Of the
Tlad mountains on the evening Of De-
cymber ?, about twenty hours behind
AguInaldo who had believed he had
found an inlec ,ssible refuge.
on December End the American COM
mander had wcnderful light in "a
cloud d..nyeloped mountain pass. 1000
f,.e, above sea IevG, completely r1ut-
ing General Gr5s,rio del Puar's force
OF no picked man. in a position al
most strong enough to rival Their
m1pylae
General Pillar fought tt thp front
OF his men. Urging them To make "a
stand until the bali II sharp~hooter
pierced his lraad His followers tried
TO carry away mis- body, but were COM
pelled To lay il down, Two ot the
Americans were killed.
At DugaqIi ;he Americans learned
that Agulnaldo, with few men and
three women, all carried on litters
borne by IgarlteS, has passed along
hte same tnlil 10 Ceryantes, where he
Was during the nght. Ihe runner mao
brought hin, news of the death Of his
chief Of stan He was greatly affected
and prepared instantly FOR flight.
General Conception, with six Off
GERS who had deserted Aguinaldo, sur
rendered when Major March reached
Cayyn, province Of Lepanto.
"On arriving at Cervantes. Major
March's battlAIa was without food,
except rica, and had only a small sup
ply Of ammunition, Major March So
cured five days rutiops, mada Vrlonge-
monts FOR his wounded and sick, and
ed men. resumed the chase at day
break"
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Mabini, Head and Front Of Philip.
pine InsurrsctiOn, a Prisoner.
ANOTHER PROVINCE TAKEN
Cayagan Surrenders uncOnditiOnaIly
to Captain NcCalIa Of Cruiser New
ark-The End About Reached.

MANILA, Dcc. l5.-GaleraI T.rona
commanding m FiApnoa in the prov
ircs 81 Cdgiyen. surrendered the en-
tire province Of Apa:Ta. December H.
to Captain McCalla, OF the United
States cruiser Newark. Captain No
Caln appointed him civil governor Of
the province. subject 10 the approval
Of General Otis.
THE surrender was with the honors
of war.
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FRENCH SHIT PASTEUR.

SAN FRANCISCO Dec. l3.-The
French ship Plsteur. now out Isl days
from Limerick for this port. is be-
lieved to have been lost and p per
cent reinsurance is offered on her. She
is known TO have been in fearful
storm with the ship Blanca. which
was lost
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Continued on page ~
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EYNUM NOMINATED.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE pres
ldent today sent to the senate the
name Of William d, Bynum, of Indi-
ana, to be general appraiser of mer-
chaidisn.
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WOUNDED At MODpER

ORANGE RIVER. Cape Co'ony. Dee.
G-'rhnvc hundred and twunty British
wounded, Including y officers. have
arrived here from Mulder river
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AND HELP Is AFFAIR,

FRGRE CAP Natal, Tuesday. pec.
i2,--ihr BourS are san shclAug Lady
smith The heat Is terrible.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
FIRED ON HIS PRISONER.

Considerable excitement was occas-
icned on the streets Saturday morning
by Policeman John Spillian firing on an
estaring prisoner. Lee Scott, negro
of unsayOry reputation, was before
Mayor McCorkle that morning for
creating disturbance the night before
at dance. He YVES fined, and in de-
fault Of payment he was sent TO jail.
While on The way, in the court house
yard, he made dash for liberty and
started down Washington street. The
officer commanded him t. bait and fail
ing TO do so he fired, mis- sing the negro
but striking tie horse attached 10 the
delivery wagon CT j. VIII Moore. The
negro was Afterwards caught and put
in iail.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
VOTED FOR PALMER AND BUCK
NER.

Pr, sident William L. Wilson, Of
Washington and Lee University, in re-
ply 10 charges Of the West Virginia
Republican newspaper to the effect
that he voted for Mckinley for Presi.
dent, has written friend letter in
which he uses these words:
II have received your inclosed clip
ping purporting to give a conversation
between ex-Mayor Strong, of New
York, and myself, in which l am al
legged to have said that l voted FIR Nc
Kinley. Tie whole conversation is q
myth, silly myth, and the allegation
an unmixed falsehood. / voted toi
Palmer and Buekner electors, ano
never had any other thought"
Staunton Spectator.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
THE CLOSING SERVICE.

The closing services of the Mission
which has been conducted by Rev. r..
J. McBryde, D. D., during the past
EEK was held in ST. Pauls church
Saturday morning at eleven o'clock.
The theme of DR.. McBryde's address
was The Infinite Love Of God, which.
he said, was changeless, indestructibe
self-sacrifcing, and individual. He
gave repeated illustrations of this
boundloss love, and all of which were
founded on the word Ct God. 1t was
profound and comforting discourse.
Many regrets have been expressed
that Or. McBryde's sojourn here was
so brief, and while he has always had
many warm pers NAL friends and adj
mires in this city, the conduct OF this
mission has drawn him more closely to
the people of Lynchburg, not merely
among EpiSeoraiians, bat among
Christians OF every denomination, mum
bars OF whom have been greatly bene-
fttel by his earnest, touching and
beautiful sermons. His words have
left deep impress. on upon the hearts
and minds of his every listener. Lynch
burg will give him a warm welcome
whenever he may eturn.-Lynchburg
NaUs
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25

A dispatch from Chicago says; In
an old trunk that bad been hypothe-
Gated to him for the sum OF $40, III.
Labbes has found money, government
and railroad bonds amounting to $780,
600. Four years ago Labbee rendered
SO to a man whose name he refuses
to reveal, the borrower giving the
trunk Us security. A year ago he re-
ceived a letter from the original owner
of the trunk telling him that he could
have the trunk and it's contents if ii
was not redeemed within year. The
year has just expired and Labee claims
the fortune.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25

Knox county lays claim to having
the youngest grandmotherin the United
States, says yincenneS, Ind. dispatch.
Her name is Mrs. James Burke and
she is barely 80 years old. Her daugh-
ter, Bertha, married John Midhff two
years ago, and 10 them little daugh-
ter was born this week. The mother
of the child is mol quite Is years old,
while the father Is but 10. The COM
biued ages of the father and motEer If
but one Year older tlan TIE grand
mother, and she combir ed sges & the
grandfather, grandmother, m)the''
father and chill is only 100 years, yet
this epc SCENTS three Antrations.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
FUNERAL OF CAPT. DEACON

The funeral of Captain Jefferson
Crawford Deacon, who died On Mon
day, took place from his residence, on
the he ,d-waters Of North Buffalo near
the confines of Rockbridge county,
Tuesday afternoon Jan. II. Rev. A.
Poe Boude officiated. He vas inferred
on Lis own farm. Captain Deacon had
been quite Ill for some time, and the
cause of his death was dropsy. He
was a notable character in his section
and noted for lis open-bande gene
rosity to ALL He was boln seq MY
eight years ago, and spent all Of his
life on his farm at the foot of tia noun
tains. He conducted a grist-mill and
a saw-mill and farmed. He was also
undertaken for his Leighborhood. His
title was accorded him from the fact
that he MAS an officer Of the old militia
or anization. Upon his Democratic
principles he prided himself, and it is
stated that he never missed casting q
vote for the regular Democratic can
didate since he a. rived at the years OF
q voting age. He married Miss Daniel
of South Buffalo, who survives him, at
an advanced age Two sons also sur
viye him-William D. Deacon and Johr
Deacon-both of whom lived near
their father. He was consistent mem
Der OF the Methodist Church, South,